diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/dns_rr.rb b/lib/puppet/type/dns_rr.rb
index bb8fc6b..333e45b 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/dns_rr.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/dns_rr.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:dns_rr) do
     defaultto 'localhost'
   end
 
+  newparam(:query_section) do
+    desc 'The DNS response section to check for existing record values'
+    defaultto 'answer'
+    newvalues 'answer', 'authority', 'additional'
+  end
+
   newparam(:keyname) do
     desc 'Keyname for the TSIG key used to update the record'
     defaultto 'update'
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/resource_record.rb b/lib/puppet/type/resource_record.rb
index ca1bb55..2b080c4 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/resource_record.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/resource_record.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:resource_record) do
     defaultto 'localhost'
   end
 
+  newparam(:query_section) do
+    desc 'The DNS response section to check for existing record values'
+    defaultto 'answer'
+    newvalues 'answer', 'authority', 'additional'
+  end
+
   newparam(:keyname) do
     desc 'Keyname for the TSIG key used to update the record'
     defaultto 'update'
diff --git a/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb b/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
index 746bfc6..cd7749b 100644
--- a/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ module PuppetBind
         resource[:zone]
       end
 
+      def query_section
+        resource[:query_section]
+      end
+
       def keyname
         resource[:keyname]
       end
@@ -109,9 +113,9 @@ module PuppetBind
       def query
         unless @query
           if keyed?
-            dig_text = dig("@#{server}", '+noall', '+answer', name, type, '-c', rrclass, '-y', tsig_param)
+            dig_text = dig("@#{server}", '+noall', '+nosearch', "+#{query_section}", name, type, '-c', rrclass, '-y', tsig_param)
           else
-            dig_text = dig("@#{server}", '+noall', '+answer', name, type, '-c', rrclass)
+            dig_text = dig("@#{server}", '+noall', '+nosearch', "+#{query_section}", name, type, '-c', rrclass)
           end
           @query = dig_text.lines.map do |line|
             linearray = line.chomp.split(/\s+/, 5)