diff --git a/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb b/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
index cd7749b..c37a72d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ module PuppetBind
       def query
         unless @query
           if keyed?
-            dig_text = dig("@#{server}", '+noall', '+nosearch', "+#{query_section}", name, type, '-c', rrclass, '-y', tsig_param)
+            dig_text = dig("@#{server}", '+noall', '+nosearch', '+norecurse', "+#{query_section}", name, type, '-c', rrclass, '-y', tsig_param)
           else
-            dig_text = dig("@#{server}", '+noall', '+nosearch', "+#{query_section}", name, type, '-c', rrclass)
+            dig_text = dig("@#{server}", '+noall', '+nosearch', '+norecurse', "+#{query_section}", name, type, '-c', rrclass)
           end
           @query = dig_text.lines.map do |line|
             linearray = line.chomp.split(/\s+/, 5)