diff --git a/src/cares_wrap.cc b/src/cares_wrap.cc
index e58f164ca5124a..fc8f361614ba5f 100644
--- a/src/cares_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/cares_wrap.cc
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ void ChannelWrap::Setup() {
   options.sock_state_cb_data = this;
   options.timeout = timeout_;
   options.tries = tries_;
+  options.qcache_max_ttl = 0;
 
   int r;
   if (!library_inited_) {