diff --git a/frontends/php/include/classes/items/CHelpItems.php b/frontends/php/include/classes/items/CHelpItems.php
index 07a419f..7fd419a 100644
--- a/frontends/php/include/classes/items/CHelpItems.php
+++ b/frontends/php/include/classes/items/CHelpItems.php
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ class CHelpItems {
 					'key' => 'net.dns.record[<ip>,name,<type>,<timeout>,<count>,<protocol>]',
 					'description' => _('Performs a DNS query. Returns character string with the required type of information')
 				],
+				[
+					'key' => 'net.dns.perf[<ip>,name,<type>,<timeout>,<count>,<protocol>]',
+					'description' => _('Checks performance of DNS service. Returns 0 - service is down; seconds - the number of seconds spent waiting for response from the service')
+				],
 				[
 					'key' => 'net.if.collisions[if]',
 					'description' => _('Number of out-of-window collisions. Returns integer')
@@ -398,6 +402,10 @@ class CHelpItems {
 					'key' => 'net.dns.record[<ip>,name,<type>,<timeout>,<count>,<protocol>]',
 					'description' => _('Performs a DNS query. Returns character string with the required type of information')
 				],
+				[
+					'key' => 'net.dns.perf[<ip>,name,<type>,<timeout>,<count>,<protocol>]',
+					'description' => _('Checks performance of DNS service. Returns 0 - service is down; seconds - the number of seconds spent waiting for response from the service')
+				],
 				[
 					'key' => 'net.if.collisions[if]',
 					'description' => _('Number of out-of-window collisions. Returns integer')
diff --git a/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/common.c b/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/common.c
index a6a6e7d..21bd3af 100644
--- a/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/common.c
+++ b/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/common.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ ZBX_METRIC	parameters_common[] =
 
 	{"net.dns",		CF_HAVEPARAMS,	NET_DNS,		",zabbix.com"},
 	{"net.dns.record",	CF_HAVEPARAMS,	NET_DNS_RECORD,		",zabbix.com"},
+	{"net.dns.perf",	CF_HAVEPARAMS,	NET_DNS_PERF,		",zabbix.com"},
 	{"net.tcp.dns",		CF_HAVEPARAMS,	NET_DNS,		",zabbix.com"}, /* deprecated */
 	{"net.tcp.dns.query",	CF_HAVEPARAMS,	NET_DNS_RECORD,		",zabbix.com"}, /* deprecated */
 	{"net.tcp.port",	CF_HAVEPARAMS,	NET_TCP_PORT,		",80"},
diff --git a/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/net.c b/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/net.c
index 67ba3bd..65ecef7 100644
--- a/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/net.c
+++ b/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/net.c
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static int	dns_query(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result, int short_ans
 	int			res, type, retrans, retry, use_tcp, i, ret = SYSINFO_RET_FAIL, ip_type = AF_INET;
 	char			*ip, zone[MAX_STRING_LEN], buffer[MAX_STRING_LEN], *zone_str, *param,
 				tmp[MAX_STRING_LEN];
+	double			check_time=zbx_time();
 	struct in_addr		inaddr;
 	struct in6_addr		in6addr;
 #ifndef _WINDOWS
@@ -406,6 +407,21 @@ static int	dns_query(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result, int short_ans
 		goto clean_dns;
 	}
 
+	if (2 == short_answer)
+	{
+		if (DNS_RCODE_NOERROR != res)
+			SET_DBL_RESULT(result, 0.0);
+		else
+		{
+			check_time = zbx_time() - check_time;
+			if (ZBX_FLOAT_PRECISION > check_time)
+				check_time = ZBX_FLOAT_PRECISION;
+			SET_DBL_RESULT(result, check_time);
+		}
+		ret = SYSINFO_RET_OK;
+		goto clean_dns;
+	}
+
 	if (DNS_RCODE_NOERROR != res)
 	{
 		SET_MSG_RESULT(result, zbx_dsprintf(NULL, "Cannot perform DNS query: [%d]", res));
@@ -699,6 +715,20 @@ static int	dns_query(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result, int short_ans
 		return SYSINFO_RET_OK;
 	}
 
+	if (2 == short_answer)
+	{
+		if (NOERROR != hp->rcode || 0 == ntohs(hp->ancount) || -1 == res)
+			SET_DBL_RESULT(result, 0.0);
+		else
+		{
+			check_time = zbx_time() - check_time;
+			if (ZBX_FLOAT_PRECISION > check_time)
+				check_time = ZBX_FLOAT_PRECISION;
+			SET_DBL_RESULT(result, check_time);
+		}
+		return SYSINFO_RET_OK;
+	}
+
 	if (NOERROR != hp->rcode || 0 == ntohs(hp->ancount) || -1 == res)
 	{
 		SET_MSG_RESULT(result, zbx_strdup(NULL, "Cannot perform DNS query."));
@@ -994,3 +1024,7 @@ int	NET_DNS_RECORD(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result)
 {
 	return dns_query(request, result, 0);
 }
+int	NET_DNS_PERF(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result)
+{
+	return dns_query(request, result, 2);
+}
diff --git a/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/net.h b/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/net.h
index cf2fa0a..7aeae37 100644
--- a/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/net.h
+++ b/src/libs/zbxsysinfo/common/net.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ int	tcp_expect(const char *host, unsigned short port, int timeout, const char *r
 
 int	NET_DNS(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result);
 int	NET_DNS_RECORD(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result);
+int	NET_DNS_PERF(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result);
 int	NET_TCP_PORT(AGENT_REQUEST *request, AGENT_RESULT *result);
 
 #endif /* ZABBIX_SYSINFO_COMMON_NET_H */