diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 50479f1..174831b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
 
 * New locale added: mnw_MM (Mon language spoken in Myanmar).
 
+* The DNS stub resolver will optionally send the AD (authenticated data) bit
+  in queries if the trust-ad option is set via the options directive in
+  /etc/resolv.conf (or if RES_TRUSTAD is set in _res.options).  In this
+  mode, the AD bit, as provided by the name server, is available to
+  applications which call res_search and related functions.  In the default
+  mode, the AD bit is not set in queries, and it is automatically cleared in
+  responses, indicating a lack of DNSSEC validation.  (Therefore, the name
+  servers and the network path to them are treated as untrusted.)
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * The totalorder and totalordermag functions, and the corresponding
diff --git a/resolv/Makefile b/resolv/Makefile
index 3cb64e6..cd097bd 100644
--- a/resolv/Makefile
+++ b/resolv/Makefile
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
   tst-resolv-ai_idn-latin1 \
   tst-resolv-ai_idn-nolibidn2 \
   tst-resolv-canonname \
+  tst-resolv-trustad \
 
 # Needs resolv_context.
 tests-internal += \
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@
   $(libdl) $(objpfx)libresolv.so $(shared-thread-library)
 $(objpfx)tst-resolv-canonname: \
   $(libdl) $(objpfx)libresolv.so $(shared-thread-library)
+$(objpfx)tst-resolv-trustad: $(objpfx)libresolv.so $(shared-thread-library)
 
 $(objpfx)tst-ns_name: $(objpfx)libresolv.so
 $(objpfx)tst-ns_name.out: tst-ns_name.data
diff --git a/resolv/res_debug.c b/resolv/res_debug.c
index 4dac71f..844269c 100644
--- a/resolv/res_debug.c
+++ b/resolv/res_debug.c
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@
 	case RES_USE_DNSSEC:	return "dnssec";
 	case RES_NOTLDQUERY:	return "no-tld-query";
 	case RES_NORELOAD:	return "no-reload";
+	case RES_TRUSTAD:	return "trust-ad";
 				/* XXX nonreentrant */
 	default:		sprintf(nbuf, "?0x%lx?", (u_long)option);
 				return (nbuf);
diff --git a/resolv/res_init.c b/resolv/res_init.c
index 1b8e062..c2f2c7b 100644
--- a/resolv/res_init.c
+++ b/resolv/res_init.c
@@ -679,7 +679,8 @@
             { STRnLEN ("no_tld_query"), 0, RES_NOTLDQUERY },
             { STRnLEN ("no-tld-query"), 0, RES_NOTLDQUERY },
             { STRnLEN ("no-reload"), 0, RES_NORELOAD },
-            { STRnLEN ("use-vc"), 0, RES_USEVC }
+            { STRnLEN ("use-vc"), 0, RES_USEVC },
+            { STRnLEN ("trust-ad"), 0, RES_TRUSTAD },
           };
 #define noptions (sizeof (options) / sizeof (options[0]))
           for (int i = 0; i < noptions; ++i)
diff --git a/resolv/res_mkquery.c b/resolv/res_mkquery.c
index cf0c9e2..0d39353 100644
--- a/resolv/res_mkquery.c
+++ b/resolv/res_mkquery.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
      the application does multiple requests.  */
   hp->id = random_bits ();
   hp->opcode = op;
+  if (ctx->resp->options & RES_TRUSTAD)
+    hp->ad = 1;
   hp->rd = (ctx->resp->options & RES_RECURSE) != 0;
   hp->rcode = NOERROR;
   cp = buf + HFIXEDSZ;
diff --git a/resolv/res_send.c b/resolv/res_send.c
index 47bfba6..fce8100 100644
--- a/resolv/res_send.c
+++ b/resolv/res_send.c
@@ -332,6 +332,15 @@
     }
 }
 
+/* Clear the AD bit unless the trust-ad option was specified in the
+   resolver configuration.  */
+static void
+mask_ad_bit (struct resolv_context *ctx, void *buf)
+{
+  if (!(ctx->resp->options & RES_TRUSTAD))
+    ((HEADER *) buf)->ad = 0;
+}
+
 /* int
  * res_queriesmatch(buf1, eom1, buf2, eom2)
  *	is there a 1:1 mapping of (name,type,class)
@@ -525,6 +534,18 @@
 
 		resplen = n;
 
+		/* Mask the AD bit in both responses unless it is
+		   marked trusted.  */
+		if (resplen > HFIXEDSZ)
+		  {
+		    if (ansp != NULL)
+		      mask_ad_bit (ctx, *ansp);
+		    else
+		      mask_ad_bit (ctx, ans);
+		  }
+		if (resplen2 != NULL && *resplen2 > HFIXEDSZ)
+		  mask_ad_bit (ctx, *ansp2);
+
 		/*
 		 * If we have temporarily opened a virtual circuit,
 		 * or if we haven't been asked to keep a socket open,
diff --git a/resolv/resolv.h b/resolv/resolv.h
index 7a8023a..a039a9e 100644
--- a/resolv/resolv.h
+++ b/resolv/resolv.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 #define RES_NOTLDQUERY	0x01000000	/* Do not look up unqualified name
 					   as a TLD.  */
 #define RES_NORELOAD    0x02000000 /* No automatic configuration reload.  */
+#define RES_TRUSTAD     0x04000000 /* Request AD bit, keep it in responses.  */
 
 #define RES_DEFAULT	(RES_RECURSE|RES_DEFNAMES|RES_DNSRCH)
 
diff --git a/resolv/tst-resolv-res_init-skeleton.c b/resolv/tst-resolv-res_init-skeleton.c
index d4da8b6..9934d23 100644
--- a/resolv/tst-resolv-res_init-skeleton.c
+++ b/resolv/tst-resolv-res_init-skeleton.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
                            "single-request-reopen");
         print_option_flag (fp, &options, RES_NOTLDQUERY, "no-tld-query");
         print_option_flag (fp, &options, RES_NORELOAD, "no-reload");
+        print_option_flag (fp, &options, RES_TRUSTAD, "trust-ad");
         fputc ('\n', fp);
         if (options != 0)
           fprintf (fp, "; error: unresolved option bits: 0x%x\n", options);
@@ -711,6 +712,15 @@
      "nameserver 192.0.2.1\n"
      "; nameserver[0]: [192.0.2.1]:53\n"
     },
+    {.name = "trust-ad flag",
+     .conf = "options trust-ad\n"
+     "nameserver 192.0.2.1\n",
+     .expected = "options trust-ad\n"
+     "search example.com\n"
+     "; search[0]: example.com\n"
+     "nameserver 192.0.2.1\n"
+     "; nameserver[0]: [192.0.2.1]:53\n"
+    },
     { NULL }
   };
 
diff --git a/resolv/tst-resolv-trustad.c b/resolv/tst-resolv-trustad.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc9ae54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resolv/tst-resolv-trustad.c
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/* Test the behavior of the trust-ad option.
+   Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <resolv.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/check_nss.h>
+#include <support/resolv_test.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+/* This controls properties of the response.  volatile because
+   __res_send is incorrectly declared as __THROW.  */
+static volatile unsigned char response_number;
+static volatile bool response_ad_bit;
+static volatile bool query_ad_bit;
+
+static void
+response (const struct resolv_response_context *ctx,
+          struct resolv_response_builder *b,
+          const char *qname, uint16_t qclass, uint16_t qtype)
+{
+  TEST_COMPARE (qclass, C_IN);
+  TEST_COMPARE (qtype, T_A);
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING (qname, "www.example");
+
+  HEADER header;
+  memcpy (&header, ctx->query_buffer, sizeof (header));
+  TEST_COMPARE (header.ad, query_ad_bit);
+
+  struct resolv_response_flags flags = { .ad = response_ad_bit, };
+  resolv_response_init (b, flags);
+  resolv_response_add_question (b, qname, qclass, qtype);
+  resolv_response_section (b, ns_s_an);
+  resolv_response_open_record (b, qname, qclass, T_A, 0x12345678);
+  char addr[4] = { 192, 0, 2, response_number };
+  resolv_response_add_data (b, addr, sizeof (addr));
+  resolv_response_close_record (b);
+}
+
+static void
+check_answer (const unsigned char *buffer, size_t buffer_length,
+              bool expected_ad)
+{
+  HEADER header;
+  TEST_VERIFY (buffer_length > sizeof (header));
+  memcpy (&header, buffer, sizeof (header));
+  TEST_COMPARE (0, header.aa);
+  TEST_COMPARE (expected_ad, header.ad);
+  TEST_COMPARE (0, header.opcode);
+  TEST_COMPARE (1, header.qr);
+  TEST_COMPARE (0, header.rcode);
+  TEST_COMPARE (1, header.rd);
+  TEST_COMPARE (0, header.tc);
+  TEST_COMPARE (1, ntohs (header.qdcount));
+  TEST_COMPARE (1, ntohs (header.ancount));
+  TEST_COMPARE (0, ntohs (header.nscount));
+  TEST_COMPARE (0, ntohs (header.arcount));
+
+  char *description = xasprintf ("response=%d ad=%d",
+                                 response_number, expected_ad);
+  char *expected = xasprintf ("name: www.example\n"
+                              "address: 192.0.2.%d\n", response_number);
+  check_dns_packet (description, buffer, buffer_length, expected);
+  free (expected);
+  free (description);
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  struct resolv_test *aux = resolv_test_start
+    ((struct resolv_redirect_config)
+     {
+       .response_callback = response,
+     });
+
+  /* By default, the resolver is not trusted, and the AD bit is
+     cleared.  */
+
+  static const unsigned char hand_crafted_query[] =
+    {
+     10, 11,                    /* Transaction ID.  */
+     1, 0x20,                   /* Query with RD, AD flags.  */
+     0, 1,                      /* One question.  */
+     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,          /* The other sections are empty.  */
+     3, 'w', 'w', 'w', 7, 'e', 'x', 'a', 'm', 'p', 'l', 'e', 0,
+     0, T_A,                    /* A query.  */
+     0, 1,                      /* Class IN.  */
+    };
+
+  ++response_number;
+  response_ad_bit = false;
+
+  unsigned char buffer[512];
+  memset (buffer, 255, sizeof (buffer));
+  query_ad_bit = true;
+  int ret = res_send (hand_crafted_query, sizeof (hand_crafted_query),
+                      buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  TEST_VERIFY (ret > 0);
+  check_answer (buffer, ret, false);
+
+  ++response_number;
+  memset (buffer, 255, sizeof (buffer));
+  query_ad_bit = false;
+  ret = res_query ("www.example", C_IN, T_A, buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  TEST_VERIFY (ret > 0);
+  check_answer (buffer, ret, false);
+  response_ad_bit = true;
+
+  response_ad_bit = true;
+
+  ++response_number;
+  query_ad_bit = true;
+  ret = res_send (hand_crafted_query, sizeof (hand_crafted_query),
+                  buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  TEST_VERIFY (ret > 0);
+  check_answer (buffer, ret, false);
+
+  ++response_number;
+  memset (buffer, 255, sizeof (buffer));
+  query_ad_bit = false;
+  ret = res_query ("www.example", C_IN, T_A, buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  TEST_VERIFY (ret > 0);
+  check_answer (buffer, ret, false);
+
+  /* No AD bit set in generated queries.  */
+  memset (buffer, 255, sizeof (buffer));
+  ret = res_mkquery (QUERY, "www.example", C_IN, T_A,
+                     (const unsigned char *) "", 0, NULL,
+                     buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  HEADER header;
+  memcpy (&header, buffer, sizeof (header));
+  TEST_VERIFY (!header.ad);
+
+  /* With RES_TRUSTAD, the AD bit is passed through if it set in the
+     response.  It is also included in queries.  */
+
+  _res.options |= RES_TRUSTAD;
+  query_ad_bit = true;
+
+  response_ad_bit = false;
+
+  ++response_number;
+  memset (buffer, 255, sizeof (buffer));
+  ret = res_send (hand_crafted_query, sizeof (hand_crafted_query),
+                  buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  TEST_VERIFY (ret > 0);
+  check_answer (buffer, ret, false);
+
+  ++response_number;
+  memset (buffer, 255, sizeof (buffer));
+  ret = res_query ("www.example", C_IN, T_A, buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  TEST_VERIFY (ret > 0);
+  check_answer (buffer, ret, false);
+
+  response_ad_bit = true;
+
+  ++response_number;
+  memset (buffer, 0, sizeof (buffer));
+  ret = res_send (hand_crafted_query, sizeof (hand_crafted_query),
+                  buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  TEST_VERIFY (ret > 0);
+  check_answer (buffer, ret, true);
+
+  ++response_number;
+  memset (buffer, 0, sizeof (buffer));
+  ret = res_query ("www.example", C_IN, T_A, buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  TEST_VERIFY (ret > 0);
+  check_answer (buffer, ret, true);
+
+  /* AD bit set in generated queries.  */
+  memset (buffer, 0, sizeof (buffer));
+  ret = res_mkquery (QUERY, "www.example", C_IN, T_A,
+                     (const unsigned char *) "", 0, NULL,
+                     buffer, sizeof (buffer));
+  memcpy (&header, buffer, sizeof (header));
+  TEST_VERIFY (header.ad);
+
+  resolv_test_end (aux);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/resolv_test.c b/support/resolv_test.c
index aeca519..b1c745d 100644
--- a/support/resolv_test.c
+++ b/support/resolv_test.c
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@
   if (flags.tc)
     b->buffer[2] |= 0x02;
   b->buffer[3] = 0x80 | flags.rcode; /* Always set RA.  */
+  if (flags.ad)
+    b->buffer[3] |= 0x20;
 
   /* Fill in the initial section count values.  */
   b->buffer[4] = flags.qdcount >> 8;
diff --git a/support/resolv_test.h b/support/resolv_test.h
index e36e3e3..02a11bd 100644
--- a/support/resolv_test.h
+++ b/support/resolv_test.h
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
   /* If true, the TC (truncation) flag will be set.  */
   bool tc;
 
+  /* If true, the AD (authenticated data) flag will be set.  */
+  bool ad;
+
   /* Initial section count values.  Can be used to artificially
      increase the counts, for malformed packet testing.*/
   unsigned short qdcount;
