diff --git a/src/komodo_bitcoind.h b/src/komodo_bitcoind.h
index 20062c588..a16d6d7ed 100644
--- a/src/komodo_bitcoind.h
+++ b/src/komodo_bitcoind.h
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ try_again:
     curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_WRITEDATA,		&s); 			// we pass our 's' struct to the callback
     curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL,		1L);   			// supposed to fix "Alarm clock" and long jump crash
     curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS,	1L);			// no progress callback
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
+
     if ( strncmp(url,"https",5) == 0 )
     {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,0);