diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1c7a6270..224a1ef0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11643,6 +11643,67 @@ if  test -n "$DOXYGEN"
     then ac_config_files="$ac_config_files src/Doxyfile"
 
 fi
+
+
+
+for ac_header in stdarg.h stdint.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h netdb.h time.h bsd/string.h
+do :
+  as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
+ac_fn_c_check_header_compile "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header" "$ac_includes_default
+"
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_Header"\" = x"yes"; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_header" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
+done
+
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether the C compiler (${CC-cc}) accepts the \"format\" attribute" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether the C compiler (${CC-cc}) accepts the \"format\" attribute... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_c_format_attribute+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_cv_c_format_attribute=no
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <stdio.h>
+void f (char *format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+void (*pf) (char *format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+   f ("%s", "str");
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_c_format_attribute="yes"
+else
+  ac_cv_c_format_attribute="no"
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+
+fi
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_c_format_attribute" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_c_format_attribute" >&6; }
+if test $ac_cv_c_format_attribute = yes; then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+fi
+
+
+
+
+
 ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers src/config.h"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ba4b0d6d..c8eeb2c9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -374,5 +374,96 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile src/getdns/Makefile src/getdns/getdns.h s
 if [ test -n "$DOXYGEN" ]
     then AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/Doxyfile])
 fi
+
+
+dnl -----
+dnl ----- Start of "Things needed for gldns" section
+dnl -----
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdarg.h stdint.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h netdb.h time.h bsd/string.h],,, [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
+
+dnl Check the printf-format attribute (if any)
+dnl result in HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT.  
+dnl
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether the C compiler (${CC-cc}) accepts the "format" attribute)
+AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_c_format_attribute,
+[ac_cv_c_format_attribute=no
+AC_TRY_COMPILE(
+[#include <stdio.h>
+void f (char *format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+void (*pf) (char *format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+], [
+   f ("%s", "str");
+],
+[ac_cv_c_format_attribute="yes"],
+[ac_cv_c_format_attribute="no"])
+])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_c_format_attribute)
+if test $ac_cv_c_format_attribute = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT, 1, [Whether the C compiler accepts the "format" attribute])
+fi
+
+AH_BOTTOM([
+/** Use on-board gldns */
+
+#define USE_GLDNS 1
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+#  define GLDNS_BUILD_CONFIG_HAVE_SSL 1
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#if STDC_HEADERS
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STDARG_H
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT
+#  define ATTR_FORMAT(archetype, string_index, first_to_check) \
+    __attribute__ ((format (archetype, string_index, first_to_check)))
+#else /* !HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT */
+#  define ATTR_FORMAT(archetype, string_index, first_to_check) /* empty */
+#endif /* !HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT */
+
+#ifdef TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
+# include <sys/time.h>
+# include <time.h>
+#else
+# ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#  include <sys/time.h>
+# else
+#  include <time.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_BSD_STRING_H
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
+])
+
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl -----
+dnl ----- End of "Things needed for gldns" section
+dnl -----
+
+
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index ccd77397..26938651 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ GETDNS_OBJ=sync.lo context.lo list.lo dict.lo convert.lo general.lo \
 	hostname.lo service.lo request-internal.lo util-internal.lo \
 	getdns_error.lo rr-dict.lo dnssec.lo const-info.lo ub_timed_resolve.lo
 
+GLDNS_OBJ=keyraw.lo sbuffer.lo wire2str.lo parse.lo parseutil.lo rrdef.lo \
+	str2wire.lo
+
 .SUFFIXES: .c .o .a .lo .h
 
 .c.o:
@@ -87,6 +90,10 @@ GETDNS_OBJ=sync.lo context.lo list.lo dict.lo convert.lo general.lo \
 .c.lo:
 	$(LIBTOOL) --quiet --tag=CC --mode=compile $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
+$(GLDNS_OBJ):
+	@:
+	$(LIBTOOL) --quiet --tag=CC --mode=compile $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
 default: all
 
 all: libgetdns.la $(EXTENSION_LIBEVENT_LIB) $(EXTENSION_LIBUV_LIB) $(EXTENSION_LIBEV_LIB)
@@ -122,8 +129,8 @@ libgetdns_ext_ev.la: libgetdns.la extension/libev.lo
 	$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ extension/libev.lo ./.libs/libgetdns.la $(EXTENSION_LIBEV_LDFLAGS) $(EXTENSION_LIBEV_EXT_LIBS) -rpath $(libdir) -version-info $(libversion) -no-undefined -export-symbols $(srcdir)/extension/libev.symbols
 
 
-libgetdns.la: $(GETDNS_OBJ)
-	$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(GETDNS_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) -rpath $(libdir) -version-info $(libversion) -no-undefined -export-symbols $(srcdir)/libgetdns.symbols
+libgetdns.la: $(GETDNS_OBJ) $(GLDNS_OBJ)
+	$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(GETDNS_OBJ) $(GLDNS_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) -rpath $(libdir) -version-info $(libversion) -no-undefined -export-symbols $(srcdir)/libgetdns.symbols
 
 
 test:	FORCE
@@ -179,3 +186,19 @@ configure.status: configure
 
 .PHONY: clean test example
 FORCE:
+
+# Dependencies for gldns
+# ----------------------
+# Create with:  gcc -MM -I. gldns/*.c|sed -e 's?gldns/?$(srcdir)/gldns/?g' -e 's!\(.*\)\.o[ :]*!\1.lo \1.o: !g' >> Makefile.in
+
+keyraw.lo keyraw.o: $(srcdir)/gldns/keyraw.c config.h $(srcdir)/gldns/keyraw.h $(srcdir)/gldns/rrdef.h
+parse.lo parse.o: $(srcdir)/gldns/parse.c config.h $(srcdir)/gldns/parse.h $(srcdir)/gldns/parseutil.h \
+ $(srcdir)/gldns/sbuffer.h
+parseutil.lo parseutil.o: $(srcdir)/gldns/parseutil.c config.h $(srcdir)/gldns/parseutil.h
+rrdef.lo rrdef.o: $(srcdir)/gldns/rrdef.c config.h $(srcdir)/gldns/rrdef.h $(srcdir)/gldns/parseutil.h
+sbuffer.lo sbuffer.o: $(srcdir)/gldns/sbuffer.c config.h $(srcdir)/gldns/sbuffer.h
+str2wire.lo str2wire.o: $(srcdir)/gldns/str2wire.c config.h $(srcdir)/gldns/str2wire.h $(srcdir)/gldns/rrdef.h \
+ $(srcdir)/gldns/wire2str.h $(srcdir)/gldns/sbuffer.h $(srcdir)/gldns/parse.h $(srcdir)/gldns/parseutil.h
+wire2str.lo wire2str.o: $(srcdir)/gldns/wire2str.c config.h $(srcdir)/gldns/wire2str.h $(srcdir)/gldns/str2wire.h \
+ $(srcdir)/gldns/rrdef.h $(srcdir)/gldns/pkthdr.h $(srcdir)/gldns/parseutil.h $(srcdir)/gldns/sbuffer.h \
+ $(srcdir)/gldns/keyraw.h
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index c384d0cf..c8a709f6 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 /* src/config.h.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <arpa/inet.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
+
+/* Whether the C compiler accepts the "format" attribute */
+#undef HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <bsd/string.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_BSD_STRING_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_DLFCN_H
 
@@ -36,9 +45,15 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_MEMORY_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <netdb.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_NETDB_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <netinet/in.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <stdarg.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_STDARG_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_STDINT_H
 
@@ -57,6 +72,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/types.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <time.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_TIME_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <unistd.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 
@@ -127,3 +145,58 @@
 /* Define to the type of an unsigned integer type of width exactly 8 bits if
    such a type exists and the standard includes do not define it. */
 #undef uint8_t
+
+
+/** Use on-board gldns */
+
+#define USE_GLDNS 1
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+#  define GLDNS_BUILD_CONFIG_HAVE_SSL 1
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#if STDC_HEADERS
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STDARG_H
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT
+#  define ATTR_FORMAT(archetype, string_index, first_to_check) \
+    __attribute__ ((format (archetype, string_index, first_to_check)))
+#else /* !HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT */
+#  define ATTR_FORMAT(archetype, string_index, first_to_check) /* empty */
+#endif /* !HAVE_ATTR_FORMAT */
+
+#ifdef TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
+# include <sys/time.h>
+# include <time.h>
+#else
+# ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#  include <sys/time.h>
+# else
+#  include <time.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_BSD_STRING_H
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/getdns/config.h.in b/src/getdns/config.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index fdd46fa3..00000000
--- a/src/getdns/config.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-/* config.h.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <inttypes.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_INTTYPES_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the `event_core' library (-levent_core). */
-#undef HAVE_LIBEVENT_CORE
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the `getdns' library (-lgetdns). */
-#undef HAVE_LIBGETDNS
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_MEMORY_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <netinet/in.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if stdbool.h conforms to C99. */
-#undef HAVE_STDBOOL_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_STDINT_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <stdlib.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_STDLIB_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <strings.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_STRINGS_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <string.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_STRING_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/stat.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/types.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <unistd.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_UNISTD_H
-
-/* Define to 1 if the system has the type `_Bool'. */
-#undef HAVE__BOOL
-
-/* Name of package */
-#undef PACKAGE
-
-/* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
-#undef PACKAGE_BUGREPORT
-
-/* Define to the full name of this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_NAME
-
-/* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_STRING
-
-/* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_TARNAME
-
-/* Define to the home page for this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_URL
-
-/* Define to the version of this package. */
-#undef PACKAGE_VERSION
-
-/* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
-#undef STDC_HEADERS
-
-/* Version number of package */
-#undef VERSION
-
-/* Define for Solaris 2.5.1 so the uint32_t typedef from <sys/synch.h>,
-   <pthread.h>, or <semaphore.h> is not used. If the typedef were allowed, the
-   #define below would cause a syntax error. */
-#undef _UINT32_T
-
-/* Define for Solaris 2.5.1 so the uint64_t typedef from <sys/synch.h>,
-   <pthread.h>, or <semaphore.h> is not used. If the typedef were allowed, the
-   #define below would cause a syntax error. */
-#undef _UINT64_T
-
-/* Define for Solaris 2.5.1 so the uint8_t typedef from <sys/synch.h>,
-   <pthread.h>, or <semaphore.h> is not used. If the typedef were allowed, the
-   #define below would cause a syntax error. */
-#undef _UINT8_T
-
-/* Define to `unsigned int' if <sys/types.h> does not define. */
-#undef size_t
-
-/* Define to the type of an unsigned integer type of width exactly 16 bits if
-   such a type exists and the standard includes do not define it. */
-#undef uint16_t
-
-/* Define to the type of an unsigned integer type of width exactly 32 bits if
-   such a type exists and the standard includes do not define it. */
-#undef uint32_t
-
-/* Define to the type of an unsigned integer type of width exactly 64 bits if
-   such a type exists and the standard includes do not define it. */
-#undef uint64_t
-
-/* Define to the type of an unsigned integer type of width exactly 8 bits if
-   such a type exists and the standard includes do not define it. */
-#undef uint8_t