diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 48eba1d65..ce9eaaedb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o [NSE] The dns-recursion script now marks the port when it gets a
+  response. This is a patch from Olivier M.
+
 o [NSE] Improved smtp-commands.nse to work against more mail servers,
   made it take an smtp-commands.domain script argument, and rewrote it
   in the style of other smtp scripts. [Jason DePriest]
diff --git a/scripts/dns-recursion.nse b/scripts/dns-recursion.nse
index f10deaf4b..b3184d110 100644
--- a/scripts/dns-recursion.nse
+++ b/scripts/dns-recursion.nse
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ action = function(host, port)
         return
     end
 
+    nmap.set_port_state(host, port, "open")
+
     -- parse response for dns flags
     if (bit.band(string.byte(result,3), 0x80) == 0x80
         and bit.band(string.byte(result,4), 0x85) == 0x80)