diff --git a/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c b/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
index f3ee539..ceb2c77 100644
--- a/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
+++ b/libc/netbsd/resolv/res_send.c
@@ -370,10 +370,13 @@
         ResolvCacheStatus     cache_status = RESOLV_CACHE_UNSUPPORTED;
 #endif
 
+#if !USE_RESOLV_CACHE
 	if (statp->nscount == 0) {
 		errno = ESRCH;
 		return (-1);
 	}
+#endif
+
 	if (anssiz < HFIXEDSZ) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return (-1);
@@ -385,17 +388,27 @@
 	terrno = ETIMEDOUT;
 
 #if USE_RESOLV_CACHE
-        cache = __get_res_cache();
-        if (cache != NULL) {
-            int  anslen = 0;
-            cache_status = _resolv_cache_lookup(
-                                cache, buf, buflen,
-                                ans, anssiz, &anslen);
+	// get the cache associated with the interface
+	cache = __get_res_cache(statp->iface);
+	if (cache != NULL) {
+		int  anslen = 0;
+		cache_status = _resolv_cache_lookup(
+				cache, buf, buflen,
+				ans, anssiz, &anslen);
 
-            if (cache_status == RESOLV_CACHE_FOUND) {
-                return anslen;
-            }
-        }
+		if (cache_status == RESOLV_CACHE_FOUND) {
+			return anslen;
+		} else {
+			// had a cache miss for a known interface, so populate the thread private
+			// data so the normal resolve path can do its thing
+			_resolv_populate_res_for_iface(statp);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (statp->nscount == 0) {
+		errno = ESRCH;
+		return (-1);
+	}
 #endif
 
 	/*