diff --git a/lib/hostip.c b/lib/hostip.c
index c137a19c3b..f37b4925bb 100644
--- a/lib/hostip.c
+++ b/lib/hostip.c
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ struct curl_hash *Curl_global_host_cache_init(void)
 void Curl_global_host_cache_dtor(void)
 {
   if(host_cache_initialized) {
+    /* first make sure that any custom "CURLOPT_RESOLVE" names are
+       cleared off */
+    Curl_hostcache_clean(NULL, &hostname_cache);
+    /* then free the remaining hash completely */
     Curl_hash_clean(&hostname_cache);
     host_cache_initialized = 0;
   }