diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c.sav b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c.sav
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 #define	OF_NOINET6	0x08
 #define	BGRNDNOW	0x10
 static int retrycnt = -1;
+static int retrydns = 1;
 static int opflags = 0;
 static int nfsproto = IPPROTO_TCP;
 static int mnttcp_ok = 1;
@@ -327,6 +328,12 @@
 					if (*p || num < 0)
 						errx(1, "illegal retrycnt value -- %s", val);
 					retrycnt = num;
+				} else if (strcmp(opt, "retrydns") == 0) {
+					pass_flag_to_nmount=0;
+					num = strtol(val, &p, 10);
+					if (*p || num < 0)
+						errx(1, "illegal retrydns value -- %s", val);
+					retrydns = num;
 				} else if (strcmp(opt, "maxgroups") == 0) {
 					num = strtol(val, &p, 10);
 					if (*p || num <= 0)
@@ -644,16 +651,37 @@
 		hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
 
 	if (getaddrinfo(hostp, portspec, &hints, &ai_nfs) != 0) {
+		unsigned int retrydns_timeout;
+
 		hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;
-		if ((ecode = getaddrinfo(hostp, portspec, &hints, &ai_nfs))
-		    != 0) {
-			if (portspec == NULL)
-				errx(1, "%s: %s", hostp, gai_strerror(ecode));
-			else
-				errx(1, "%s:%s: %s", hostp, portspec,
-				    gai_strerror(ecode));
-			return (0);
-		}
+		retrydns_timeout = 1;
+		do {
+			retrydns--;
+			if ((ecode = getaddrinfo(hostp, portspec, &hints,
+			    &ai_nfs)) != 0) {
+				if (retrydns == 0) {
+					if (portspec == NULL)
+						errx(1, "%s: %s", hostp,
+						    gai_strerror(ecode));
+					else
+						errx(1, "%s:%s: %s", hostp,
+						    portspec,
+						    gai_strerror(ecode));
+					return (0);
+				} else {
+					if (portspec == NULL)
+						warnx("%s: %s", hostp,
+						    gai_strerror(ecode));
+					else
+						warnx("%s:%s: %s", 
+						    hostp, portspec,
+						    gai_strerror(ecode));
+					sleep(retrydns_timeout);
+					if (retrydns_timeout < 16)
+						retrydns_timeout *= 2;
+				}
+			}
+		} while (ecode != 0);
 
 		/*
 		 * For a Kerberized nfs mount where the "principal"