diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 277a68c1a0..3bb8687212 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-02-08  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
+
+	* resolv/res_hconf.c (_res_hconf_init): Don't use ENV_HOSTCONF for
+	SUID binaries.
+
 1999-02-07  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
 	* signal/signal.h: Don't declare __libc_allocate_rtsig.
diff --git a/resolv/res_hconf.c b/resolv/res_hconf.c
index c7aee65e59..3905360d50 100644
--- a/resolv/res_hconf.c
+++ b/resolv/res_hconf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1993, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by David Mosberger (davidm@azstarnet.com).
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ _res_hconf_init (void)
 
   memset (&_res_hconf, '\0', sizeof (_res_hconf));
 
-  hconf_name = getenv (ENV_HOSTCONF);
+  hconf_name = __secure_getenv (ENV_HOSTCONF);
   if (hconf_name == NULL)
     hconf_name = _PATH_HOSTCONF;