diff --git a/src/dns.c b/src/dns.c
index 14c811a10..ce7c9a28b 100644
--- a/src/dns.c
+++ b/src/dns.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ void dns_session_free(struct dns_session *ds)
 	pool_free(dns_session_pool, ds);
 }
 
-static struct appctx *dns_session_create(struct dns_session *ds);
+static struct appctx *dns_session_create(struct dns_session *ds, int tempo);
 
 static int dns_session_init(struct appctx *appctx)
 {
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static void dns_session_release(struct appctx *appctx)
 
 	/* Create a new appctx, We hope we can
 	 * create from the release callback! */
-	ds->appctx = dns_session_create(ds);
+	ds->appctx = dns_session_create(ds, 1);
 	if (!ds->appctx) {
 		dns_session_free(ds);
 		HA_SPIN_UNLOCK(DNS_LOCK, &dss->lock);
@@ -937,8 +937,10 @@ static struct applet dns_session_applet = {
 /*
  * Function used to create an appctx for a DNS session
  * It sets its context into appctx->svcctx.
+ * if <tempo> is set, then the session startup will be delayed by 1
+ * second
  */
-static struct appctx *dns_session_create(struct dns_session *ds)
+static struct appctx *dns_session_create(struct dns_session *ds, int tempo)
 {
 	struct appctx *appctx;
 
@@ -947,10 +949,14 @@ static struct appctx *dns_session_create(struct dns_session *ds)
 		goto out_close;
 	appctx->svcctx = (void *)ds;
 
-	if (appctx_init(appctx) == -1) {
-		ha_alert("out of memory in dns_session_create().\n");
-		goto out_free_appctx;
+	if (!tempo) {
+		if (appctx_init(appctx) == -1) {
+			ha_alert("out of memory in dns_session_create().\n");
+			goto out_free_appctx;
+		}
 	}
+	else
+		appctx_schedule(appctx, tick_add(now_ms, MS_TO_TICKS(1000)));
 
 	return appctx;
 
@@ -1072,7 +1078,7 @@ struct dns_session *dns_session_new(struct dns_stream_server *dss)
 	ds->task_exp->process = dns_process_query_exp;
 	ds->task_exp->context = ds;
 
-	ds->appctx = dns_session_create(ds);
+	ds->appctx = dns_session_create(ds, 0);
 	if (!ds->appctx)
 		goto error;