diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 66747e36b7..ff1ff7d732 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3892.	[bug]		Setting '-t aaaa' in .digrc had unintended side
+			effects. [RT #36452]
+
 3891.	[bug]		Use ${INSTALL_SCRIPT} rather than ${INSTALL_PROGRAM}
 			to install python programs.
 
diff --git a/bin/dig/dig.c b/bin/dig/dig.c
index 6af096464a..04fde80a5b 100644
--- a/bin/dig/dig.c
+++ b/bin/dig/dig.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,8 @@ dash_option(char *option, char *next, dig_lookup_t **lookup,
 					(*lookup)->tcp_mode = ISC_TRUE;
 			} else {
 				(*lookup)->rdtype = rdtype;
-				(*lookup)->rdtypeset = ISC_TRUE;
+				if (!config_only) 
+					(*lookup)->rdtypeset = ISC_TRUE;
 				if (rdtype == dns_rdatatype_axfr) {
 					(*lookup)->section_question = plusquest;
 					(*lookup)->comments = pluscomm;
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/resolver/clean.sh b/bin/tests/system/resolver/clean.sh
index d0cc8bedb5..df74ae7256 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/resolver/clean.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/resolver/clean.sh
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ rm -f ns6/dsset-example.net. ns6/example.net.db.signed.jnl
 rm -f ns6/to-be-removed.tld.db ns6/to-be-removed.tld.db.jnl
 rm -f ns7/server.db ns7/server.db.jnl ns7/named.conf
 rm -f sample.out
+rm -f .digrc
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/resolver/prereq.sh b/bin/tests/system/resolver/prereq.sh
index 6715213e44..2020ed6d57 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/resolver/prereq.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/resolver/prereq.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SYSTEMTESTTOP=..
 
 if $PERL -e 'use Net::DNS;' 2>/dev/null
 then
-    if $PERL -e 'use Net::DNS; die if ($Net::DNS::VERSION >= 0.76 && $Net::DNS::VERSION <= 0.77);' 2>/dev/null
+    if $PERL -e 'use Net::DNS; die if ($Net::DNS::VERSION eq "0.76" || $Net::DNS::VERSION eq "0.77");' 2>/dev/null
     then
 	:
     else
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/resolver/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/resolver/tests.sh
index 4dd9854514..9194c0c230 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/resolver/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/resolver/tests.sh
@@ -401,5 +401,19 @@ if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; ret=1; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
 #HERE >>>
 
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check that '-t aaaa' in .digrc does not have unexpected side effects ($n)"
+ret=0
+echo "-t aaaa" > .digrc
+env HOME=`pwd` $DIG @10.53.0.4 -p 5300 . > dig.out.1.${n} || ret=1
+env HOME=`pwd` $DIG @10.53.0.4 -p 5300 . A > dig.out.2.${n} || ret=1
+env HOME=`pwd` $DIG @10.53.0.4 -p 5300 -x 127.0.0.1 > dig.out.3.${n} || ret=1
+grep ';\..*IN.*AAAA$' dig.out.1.${n} > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep ';\..*IN.*A$' dig.out.2.${n} > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep 'extra type option' dig.out.2.${n} > /dev/null && ret=1
+grep ';1\.0\.0\.127\.in-addr\.arpa\..*IN.*PTR$' dig.out.3.${n} > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
 echo "I:exit status: $status"
 exit $status