diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8a1c7a1b80..e3367af4dc 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+
+ 950.	[bug]		Explicit TTLs did not properly override $TTL
+			due to a bug in change 834. [RT #1558]
+
  949.	[bug]		host was unable to print records larger than 512
  			bytes. [RT #1557]
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/master.c b/lib/dns/master.c
index f40ad0dead..c7568684d7 100644
--- a/lib/dns/master.c
+++ b/lib/dns/master.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: master.c,v 1.120 2001/07/24 18:49:06 bwelling Exp $ */
+/* $Id: master.c,v 1.121 2001/08/01 17:58:45 gson Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ load(dns_loadctx_t *lctx) {
 					goto insist_and_cleanup;
 				}
 			}
-		} else if (lctx->default_ttl_known) {
+		} else if (!explicit_ttl && lctx->default_ttl_known) {
 			lctx->ttl = lctx->default_ttl;
 		} else if (!explicit_ttl && lctx->warn_1035) {
 			(*callbacks->warn)(callbacks,