diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fb746c2966..2e2d4ba268 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4142.	[bug]		rndc addzone with view specified saved NZF config
+			that could not be read back by named. This has now
+			been fixed. [RT #39845]
+
 4141.	[bug]		A formatting bug caused rndc zonestatus to print
 			negative numbers for large serial values. This has
 			now been fixed. [RT #39854]
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/addzone/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/addzone/tests.sh
index a57e202b09..c74d4e0718 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/addzone/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/addzone/tests.sh
@@ -267,6 +267,17 @@ n=`expr $n + 1`
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
 
+echo "I:checking rndc reload causes named to reload the external view's NZF file ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDC -c ../common/rndc.conf -s 10.53.0.2 -p 9953 reload 2>&1 | sed 's/^/I:ns2 /'
+$DIG +norec $DIGOPTS @10.53.0.2 -b 10.53.0.2 a.added.example a > dig.out.ns2.int.$n || ret=1
+grep 'status: NOERROR' dig.out.ns2.int.$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+$DIG +norec $DIGOPTS @10.53.0.4 -b 10.53.0.4 a.added.example a > dig.out.ns2.ext.$n || ret=1
+grep 'status: NOERROR' dig.out.ns2.ext.$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep '^a.added.example' dig.out.ns2.ext.$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
 
 echo "I:deleting newly added zone ($n)"
 ret=0
diff --git a/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c b/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
index e178e4172b..1d5c9e56b6 100644
--- a/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
+++ b/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
@@ -1711,24 +1711,6 @@ LIBISCCFG_EXTERNAL_DATA cfg_type_t cfg_type_bindkeys = {
 	&cfg_rep_map, bindkeys_clausesets
 };
 
-/*% The new-zone-file syntax (for zones added by 'rndc addzone') */
-static cfg_clausedef_t
-newzones_clauses[] = {
-	{ "zone", &cfg_type_zone, CFG_CLAUSEFLAG_MULTI },
-	{ NULL, NULL, 0 }
-};
-
-static cfg_clausedef_t *
-newzones_clausesets[] = {
-	newzones_clauses,
-	NULL
-};
-
-LIBISCCFG_EXTERNAL_DATA cfg_type_t cfg_type_newzones = {
-	"newzones", cfg_parse_mapbody, cfg_print_mapbody, cfg_doc_mapbody,
-	&cfg_rep_map, newzones_clausesets
-};
-
 /*% The "options" statement syntax. */
 
 static cfg_clausedef_t *
@@ -1932,6 +1914,23 @@ LIBISCCFG_EXTERNAL_DATA cfg_type_t cfg_type_addzoneconf = {
 	&cfg_rep_map, addzoneconf_clausesets
 };
 
+/*% The new-zone-file syntax (for zones added by 'rndc addzone') */
+static cfg_clausedef_t
+newzones_clauses[] = {
+	{ "zone", &cfg_type_addzone, CFG_CLAUSEFLAG_MULTI },
+	{ NULL, NULL, 0 }
+};
+
+static cfg_clausedef_t *
+newzones_clausesets[] = {
+	newzones_clauses,
+	NULL
+};
+
+LIBISCCFG_EXTERNAL_DATA cfg_type_t cfg_type_newzones = {
+	"newzones", cfg_parse_mapbody, cfg_print_mapbody, cfg_doc_mapbody,
+	&cfg_rep_map, newzones_clausesets
+};
 
 static isc_result_t
 parse_unitstring(char *str, isc_resourcevalue_t *valuep) {