diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index c6ba772bf..f7826ba8d 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-4 December 2015: Ralph
+7 December 2015: Ralph
+	- Do not minimise forwarded requests.
+
+4 December 2015: Wouter
 	- Removed unneeded whitespace from example.conf.
 
 3 December 2015: Ralph
diff --git a/iterator/iterator.c b/iterator/iterator.c
index 04d9a0b4b..b1bf902d5 100644
--- a/iterator/iterator.c
+++ b/iterator/iterator.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,7 @@ processInitRequest(struct module_qstate* qstate, struct iter_qstate* iq,
 			return error_response(qstate, id, LDNS_RCODE_SERVFAIL);
 		}
 		iq->refetch_glue = 0;
+		iq->minimisation_state = DONOT_MINIMISE_STATE;
 		/* the request has been forwarded.
 		 * forwarded requests need to be immediately sent to the 
 		 * next state, QUERYTARGETS. */