diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 639806ca67..5092131dd9 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -97,4 +97,5 @@ opensignature on github <antonio@piumarossa.it>
 Cering on github <gfypm@qq.com>
 a1346054 on github <36859588+a1346054@users.noreply.github.com>
 zhanghu on xiaomi <zhanghu6@xiaomi.com>
-Philip Heiduck <pheiduck@Philips-MBP.lan> <47042125+pheiduck@users.noreply.github.com>
\ No newline at end of file
+Philip Heiduck <pheiduck@Philips-MBP.lan> <47042125+pheiduck@users.noreply.github.com>
+bsergean on github <bsergean@gmail.com>
diff --git a/lib/asyn-ares.c b/lib/asyn-ares.c
index cbc0e2ea77..33edba1395 100644
--- a/lib/asyn-ares.c
+++ b/lib/asyn-ares.c
@@ -786,6 +786,10 @@ struct Curl_addrinfo *Curl_resolver_getaddrinfo(struct Curl_easy *data,
       hints.ai_family = pf;
       hints.ai_socktype = (data->conn->transport == TRNSPRT_TCP)?
         SOCK_STREAM : SOCK_DGRAM;
+      /* Since the service is a numerical one, set the hint flags
+       * accordingly to save a call to getservbyname in inside C-Ares
+       */
+      hints.ai_flags = ARES_AI_NUMERICSERV;
       msnprintf(service, sizeof(service), "%d", port);
       res->num_pending = 1;
       ares_getaddrinfo((ares_channel)data->state.async.resolver, hostname,