diff --git a/testmdnsd.c b/testmdnsd.c
index 554b0b4..f56435b 100644
--- a/testmdnsd.c
+++ b/testmdnsd.c
@@ -339,13 +339,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		if (0 <= mdnsd_discover_service("_http._tcp.local", 5000, &svcinfo, &numserv)) {
 			
-			struct hostent * hosts = read_hosts(numserv);
+			struct hostent * hosts = read_hosts(numserv+1);
 			if (!hosts) {
 				fprintf(stderr,"null hosts\n");
 				return 1;
 			}	
 			//dump_hosts(hosts);
 			struct hostent * p = hosts;
+			/* recognise own .local hostname */
+			p = add_host(p, fullname, saddr);
 			for (int i = 0; i < numserv; ++i) {
 				struct in_addr it;
 				it.s_addr = svcinfo[i].ipaddr;