diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5ff9505..4a6b195 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('eventcore', 'd',
     meson_version: '>=0.50',
-    version: '0.9.6'
+    version: '0.9.7'
 )
 
 project_soversion      = '0'
diff --git a/source/eventcore/drivers/posix/dns.d b/source/eventcore/drivers/posix/dns.d
index c549648..6875a0a 100644
--- a/source/eventcore/drivers/posix/dns.d
+++ b/source/eventcore/drivers/posix/dns.d
@@ -180,7 +180,14 @@ final class EventDriverDNS_GAI(Events : EventDriverEvents, Signals : EventDriver
 					l.done = false;
 					if (i == m_maxHandle) m_maxHandle = lastmax;
 					m_events.loop.m_waiterCount--;
-					passToDNSCallback(DNSLookupID(i, l.validationCounter), cb, status, ai);
+					// An error happened, we have a return code
+					// We can directly call the delegate with it instead
+					// of calling `passToDNSCallback` (which doesn't support
+					// a `null` result on some platforms)
+					if (ai is null)
+						cb(DNSLookupID(i, l.validationCounter), status, null);
+					else
+						passToDNSCallback(DNSLookupID(i, l.validationCounter), cb, status, ai);
 				} else lastmax = i;
 			}
 		}