diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index bbaa8324d..806ad5377 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set_time_limit(0);
 
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.1.915' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.1.917' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.1'  );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1040   );
 
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index d75ed560a..1fdddb8a2 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ class dba {
 	public  $connected = false;
 
 	function __construct($server,$user,$pass,$db,$install = false) {
+		$server = trim($server);
+		$user = trim($user);
+		$pass = trim($pass);
+		$db = trim($db);
+
+		if($install) {
+			if(strlen($server) && ($server !== 'localhost') && ($server !== '127.0.0.1')) {
+				if(! dns_get_record($server, DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR)) {
+					notice( sprintf( t('Cannot locate DNS info for database server \'%s\'',$server)));
+					$this->connected = false;
+					$this->db = null;
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		$this->db = @new mysqli($server,$user,$pass,$db);
 		if(! mysqli_connect_errno()) {
 			$this->connected = true;