diff --git a/src/dns/bind/bind_util.cc b/src/dns/bind/bind_util.cc
index b90d81dcab1..2b0a3f79d30 100644
--- a/src/dns/bind/bind_util.cc
+++ b/src/dns/bind/bind_util.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ uint16_t BindUtil::DnsClass(const std::string &cl) {
 std::string BindUtil::DnsClass(uint16_t cl) {
     DnsTypeNumIter iter = g_dns_class_num_map.find(cl);
     if (iter == g_dns_class_num_map.end())
-        return "";
+        return integerToString(cl);
     return iter->second;
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ uint16_t BindUtil::DnsType(const std::string &tp) {
 std::string BindUtil::DnsType(uint16_t tp) {
     DnsTypeNumIter iter = g_dns_type_num_map.find(tp);
     if (iter == g_dns_type_num_map.end())
-        return "";
+        return integerToString(tp);
     return iter->second;
 }
 
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ uint8_t *BindUtil::AddData(uint8_t *ptr, const DnsItem &item,
         length += 2 + 20;
     } else if(item.type == DNS_PTR_RECORD ||
               item.type == DNS_CNAME_RECORD ||
-              item.type == DNS_NS_RECORD ||
-              item.type == DNS_TXT_RECORD) {
+              item.type == DNS_NS_RECORD) {
         uint16_t data_len = DataLength(item.data_plen, item.data_offset,
                                        item.data.size());
         ptr = WriteShort(ptr, data_len);
@@ -205,8 +204,19 @@ uint8_t *BindUtil::AddData(uint8_t *ptr, const DnsItem &item,
                       item.srv.hn_offset, length);
         length += 2 + 6;
     } else {
-        DNS_BIND_TRACE(DnsBindError,
-            "Unsupported record type in response : " << item.type);
+        // TXT and other record types are handled here.
+        // TODO: In case a record type has domain name and name is compressed
+        // in the message that is being read, it may lead to problem if the
+        // offset in the message we send doesnt match with the offset in the
+        // message that is received. Each such message has to be handled
+        // as a different case here.
+        uint16_t size = item.data.size();
+        ptr = WriteShort(ptr, size);
+        if (size) {
+            memcpy(ptr, item.data.c_str(), size);
+            ptr += size;
+        }
+        length += 2 + size;
     }
 
     return ptr;
@@ -327,8 +337,7 @@ bool BindUtil::ReadData(uint8_t *dns, uint16_t dnslen, int *remlen,
         return ReadWord(dns, dnslen, remlen, item.soa.ttl);
     } else if(item.type == DNS_PTR_RECORD ||
               item.type == DNS_CNAME_RECORD ||
-              item.type == DNS_NS_RECORD ||
-              item.type == DNS_TXT_RECORD) {
+              item.type == DNS_NS_RECORD) {
         return ReadName(dns, dnslen, remlen, item.data, item.data_plen, item.data_offset);
     } else if(item.type == DNS_MX_RECORD) {
         if (ReadShort(dns, dnslen, remlen, item.priority) == false)
@@ -343,6 +352,20 @@ bool BindUtil::ReadData(uint8_t *dns, uint16_t dnslen, int *remlen,
             return false;
         return ReadName(dns, dnslen, remlen, item.srv.hostname,
                         item.srv.hn_plen, item.srv.hn_offset);
+    } else {
+        // TXT and other record types are handled here.
+        // TODO: In case a record type has domain name and name is compressed
+        // in the message that is being read, it may lead to problem if the
+        // offset in the message we send doesnt match with the offset in the
+        // message that is received. Each such message has to be handled
+        // as a different case here.
+        if (*remlen < length) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        uint8_t *ptr = dns + (dnslen - *remlen);
+        item.data.assign((const char *)ptr, length);
+        *remlen -= length;
+        return true;
     }
 
     DNS_BIND_TRACE(DnsBindError,
diff --git a/src/dns/test/dns_bind_test.cc b/src/dns/test/dns_bind_test.cc
index a85a58c39e7..68048a55674 100644
--- a/src/dns/test/dns_bind_test.cc
+++ b/src/dns/test/dns_bind_test.cc
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ TEST_F(DnsBindTest, ReorderedExternalReverseResolutionDisabled) {
 
 TEST_F(DnsBindTest, DnsClassTest) {
     std::string cl = BindUtil::DnsClass(4);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(cl == "");
+    EXPECT_TRUE(cl == "4");
 }
 
 #define MAX_ITEMS 3
@@ -1098,7 +1098,40 @@ TEST_F(DnsBindTest, DnsResponseSRVParse) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(ans == ans_in);
 }
 
+// Check the parsing of a TXT record
+TEST_F(DnsBindTest, DnsResponseTxtParse) {
+    uint8_t buf[1024];
+    DnsItems ans_in;
+    DnsItem item;
+    item.eclass = DNS_CLASS_IN;
+    item.type = DNS_TXT_RECORD;
+    item.ttl = 100;
+    item.name = "google.com";
+    item.data = "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all";
+    ans_in.push_back(item);
+
+    dnshdr *dns = (dnshdr *) buf;
+    BindUtil::BuildDnsHeader(dns, 0x0102, DNS_QUERY_RESPONSE, DNS_OPCODE_QUERY,
+                             0, 0, 0, 0);
+    dns->ques_rrcount = htons(1);
+    dns->ans_rrcount = htons(1);
+    dns->auth_rrcount = 0;
+    dns->add_rrcount = 0;
 
+    uint16_t len = sizeof(dnshdr);
+    uint8_t *ptr = (uint8_t *) (dns + 1);
+    ptr = BindUtil::AddQuestionSection(ptr, "google.com",
+                                       DNS_TXT_RECORD, DNS_CLASS_IN, len);
+    for (DnsItems::iterator it = ans_in.begin(); it != ans_in.end(); it++)
+         ptr = BindUtil::AddAnswerSection(ptr, *it, len);
+
+    uint16_t xid;
+    dns_flags flags;
+    DnsItems ques, ans, auth, add;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(BindUtil::ParseDnsResponse(buf, len, xid, flags,
+                ques, ans, auth, add));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(ans == ans_in);
+}
 
 }  // namespace