diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.c b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.c
index 94c7674a8f..0b5e907bcf 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ DnsScopeMatch dns_scope_good_domain(
         DnsQuestion *question;
         const char *domain;
         uint64_t flags;
-        int ifindex;
+        int ifindex, r;
 
         /* This returns the following return values:
          *
@@ -653,6 +653,11 @@ DnsScopeMatch dns_scope_good_domain(
             is_dns_proxy_stub_hostname(domain))
                 return DNS_SCOPE_NO;
 
+        /* Never send SOA or NS or DNSSEC request to LLMNR, where they make little sense. */
+        r = dns_question_types_suitable_for_protocol(question, s->protocol);
+        if (r <= 0)
+                return DNS_SCOPE_NO;
+
         switch (s->protocol) {
 
         case DNS_PROTOCOL_DNS: {
@@ -1685,3 +1690,65 @@ int dns_scope_dump_cache_to_json(DnsScope *scope, JsonVariant **ret) {
                                           JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION(scope->link, "ifname", JSON_BUILD_STRING(scope->link ? scope->link->ifname : NULL)),
                                           JSON_BUILD_PAIR_VARIANT("cache", cache)));
 }
+
+int dns_type_suitable_for_protocol(uint16_t type, DnsProtocol protocol) {
+
+        /* Tests whether it makes sense to route queries for the specified DNS RR types to the specified
+         * protocol. For classic DNS pretty much all RR types are suitable, but for LLMNR/mDNS let's
+         * allowlist only a few that make sense. We use this when routing queries so that we can more quickly
+         * return errors for queries that will almost certainly fail/time-out otherwise. For example, this
+         * ensures that SOA, NS, or DS/DNSKEY queries are never routed to mDNS/LLMNR where they simply make
+         * no sense. */
+
+        if (dns_type_is_obsolete(type))
+                return false;
+
+        if (!dns_type_is_valid_query(type))
+                return false;
+
+        switch (protocol) {
+
+        case DNS_PROTOCOL_DNS:
+                return true;
+
+        case DNS_PROTOCOL_LLMNR:
+                return IN_SET(type,
+                              DNS_TYPE_ANY,
+                              DNS_TYPE_A,
+                              DNS_TYPE_AAAA,
+                              DNS_TYPE_CNAME,
+                              DNS_TYPE_PTR,
+                              DNS_TYPE_TXT);
+
+        case DNS_PROTOCOL_MDNS:
+                return IN_SET(type,
+                              DNS_TYPE_ANY,
+                              DNS_TYPE_A,
+                              DNS_TYPE_AAAA,
+                              DNS_TYPE_CNAME,
+                              DNS_TYPE_PTR,
+                              DNS_TYPE_TXT,
+                              DNS_TYPE_SRV,
+                              DNS_TYPE_NSEC,
+                              DNS_TYPE_HINFO);
+
+        default:
+                return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+        }
+}
+
+int dns_question_types_suitable_for_protocol(DnsQuestion *q, DnsProtocol protocol) {
+        DnsResourceKey *key;
+        int r;
+
+        /* Tests whether the types in the specified question make any sense to be routed to the specified
+         * protocol, i.e. if dns_type_suitable_for_protocol() is true for any of the contained RR types */
+
+        DNS_QUESTION_FOREACH(key, q) {
+                r = dns_type_suitable_for_protocol(key->type, protocol);
+                if (r != 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.h b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.h
index e2eb023c1d..4d39dc6f5d 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.h
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-scope.h
@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ int dns_scope_remove_dnssd_services(DnsScope *scope);
 bool dns_scope_is_default_route(DnsScope *scope);
 
 int dns_scope_dump_cache_to_json(DnsScope *scope, JsonVariant **ret);
+
+int dns_type_suitable_for_protocol(uint16_t type, DnsProtocol protocol);
+int dns_question_types_suitable_for_protocol(DnsQuestion *q, DnsProtocol protocol);