diff --git a/packages/ipns/src/dnslink.ts b/packages/ipns/src/dnslink.ts
index 24d71a0a..d0985cbc 100644
--- a/packages/ipns/src/dnslink.ts
+++ b/packages/ipns/src/dnslink.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ import { peerIdFromString } from '@libp2p/peer-id'
 import { RecordType } from '@multiformats/dns'
 import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
 import type { ResolveDNSLinkOptions } from './index.js'
-import type { DNS } from '@multiformats/dns'
+import type { Answer, DNS } from '@multiformats/dns'
 
 const MAX_RECURSIVE_DEPTH = 32
 
-async function recursiveResolveDnslink (domain: string, depth: number, dns: DNS, log: Logger, options: ResolveDNSLinkOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
+export interface DNSLinkResult {
+  answer: Answer
+  value: string
+}
+
+async function recursiveResolveDnslink (domain: string, depth: number, dns: DNS, log: Logger, options: ResolveDNSLinkOptions = {}): Promise<DNSLinkResult> {
   if (depth === 0) {
     throw new Error('recursion limit exceeded')
   }
@@ -52,14 +57,20 @@ async function recursiveResolveDnslink (domain: string, depth: number, dns: DNS,
           const cid = CID.parse(domainOrCID)
 
           // if the result is a CID, we've reached the end of the recursion
-          return `/ipfs/${cid}${rest.length > 0 ? `/${rest.join('/')}` : ''}`
+          return {
+            value: `/ipfs/${cid}${rest.length > 0 ? `/${rest.join('/')}` : ''}`,
+            answer
+          }
         } catch {}
       } else if (protocol === 'ipns') {
         try {
           const peerId = peerIdFromString(domainOrCID)
 
           // if the result is a PeerId, we've reached the end of the recursion
-          return `/ipns/${peerId}${rest.length > 0 ? `/${rest.join('/')}` : ''}`
+          return {
+            value: `/ipns/${peerId}${rest.length > 0 ? `/${rest.join('/')}` : ''}`,
+            answer
+          }
         } catch {}
 
         // if the result was another IPNS domain, try to follow it
@@ -103,7 +114,7 @@ async function recursiveResolveDnslink (domain: string, depth: number, dns: DNS,
   throw new CodeError(`No DNSLink records found for domain: ${domain}`, 'ERR_DNSLINK_NOT_FOUND')
 }
 
-async function recursiveResolveDomain (domain: string, depth: number, dns: DNS, log: Logger, options: ResolveDNSLinkOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
+async function recursiveResolveDomain (domain: string, depth: number, dns: DNS, log: Logger, options: ResolveDNSLinkOptions = {}): Promise<DNSLinkResult> {
   if (depth === 0) {
     throw new Error('recursion limit exceeded')
   }
@@ -137,6 +148,6 @@ async function recursiveResolveDomain (domain: string, depth: number, dns: DNS,
   }
 }
 
-export async function resolveDNSLink (domain: string, dns: DNS, log: Logger, options: ResolveDNSLinkOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
+export async function resolveDNSLink (domain: string, dns: DNS, log: Logger, options: ResolveDNSLinkOptions = {}): Promise<DNSLinkResult> {
   return recursiveResolveDomain(domain, options.maxRecursiveDepth ?? MAX_RECURSIVE_DEPTH, dns, log, options)
 }
diff --git a/packages/ipns/src/index.ts b/packages/ipns/src/index.ts
index 72f9013a..eb2554df 100644
--- a/packages/ipns/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ipns/src/index.ts
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ import { localStore, type LocalStore } from './routing/local-store.js'
 import type { IPNSRouting, IPNSRoutingEvents } from './routing/index.js'
 import type { Routing } from '@helia/interface'
 import type { AbortOptions, ComponentLogger, Logger, PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface'
-import type { DNS, ResolveDnsProgressEvents } from '@multiformats/dns'
+import type { Answer, DNS, ResolveDnsProgressEvents } from '@multiformats/dns'
 import type { Datastore } from 'interface-datastore'
 import type { IPNSRecord } from 'ipns'
 import type { ProgressEvent, ProgressOptions } from 'progress-events'
@@ -331,10 +331,33 @@ export interface RepublishOptions extends AbortOptions, ProgressOptions<Republis
 }
 
 export interface ResolveResult {
+  /**
+   * The CID that was resolved
+   */
   cid: CID
+
+  /**
+   * Any path component that was part of the resolved record
+   *
+   * @default ""
+   */
   path: string
 }
 
+export interface IPNSResolveResult extends ResolveResult {
+  /**
+   * The resolved record
+   */
+  record: IPNSRecord
+}
+
+export interface DNSLinkResolveResult extends ResolveResult {
+  /**
+   * The resolved record
+   */
+  answer: Answer
+}
+
 export interface IPNS {
   /**
    * Creates an IPNS record signed by the passed PeerId that will resolve to the passed value
@@ -347,12 +370,12 @@ export interface IPNS {
    * Accepts a public key formatted as a libp2p PeerID and resolves the IPNS record
    * corresponding to that public key until a value is found
    */
-  resolve(key: PeerId, options?: ResolveOptions): Promise<ResolveResult>
+  resolve(key: PeerId, options?: ResolveOptions): Promise<IPNSResolveResult>
 
   /**
    * Resolve a CID from a dns-link style IPNS record
    */
-  resolveDNSLink(domain: string, options?: ResolveDNSLinkOptions): Promise<ResolveResult>
+  resolveDNSLink(domain: string, options?: ResolveDNSLinkOptions): Promise<DNSLinkResolveResult>
 
   /**
    * Periodically republish all IPNS records found in the datastore
@@ -416,17 +439,23 @@ class DefaultIPNS implements IPNS {
     }
   }
 
-  async resolve (key: PeerId, options: ResolveOptions = {}): Promise<ResolveResult> {
+  async resolve (key: PeerId, options: ResolveOptions = {}): Promise<IPNSResolveResult> {
     const routingKey = peerIdToRoutingKey(key)
     const record = await this.#findIpnsRecord(routingKey, options)
 
-    return this.#resolve(record.value, options)
+    return {
+      ...(await this.#resolve(record.value, options)),
+      record
+    }
   }
 
-  async resolveDNSLink (domain: string, options: ResolveDNSLinkOptions = {}): Promise<ResolveResult> {
+  async resolveDNSLink (domain: string, options: ResolveDNSLinkOptions = {}): Promise<DNSLinkResolveResult> {
     const dnslink = await resolveDNSLink(domain, this.dns, this.log, options)
 
-    return this.#resolve(dnslink, options)
+    return {
+      ...(await this.#resolve(dnslink.value, options)),
+      answer: dnslink.answer
+    }
   }
 
   republish (options: RepublishOptions = {}): void {
@@ -465,7 +494,7 @@ class DefaultIPNS implements IPNS {
     }, options.interval ?? DEFAULT_REPUBLISH_INTERVAL_MS)
   }
 
-  async #resolve (ipfsPath: string, options: ResolveOptions = {}): Promise<ResolveResult> {
+  async #resolve (ipfsPath: string, options: ResolveOptions = {}): Promise<{ cid: CID, path: string }> {
     const parts = ipfsPath.split('/')
     try {
       const scheme = parts[1]
diff --git a/packages/ipns/test/resolve-dnslink.spec.ts b/packages/ipns/test/resolve-dnslink.spec.ts
index 40c3ceb4..b95f5231 100644
--- a/packages/ipns/test/resolve-dnslink.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ipns/test/resolve-dnslink.spec.ts
@@ -221,4 +221,26 @@ describe('resolveDNSLink', () => {
 
     expect(result.cid.toString()).to.equal(cid.toV1().toString())
   })
+
+  it('should include DNS Answer in result', async () => {
+    const cid = CID.parse('bafybeifcaqowoyito3qvsmbwbiugsu4umlxn4ehu223hvtubbfvwyuxjoe')
+    const key = await createEd25519PeerId()
+    const answer = {
+      name: '_dnslink.foobar.baz.',
+      TTL: 60,
+      type: RecordType.TXT,
+      data: 'dnslink=/ipfs/bafybeifcaqowoyito3qvsmbwbiugsu4umlxn4ehu223hvtubbfvwyuxjoe'
+    }
+    dns.query.withArgs('_dnslink.foobar.baz').resolves(dnsResponse([answer]))
+
+    await name.publish(key, cid)
+
+    const result = await name.resolveDNSLink('foobar.baz', { nocache: true })
+
+    if (result == null) {
+      throw new Error('Did not resolve entry')
+    }
+
+    expect(result).to.have.deep.property('answer', answer)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/ipns/test/resolve.spec.ts b/packages/ipns/test/resolve.spec.ts
index 1e8b0fd8..3aaaba1b 100644
--- a/packages/ipns/test/resolve.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ipns/test/resolve.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { createEd25519PeerId } from '@libp2p/peer-id-factory'
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
 import { MemoryDatastore } from 'datastore-core'
 import { type Datastore, Key } from 'interface-datastore'
-import { create, marshal, peerIdToRoutingKey } from 'ipns'
+import { create, marshal, peerIdToRoutingKey, unmarshal } from 'ipns'
 import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
 import Sinon from 'sinon'
 import { type StubbedInstance, stubInterface } from 'sinon-ts'
@@ -165,4 +165,19 @@ describe('resolve', () => {
     // should have cached the updated record
     expect(record.value).to.equalBytes(marshalledRecordB)
   })
+
+  it('should include IPNS record in result', async () => {
+    const key = await createEd25519PeerId()
+    await name.publish(key, cid)
+
+    const customRoutingKey = peerIdToRoutingKey(key)
+    const dhtKey = new Key('/dht/record/' + uint8ArrayToString(customRoutingKey, 'base32'), false)
+    const buf = await datastore.get(dhtKey)
+    const dhtRecord = Record.deserialize(buf)
+    const record = unmarshal(dhtRecord.value)
+
+    const result = await name.resolve(key)
+
+    expect(result).to.have.deep.property('record', record)
+  })
 })