diff --git a/codec-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/dns/AbstractDnsRecord.java b/codec-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/dns/AbstractDnsRecord.java
index 7ad472674a..642139d38b 100644
--- a/codec-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/dns/AbstractDnsRecord.java
+++ b/codec-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/dns/AbstractDnsRecord.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package io.netty.handler.codec.dns;
 
+import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
 import io.netty.util.internal.StringUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.UnstableApi;
 
@@ -68,12 +69,23 @@ public abstract class AbstractDnsRecord implements DnsRecord {
         // See:
         //   - https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/4937
         //   - https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/4935
-        this.name = appendTrailingDot(IDN.toASCII(requireNonNull(name, "name")));
+        this.name = appendTrailingDot(IDNtoASCII(name));
         this.type = requireNonNull(type, "type");
         this.dnsClass = (short) dnsClass;
         this.timeToLive = timeToLive;
     }
 
+    private static String IDNtoASCII(String name) {
+        requireNonNull(name, "name");
+        if (PlatformDependent.isAndroid() && DefaultDnsRecordDecoder.ROOT.equals(name)) {
+            // Prior Android 10 there was a bug that did not correctly parse ".".
+            //
+            // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/10034
+            return name;
+        }
+        return IDN.toASCII(name);
+    }
+
     private static String appendTrailingDot(String name) {
         if (name.length() > 0 && name.charAt(name.length() - 1) != '.') {
             return name + '.';