diff -ru irssi-0.8.12/src/fe-none/irssi.c irssi-0.8.12+iPhone/src/fe-none/irssi.c
--- irssi-0.8.12/src/fe-none/irssi.c	2007-10-06 09:38:20.000000000 +0000
+++ irssi-0.8.12+iPhone/src/fe-none/irssi.c	2008-01-28 22:40:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <mach-o/nlist.h>
+
 /*
  irssi.c : irssi
 
@@ -81,6 +83,12 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    struct nlist nl[2];
+    memset(nl, 0, sizeof(nl));
+    nl[0].n_un.n_name = (char *) "_useMDNSResponder";
+    if (nlist("/usr/lib/libc.dylib", nl) != -1 && nl[0].n_type != N_UNDF)
+        *(int *) nl[0].n_value = 0;
+
 	static struct poptOption options[] = {
 		POPT_AUTOHELP
 		{ "load", 'l', POPT_ARG_STRING, &autoload_module, 0, "Module to load (default = bot)", "MODULE" },
diff -ru irssi-0.8.12/src/fe-text/irssi.c irssi-0.8.12+iPhone/src/fe-text/irssi.c
--- irssi-0.8.12/src/fe-text/irssi.c	2007-10-06 09:38:20.000000000 +0000
+++ irssi-0.8.12+iPhone/src/fe-text/irssi.c	2008-01-28 22:40:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <mach-o/nlist.h>
+
 /*
  irssi.c : irssi
 
@@ -328,6 +330,12 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    struct nlist nl[2];
+    memset(nl, 0, sizeof(nl));
+    nl[0].n_un.n_name = (char *) "_useMDNSResponder";
+    if (nlist("/usr/lib/libc.dylib", nl) != -1 && nl[0].n_type != N_UNDF)
+        *(int *) nl[0].n_value = 0;
+
 	static int version = 0;
 	static struct poptOption options[] = {
 		{ "dummy", 'd', POPT_ARG_NONE, &dummy, 0, "Use the dummy terminal mode", NULL },