1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ffap.el b/lisp/ffap.el
index 0769469cbf2..70096248e19 100644
--- a/lisp/ffap.el
+++ b/lisp/ffap.el
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ Returned values:
            (let ((mesg (car (cdr error))))
              (cond
               ;; v18:
-              ((string-match "^Unknown host" mesg) nil)
+              ((string-match "\\(^Unknown host\\|Name or service not known$\\)"
+                             mesg) nil)
               ((string-match "not responding$" mesg) mesg)
               ;; v19:
               ;; (file-error "connection failed" "permission denied"