diff --git a/scapy/layers/dns.py b/scapy/layers/dns.py
index 3681696a7b7..864ead516ad 100644
--- a/scapy/layers/dns.py
+++ b/scapy/layers/dns.py
@@ -1271,9 +1271,10 @@ def __getattr__(self, attr):
 
 class DNS(DNSCompressedPacket):
     name = "DNS"
+    FORCE_TCP = False
     fields_desc = [
         ConditionalField(ShortField("length", None),
-                         lambda p: isinstance(p.underlayer, TCP)),
+                         lambda p: p.FORCE_TCP or isinstance(p.underlayer, TCP)),
         ShortField("id", 0),
         BitField("qr", 0, 1),
         BitEnumField("opcode", 0, 4, {0: "QUERY", 1: "IQUERY", 2: "STATUS"}),
@@ -1300,7 +1301,7 @@ class DNS(DNSCompressedPacket):
 
     def get_full(self):
         # Required for DNSCompressedPacket
-        if isinstance(self.underlayer, TCP):
+        if isinstance(self.underlayer, TCP) or self.FORCE_TCP:
             return self.original[2:]
         else:
             return self.original
@@ -1332,7 +1333,10 @@ def mysummary(self):
         )
 
     def post_build(self, pkt, pay):
-        if isinstance(self.underlayer, TCP) and self.length is None:
+        if (
+            (isinstance(self.underlayer, TCP) or self.FORCE_TCP) and
+            self.length is None
+        ):
             pkt = struct.pack("!H", len(pkt) - 2) + pkt[2:]
         return pkt + pay
 
@@ -1363,6 +1367,14 @@ def pre_dissect(self, s):
         return s
 
 
+class DNSTCP(DNS):
+    """
+    A DNS packet that is always under TCP
+    """
+    FORCE_TCP = True
+    match_subclass = True
+
+
 bind_layers(UDP, DNS, dport=5353)
 bind_layers(UDP, DNS, sport=5353)
 bind_layers(UDP, DNS, dport=53)
@@ -1413,16 +1425,18 @@ def dns_resolve(qname, qtype="A", raw=False, tcp=False, verbose=1, timeout=3, **
         try:
             # Spawn a socket, connect to the nameserver on port 53
             if tcp:
+                cls = DNSTCP
                 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             else:
+                cls = DNS
                 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
             sock.settimeout(kwargs["timeout"])
             sock.connect((nameserver, 53))
             # Connected. Wrap it with DNS
-            sock = StreamSocket(sock, DNS)
+            sock = StreamSocket(sock, cls)
             # I/O
             res = sock.sr1(
-                DNS(qd=[DNSQR(qname=qname, qtype=qtype)], id=RandShort()),
+                cls(qd=[DNSQR(qname=qname, qtype=qtype)], id=RandShort()),
                 **kwargs,
             )
         except IOError as ex:
diff --git a/test/regression.uts b/test/regression.uts
index 0cd5b0e1479..97bba309ca8 100644
--- a/test/regression.uts
+++ b/test/regression.uts
@@ -3500,16 +3500,11 @@ import socket
 sck = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 sck.connect(("8.8.8.8", 53))
 
-class DNSTCP(Packet):
-    name = "DNS over TCP"
-    fields_desc = [ FieldLenField("len", None, fmt="!H", length_of="dns"),
-                    PacketLenField("dns", 0, DNS, length_from=lambda p: p.len)]
-
 ssck = StreamSocket(sck, DNSTCP)
 
-r = ssck.sr1(DNSTCP(dns=DNS(rd=1, qd=DNSQR(qname="www.example.com"))), timeout=3)
+r = ssck.sr1(DNSTCP(rd=1, qd=DNSQR(qname="www.example.com")), timeout=3)
 sck.close()
-assert DNSTCP in r and len(r.dns.an)
+assert DNSTCP in r and len(r.an)
 
 ############
 + Tests of SSLStreamContext