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+// Flags: --expose-internals
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { internalBinding } = require('internal/test/binding');
+const cares = internalBinding('cares_wrap');
+const { UV_EPERM } = internalBinding('uv');
+const dnsPromises = require('dns').promises;
+
+// Stub cares to force an error so we can test DNS error code path.
+cares.ChannelWrap.prototype.queryA = () => UV_EPERM;
+
+assert.rejects(
+  dnsPromises.resolve('example.org'),
+  {
+    code: 'EPERM',
+    syscall: 'queryA',
+    hostname: 'example.org'
+  }
+);