diff --git a/source/core/index.ts b/source/core/index.ts
index f49889235..b51a6ae52 100644
--- a/source/core/index.ts
+++ b/source/core/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import {DnsLookupIpVersion, isDnsLookupIpVersion, dnsLookupIpVersionToFamily} fr
 import deprecationWarning from '../utils/deprecation-warning';
 import {PromiseOnly} from '../as-promise/types';
 
+const globalDnsCache = new CacheableLookup();
+
 type HttpRequestFunction = typeof httpRequest;
 type Error = NodeJS.ErrnoException;
 
@@ -888,7 +890,7 @@ export default class Request extends Duplex implements RequestEvents<Request> {
 
 		// `options.dnsCache`
 		if (options.dnsCache === true) {
-			options.dnsCache = new CacheableLookup();
+			options.dnsCache = globalDnsCache;
 		} else if (!is.undefined(options.dnsCache) && !options.dnsCache.lookup) {
 			throw new TypeError(`Parameter \`dnsCache\` must be a CacheableLookup instance or a boolean, got ${is(options.dnsCache)}`);
 		}
diff --git a/test/create.ts b/test/create.ts
index d8589653f..75f47cdc1 100644
--- a/test/create.ts
+++ b/test/create.ts
@@ -312,3 +312,15 @@ test('async handlers can throw', async t => {
 
 	await t.throwsAsync(instance('https://example.com'), {message});
 });
+
+test('setting dnsCache to true points to global cache', t => {
+	const a = got.extend({
+		dnsCache: true
+	});
+
+	const b = got.extend({
+		dnsCache: true
+	});
+
+	t.is(a.defaults.options.dnsCache, b.defaults.options.dnsCache);
+});