diff --git a/man/resolvectl.xml b/man/resolvectl.xml
index dada3f51d7..afa4ca77eb 100644
--- a/man/resolvectl.xml
+++ b/man/resolvectl.xml
@@ -480,6 +480,21 @@
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--relax-single-label=</option><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean parameter; used in conjunction with <command>query</command>. If
+        true, rules regarding routing of single-label names are relaxed. Defaults to false. By default,
+        lookups of single label names are assumed to refer to local hosts to be resolved via local resolution
+        such as LLMNR or via search domain qualification and are not routed to upstream servers as is. If
+        this option is enabled these rules are disabled and the queries are routed upstream anyway. Also see
+        the <varname>ResolveUnicastSingleLabel=</varname> option in
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+        which provides a system-wide option that controls this behaviour.</para>
+
+        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="json" />
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="j" />
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolvectl.c b/src/resolve/resolvectl.c
index 405e8ec215..f2e9e7a96b 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolvectl.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolvectl.c
@@ -3342,6 +3342,7 @@ static int native_help(void) {
                "     --synthesize=BOOL         Allow synthetic response (default: yes)\n"
                "     --cache=BOOL              Allow response from cache (default: yes)\n"
                "     --stale-data=BOOL         Allow response from cache with stale data (default: yes)\n"
+               "     --relax-single-label=BOOL Allow single label lookups to go upstream (default: no)\n"
                "     --zone=BOOL               Allow response from locally registered mDNS/LLMNR\n"
                "                               records (default: yes)\n"
                "     --trust-anchor=BOOL       Allow response from local trust anchor (default:\n"
@@ -3701,7 +3702,8 @@ static int native_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 ARG_SEARCH,
                 ARG_NO_PAGER,
                 ARG_JSON,
-                ARG_STALE_DATA
+                ARG_STALE_DATA,
+                ARG_RELAX_SINGLE_LABEL,
         };
 
         static const struct option options[] = {
@@ -3726,6 +3728,7 @@ static int native_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 { "no-pager",              no_argument,       NULL, ARG_NO_PAGER              },
                 { "json",                  required_argument, NULL, ARG_JSON                  },
                 { "stale-data",            required_argument, NULL, ARG_STALE_DATA            },
+                { "relax-single-label",    required_argument, NULL, ARG_RELAX_SINGLE_LABEL    },
                 {}
         };
 
@@ -3912,6 +3915,13 @@ static int native_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         SET_FLAG(arg_flags, SD_RESOLVED_NO_SEARCH, r == 0);
                         break;
 
+                case ARG_RELAX_SINGLE_LABEL:
+                        r = parse_boolean_argument("--relax-single-label=", optarg, NULL);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+                        SET_FLAG(arg_flags, SD_RESOLVED_RELAX_SINGLE_LABEL, r > 0);
+                        break;
+
                 case ARG_NO_PAGER:
                         arg_pager_flags |= PAGER_DISABLE;
                         break;