diff --git a/lib/cookie.c b/lib/cookie.c
index 4362bd2571053e33061e2c83709fd45ee47ffe8b..0dc734571286e14592e69930ed3187d74c61d8c4 100644
--- a/lib/cookie.c
+++ b/lib/cookie.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Curl_cookie_add(struct CookieInfo *c,
           }
           else if(strequal("domain", name)) {
             co->domain=strdup(what);
+            co->field1= (what[0]=='.')?2:1;
           }
           else if(strequal("version", name)) {
             co->version=strdup(what);