diff --git a/ares/Makefile.am b/ares/Makefile.am
index b1211119242811442b707ce9420619009555dc2d..7b6156518e37fa725d526a6924ed75f9550a197b 100644
--- a/ares/Makefile.am
+++ b/ares/Makefile.am
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS =$(PROGS)
 # regular sources and headers
 EXTRA_DIST = AUTHORS CHANGES README.cares Makefile.inc Makefile.dj	   \
  Makefile.m32 Makefile.netware Makefile.vc6 $(man_MANS) $(MSVCFILES)	   \
- config-win32.h RELEASE-NOTES libcares.pc.in buildconf get_ver.awk maketgz
+ config-win32.h RELEASE-NOTES libcares.pc.in buildconf get_ver.awk maketgz \
+ TODO
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libcares.pc
diff --git a/ares/TODO b/ares/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ade10c7a86581d2f011c76f85e0f0d5c8ffdd456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ares/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+TODO
+====
+
+ares_gethostbyname
+
+- When built to support IPv6, it needs to also support PF_UNSPEC or similar,
+  so that an application can ask for any protocol and then c-ares would return
+  all known resolves and not just explicitly IPv4 _or_ IPv6 resolves.