diff --git a/patches/nginx-1.2.7-run_posted_requests_in_resolver.patch b/patches/nginx-1.2.7-run_posted_requests_in_resolver.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f92deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/nginx-1.2.7-run_posted_requests_in_resolver.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+diff -ruNp nginx-1.2.7/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c nginx-1.2.7_zls/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+--- nginx-1.2.7/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c	2013-02-18 23:08:46.000000000 +0800
++++ nginx-1.2.7_zls/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c	2013-03-13 00:01:01.490582380 +0800
+@@ -878,11 +878,13 @@ ngx_http_upstream_cache_send(ngx_http_re
+ static void
+ ngx_http_upstream_resolve_handler(ngx_resolver_ctx_t *ctx)
+ {
++    ngx_connection_t              *c;
+     ngx_http_request_t            *r;
+     ngx_http_upstream_t           *u;
+     ngx_http_upstream_resolved_t  *ur;
+ 
+     r = ctx->data;
++    c = r->connection;
+ 
+     u = r->upstream;
+     ur = u->resolved;
+@@ -894,7 +896,8 @@ ngx_http_upstream_resolve_handler(ngx_re
+                       ngx_resolver_strerror(ctx->state));
+ 
+         ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u, NGX_HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY);
+-        return;
++
++        goto posted_requests;
+     }
+ 
+     ur->naddrs = ctx->naddrs;
+@@ -919,13 +922,17 @@ ngx_http_upstream_resolve_handler(ngx_re
+     if (ngx_http_upstream_create_round_robin_peer(r, ur) != NGX_OK) {
+         ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u,
+                                            NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+-        return;
++        goto posted_requests;
+     }
+ 
+     ngx_resolve_name_done(ctx);
+     ur->ctx = NULL;
+ 
+     ngx_http_upstream_connect(r, u);
++
++posted_requests:
++
++    ngx_http_run_posted_requests(c);
+ }
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/util/mirror-tarballs b/util/mirror-tarballs
index fe43fd4..14f1344 100755
--- a/util/mirror-tarballs
+++ b/util/mirror-tarballs
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ if [ "$answer" = "N" ]; then
     echo
 fi
 
+echo "$info_txt applying the run_posted_requests_in_resolver patch for nginx"
+patch -p1 < $root/patches/nginx-$main_ver-run_posted_requests_in_resolver.patch || exit 1
+echo
+
 rm -f *.patch || exit 1
 
 cd .. || exit 1
diff --git a/util/ver b/util/ver
index d835cdc..8762ba4 100755
--- a/util/ver
+++ b/util/ver
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #main_ver=1.3.11
 main_ver=1.2.7
-minor_ver=3rc3
+minor_ver=3rc4
 version=$main_ver.$minor_ver
 echo $version