diff --git a/src/provisioningserver/templates/dns/named.conf.options.inside.maas.template b/src/provisioningserver/templates/dns/named.conf.options.inside.maas.template
index ba1aee316..6eda771b0 100644
--- a/src/provisioningserver/templates/dns/named.conf.options.inside.maas.template
+++ b/src/provisioningserver/templates/dns/named.conf.options.inside.maas.template
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ allow-recursion { trusted; };
 {{if not upstream_allow_query_cache}}
 allow-query-cache { trusted; };
 {{endif}}
+allow-transfer { trusted; };