diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/index.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/index.tsx
index 63d995ab3..7e8099f8b 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/index.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/index.tsx
@@ -30,3 +30,9 @@ export {
 } from './app-connectivity/certificate-exchange/certificate-utils';
 
 export {sessionId} from './sessionId';
+import dns from 'dns';
+
+// The default on node16 is to prefer ipv4 results which causes issues
+// in some setups.
+// @ts-ignore: Not in our node typings yet
+dns.setDefaultResultOrder('verbatim');