diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3745e37cce..883882bdf0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ 999.	[func]		"rndc retransfer zone [class [view]]" added.
+			[RT #1752]
+
  998.	[func]		named-checkzone now has arguements to specify the
 			chroot directory (-t) and working directory (-w).
 			[RT #1755]
diff --git a/bin/named/control.c b/bin/named/control.c
index 6ab225153c..79ed9b976b 100644
--- a/bin/named/control.c
+++ b/bin/named/control.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: control.c,v 1.7 2001/05/31 01:21:06 bwelling Exp $ */
+/* $Id: control.c,v 1.8 2001/09/15 14:23:22 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ ns_control_docommand(isccc_sexpr_t *message, isc_buffer_t *text) {
 		result = ns_server_reconfigcommand(ns_g_server, command);
 	} else if (command_compare(command, NS_COMMAND_REFRESH)) {
 		result = ns_server_refreshcommand(ns_g_server, command);
+	} else if (command_compare(command, NS_COMMAND_RETRANSFER)) {
+		result = ns_server_retransfercommand(ns_g_server, command);
 	} else if (command_compare(command, NS_COMMAND_HALT)) {
 		ns_server_flushonshutdown(ns_g_server, ISC_FALSE);
 		isc_app_shutdown();
diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/control.h b/bin/named/include/named/control.h
index 74cf91d353..b539dac944 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/control.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/control.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: control.h,v 1.6 2001/05/08 04:09:40 bwelling Exp $ */
+/* $Id: control.h,v 1.7 2001/09/15 14:23:25 marka Exp $ */
 
 #ifndef NAMED_CONTROL_H
 #define NAMED_CONTROL_H 1
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #define NS_COMMAND_RELOAD	"reload"
 #define NS_COMMAND_RECONFIG	"reconfig"
 #define NS_COMMAND_REFRESH	"refresh"
+#define NS_COMMAND_RETRANSFER	"retransfer"
 #define NS_COMMAND_DUMPSTATS	"stats"
 #define NS_COMMAND_QUERYLOG	"querylog"
 #define NS_COMMAND_DUMPDB	"dumpdb"
diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/server.h b/bin/named/include/named/server.h
index 906651feef..5eb233569f 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/server.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/server.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: server.h,v 1.60 2001/09/04 19:29:24 gson Exp $ */
+/* $Id: server.h,v 1.61 2001/09/15 14:23:26 marka Exp $ */
 
 #ifndef NAMED_SERVER_H
 #define NAMED_SERVER_H 1
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ ns_server_refreshcommand(ns_server_t *server, char *args);
  * Act on a "refresh" command from the command channel.
  */
 
+isc_result_t
+ns_server_retransfercommand(ns_server_t *server, char *args);
+/*
+ * Act on a "retransfer" command from the command channel.
+ */
+
 isc_result_t
 ns_server_togglequerylog(ns_server_t *server);
 /*
diff --git a/bin/named/server.c b/bin/named/server.c
index 7dc6a15d61..1bdd4cb906 100644
--- a/bin/named/server.c
+++ b/bin/named/server.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: server.c,v 1.342 2001/09/07 00:36:54 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: server.c,v 1.343 2001/09/15 14:23:23 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -2565,6 +2565,29 @@ zone_from_args(ns_server_t *server, char *args, dns_zone_t **zonep) {
 	return (result);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Act on a "retransfer" command from the command channel.
+ */
+isc_result_t
+ns_server_retransfercommand(ns_server_t *server, char *args) {
+	isc_result_t result;
+	dns_zone_t *zone = NULL;
+	dns_zonetype_t type;
+	
+	result = zone_from_args(server, args, &zone);
+	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+		return (result);
+	if (zone == NULL)
+		return (ISC_R_UNEXPECTEDEND);
+	type = dns_zone_gettype(zone);
+	if (type == dns_zone_slave || type == dns_zone_stub)
+		dns_zone_forcereload(zone);
+	else
+		result = ISC_R_NOTFOUND;
+	dns_zone_detach(&zone);
+	return (result);
+}	
+
 /*
  * Act on a "reload" command from the command channel.
  */
diff --git a/bin/rndc/rndc.c b/bin/rndc/rndc.c
index b91cdc27ba..4be796cb51 100644
--- a/bin/rndc/rndc.c
+++ b/bin/rndc/rndc.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: rndc.c,v 1.78 2001/09/06 23:14:38 gson Exp $ */
+/* $Id: rndc.c,v 1.79 2001/09/15 14:23:27 marka Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Principal Author: DCL
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ command is one of the following:\n\
 		Reload a single zone.\n\
   refresh zone [class [view]]\n\
 		Schedule immediate maintenance for a zone.\n\
+  retransfer zone [class [view]]\n\
+		Retransfer a single zone without checking serial number.\n\
   reconfig	Reload configuration file and new zones only.\n\
   stats		Write server statistics to the statistics file.\n\
   querylog	Toggle query logging.\n\
diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
index 6e608e28a8..5da904f5bf 100644
--- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.0//EN"
                "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.0/docbookx.dtd">
 
-<!-- File: $Id: Bv9ARM-book.xml,v 1.158 2001/09/08 00:45:49 gson Exp $ -->
+<!-- File: $Id: Bv9ARM-book.xml,v 1.159 2001/09/15 14:23:29 marka Exp $ -->
 
 <book>
 <title>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</title>
@@ -750,6 +750,12 @@ of a server.</para>
    <listitem><para>Schedule zone maintenance for the given zone.</para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
 
+   <varlistentry><term><userinput>retransfer <replaceable>zone</replaceable>
+       <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable>
+           <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput></term>
+   <listitem><para>Retransfer the given zone from the master.</para></listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
    <varlistentry><term><userinput>reconfig</userinput></term>
    <listitem><para>Reload the configuration file and load new zones,
    but do not reload existing zone files even if they have changed.