diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e01ce1b2f5..67c062fd21 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5066.	[cleanup]	Allow unquoted strings to be used as a zone names
+			in response-policy statements. [GL #641]
+
 5065.	[bug]		Only set IPV6_USE_MIN_MTU on IPv6. [GL #553]
 
 5064.	[test]		Initalize TZ environment variable before calling
diff --git a/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c b/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
index 3e537a3a60..5af0396034 100644
--- a/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
+++ b/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ cfg_doc_kv_tuple(cfg_printer_t *pctx, const cfg_type_t *type) {
 	}
 }
 
-static keyword_type_t zone_kw = {"zone", &cfg_type_qstring};
+static keyword_type_t zone_kw = {"zone", &cfg_type_astring};
 static cfg_type_t cfg_type_rpz_zone = {
 	"zone", parse_keyvalue, print_keyvalue,
 	doc_keyvalue, &cfg_rep_string,