diff --git a/internal/dnsinspect/dnsinspect.go b/internal/dnsinspect/dnsinspect.go
index 4d1ab5b4..36debb94 100644
--- a/internal/dnsinspect/dnsinspect.go
+++ b/internal/dnsinspect/dnsinspect.go
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ func runFanOut(ctx context.Context, host string, target resolverTargetInfo, syst
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(i int, qt queryType) {
 			defer wg.Done()
+			queryStart := time.Now()
 			results[i].typ = qt
 			switch {
 			case systemPolicy != nil:
@@ -410,6 +411,14 @@ func runFanOut(ctx context.Context, host string, target resolverTargetInfo, syst
 			default:
 				results[i].records, results[i].tcpFallback, results[i].err = lookupUDPRecordsWithFallback(ctx, target.udpAddr, host, qt)
 			}
+			// System-nameserver queries expose resolver metadata that includes
+			// failover and retry time. The other backends do not, so measure
+			// their query operation here. This starts after shared resolver
+			// setup, which prevents bootstrap/connect time from being charged
+			// to every concurrently issued query.
+			if results[i].duration <= 0 {
+				results[i].duration = time.Since(queryStart)
+			}
 		}(i, qt)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
diff --git a/internal/dnsinspect/dnsinspect_test.go b/internal/dnsinspect/dnsinspect_test.go
index ab012e28..f06d87d2 100644
--- a/internal/dnsinspect/dnsinspect_test.go
+++ b/internal/dnsinspect/dnsinspect_test.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func TestLookupQueriesRecordTypesConcurrently(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	defer server.Close()
 
-	_, err := lookup(context.Background(), &Config{
+	res, err := lookup(context.Background(), &Config{
 		DNSServer: mustURL(t, server.URL+"/dns-query"),
 	}, "example.com", time.Now())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -360,6 +360,14 @@ func TestLookupQueriesRecordTypesConcurrently(t *testing.T) {
 	if got < 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("max concurrent requests = %d, want at least 2", got)
 	}
+	if got, want := len(res.queries), len(inspectTypes); got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("query results = %d, want %d", got, want)
+	}
+	for _, query := range res.queries {
+		if query.duration <= 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%s query duration = %s, want positive duration", query.typ.label, query.duration)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestInspectKeepsRecordsAndFailsOnPartialQueryError(t *testing.T) {