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diff --git a/src/src/lookups/dnsdb.c b/src/src/lookups/dnsdb.c
index 3fd9f981b..0bbc86a56 100644
--- a/src/src/lookups/dnsdb.c
+++ b/src/src/lookups/dnsdb.c
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ separator is newline.
 character used for multiple items of text in "TXT" records. Alternatively,
 if the next character is ';' then these multiple items are concatenated with
 no separator. With neither of these options specified, only the first item
-is output.
+is output.  Similarly for "SPF" records, but the default for joining multiple
+items in one SPF record is the empty string, for direct concatenation.
 
 (c) If the next sequence of characters is 'defer_FOO' followed by a comma,
 the defer behaviour is set to FOO. The possible behaviours are: 'strict', where
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ int size = 256;
 int ptr = 0;
 int sep = 0;
 int defer_mode = PASS;
-int type = T_TXT;
+int type;
 int failrc = FAIL;
 uschar *outsep = US"\n";
 uschar *outsep2 = NULL;
@@ -197,8 +198,10 @@ if (strncmpic(keystring, US"defer_", 6) == 0)
   while (isspace(*keystring)) keystring++;
   }
 
-/* If the keystring contains an = this must be preceded by a valid type name. */
+/* Figure out the "type" value if it is not T_TXT.
+If the keystring contains an = this must be preceded by a valid type name. */
 
+type = T_TXT;
 if ((equals = Ustrchr(keystring, '=')) != NULL)
   {
   int i, len;
@@ -246,6 +249,14 @@ if (type == T_PTR && keystring[0] != '<' &&
     string_is_ip_address(keystring, NULL) != 0)
   sep = -1;
 
+/* SPF strings should be concatenated without a separator, thus make
+it the default if not defined (see RFC 4408 section 3.1.3).
+Multiple SPF records are forbidden (section 3.1.2) but are currently
+not handled specially, thus they are concatenated with \n by default. */
+
+if (type == T_SPF && outsep2 == NULL)
+  outsep2 = US"";
+
 /* Now scan the list and do a lookup for each item */
 
 while ((domain = string_nextinlist(&keystring, &sep, buffer, sizeof(buffer)))