diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index ec96309..ff17267 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ func (c *Client) queryMultiple(host string, requestTypes []uint16, resolver Reso
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		if len(dnsdata.AAAA)+len(dnsdata.A) > 0 {
+			dnsdata.HostsFile = true
+		}
 	}
 
 	msg := &dns.Msg{}
@@ -529,6 +532,7 @@ type DNSData struct {
 	AXFRData       *AXFRData  `json:"axfr,omitempty"`
 	RawResp        *dns.Msg   `json:"raw_resp,omitempty"`
 	Timestamp      time.Time  `json:"timestamp,omitempty"`
+	HostsFile      bool       `json:"hosts_file,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CheckInternalIPs when set to true returns if DNS response IPs
diff --git a/hostsfile/hostsfile.go b/hostsfile/hostsfile.go
index 2a3946f..8d70611 100644
--- a/hostsfile/hostsfile.go
+++ b/hostsfile/hostsfile.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package hostsfile
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -11,8 +12,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/stringsutil"
 )
 
+const (
+	localhostName = "localhost"
+)
+
 func Path() string {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+	if isWindows() {
 		return fmt.Sprintf(`%s\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts`, os.Getenv("SystemRoot"))
 	}
 	return "/etc/hosts"
@@ -52,5 +57,19 @@ func Parse(p string) (map[string][]string, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	// windows 11 resolves localhost with system dns resolver
+	if _, ok := items[localhostName]; !ok && isWindows() {
+		localhostIPs, err := net.LookupHost(localhostName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items[localhostName] = localhostIPs
+	}
+
 	return items, nil
 }
+
+func isWindows() bool {
+	return runtime.GOOS == "windows"
+}