diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d1579d73..e6e62f0d 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 Release history for Zonemaster component Zonemaster-LDNS
 
+3.1.0 2023-01-31 (public fix version)
+ [Feature]
+ - Includes the OPT RDATA from the edns_data function
+   (needed to fix a bug in Zonemaster-Engine) (#166)
+
+
 3.0.0 2022-12-19
 
  [Breaking change]
diff --git a/lib/Zonemaster/LDNS.pm b/lib/Zonemaster/LDNS.pm
index a9b88e8d..505ec103 100644
--- a/lib/Zonemaster/LDNS.pm
+++ b/lib/Zonemaster/LDNS.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package Zonemaster::LDNS;
 
 use 5.014;
 
-our $VERSION = '3.0.0';
+our $VERSION = '3.1.0';
 
 use parent 'Exporter';
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw[to_idn has_idn ldns_version load_zonefile];
diff --git a/src/LDNS.xs b/src/LDNS.xs
index e4b63a96..0b5dae2f 100644
--- a/src/LDNS.xs
+++ b/src/LDNS.xs
@@ -1375,12 +1375,17 @@ packet_edns_version(obj,...)
 # -------------------
 # Get/set EDNS data
 # 
-# Beware, this code can only take a unique U32 parameter which means it 
-# is not a full implementation of EDNS data but it is enough for our 
+# This function acts on the OPT RDATA field of a packet. An OPT RDATA consists of at least one triplet
+# {OPTION-CODE, OPTION-LENGTH, OPTION-DATA}.
+# When given a parameter, this function will set and return the field, although with the limitation described below.
+# Otherwise, it will get and return the field (if any).
+#
+# Beware, when setting OPT RDATA, this code can only take a unique U32 parameter
+# which means it is not a full implementation of EDNS data but it is enough for our
 # current purpose. It can only deal with option codes with OPTION-LENGTH=0
 # (see 6.1.2 section of RFC 6891) which means OPTION-DATA is always empty.
 #
-# returns: a bytes string
+# returns: a bytes string (or undef if no OPT RDATA is found)
 #
 SV *
 packet_edns_data(obj,...)
@@ -1391,7 +1396,7 @@ packet_edns_data(obj,...)
         {
             SvGETMAGIC(ST(1));
             opt = ldns_native2rdf_int32(LDNS_RDF_TYPE_INT32, (U32)SvIV(ST(1)));
-            if(opt == NULL) 
+            if(opt == NULL)
             {
                 croak("Failed to set OPT RDATA");
             }
@@ -1399,8 +1404,12 @@ packet_edns_data(obj,...)
         }
         else {
             opt = ldns_pkt_edns_data(obj);
+            if(opt == NULL)
+            {
+                XSRETURN_UNDEF;
+            }
         }
-        RETVAL = newSVpvn((char*)(opt), 4);
+        RETVAL = newSVpvn((char*)(opt->_data), opt->_size);
     OUTPUT:
         RETVAL