diff --git a/pdns/dnsparser.hh b/pdns/dnsparser.hh
index 07660b90ea33..757caf6da36b 100644
--- a/pdns/dnsparser.hh
+++ b/pdns/dnsparser.hh
@@ -219,6 +219,26 @@ public:
     return record;
   }
 
+  [[nodiscard]] string wireFormatContent(const DNSName& qname, bool canonic = false, bool lowerCase = false) const
+  {
+    vector<uint8_t> packet;
+    DNSPacketWriter packetWriter(packet, g_rootdnsname, QType::A);
+
+    if (canonic) {
+      packetWriter.setCanonic(true);
+    }
+    if (lowerCase) {
+      packetWriter.setLowercase(true);
+    }
+
+    packetWriter.startRecord(qname, getType());
+    toPacket(packetWriter);
+
+    string record;
+    packetWriter.getContentWireFormat(record); // needs to be called before commit()
+    return record;
+  }
+
   virtual bool operator==(const DNSRecordContent& rhs) const
   {
     return typeid(*this)==typeid(rhs) && this->getZoneRepresentation() == rhs.getZoneRepresentation();
diff --git a/pdns/dnswriter.cc b/pdns/dnswriter.cc
index cc6f32516f9f..8e44d4b4e07b 100644
--- a/pdns/dnswriter.cc
+++ b/pdns/dnswriter.cc
@@ -460,6 +460,12 @@ template <typename Container> void GenericDNSPacketWriter<Container>::getRecordP
   records.assign(d_content.begin() + d_sor, d_content.end());
 }
 
+// call __before commit__
+template <typename Container> void GenericDNSPacketWriter<Container>::getContentWireFormat(string& records)
+{
+  records.assign(d_content.begin() + d_rollbackmarker, d_content.end());
+}
+
 template <typename Container> uint32_t GenericDNSPacketWriter<Container>::size() const
 {
   return d_content.size();
diff --git a/pdns/dnswriter.hh b/pdns/dnswriter.hh
index 4d6d28618242..c6ed4b3f04fd 100644
--- a/pdns/dnswriter.hh
+++ b/pdns/dnswriter.hh
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ public:
 
   dnsheader* getHeader();
   void getRecordPayload(string& records); // call __before commit__
+  void getContentWireFormat(string& records); // call __before commit__
 
   void setCanonic(bool val)
   {
diff --git a/pdns/recursordist/test-shuffle_cc.cc b/pdns/recursordist/test-shuffle_cc.cc
index 32eebd3b6004..469cc2820f46 100644
--- a/pdns/recursordist/test-shuffle_cc.cc
+++ b/pdns/recursordist/test-shuffle_cc.cc
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_simple)
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dups, 1U);
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(list.size(), 2U);
   addRecordToList(list, DNSName("Foo"), QType::A, "1.2.3.4");
+  addRecordToList(list, DNSName("FoO"), QType::A, "1.2.3.4", DNSResourceRecord::ADDITIONAL, 999);
   dups = pdns::dedup(list);
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dups, 1U);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dups, 2U);
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(list.size(), 2U);
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(address, &list);
 }
diff --git a/pdns/shuffle.cc b/pdns/shuffle.cc
index 32796fe02e7f..1fbc004cf920 100644
--- a/pdns/shuffle.cc
+++ b/pdns/shuffle.cc
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void pdns::orderAndShuffle(vector<DNSRecord>& rrs, bool includingAdditionals)
 
 unsigned int pdns::dedup(vector<DNSRecord>& rrs)
 {
-  // This functino tries to avoid unneccesary work
+  // This function tries to avoid unneccesary work
   // First a vector with zero or one element does not need dedupping
   if (rrs.size() <= 1) {
     return 0;
@@ -151,15 +151,16 @@ unsigned int pdns::dedup(vector<DNSRecord>& rrs)
 
   // If we have a larger vector, first check if we actually have duplicates.
   // We assume the most common case is: no
-  std::set<std::tuple<DNSName, QType, std::string>> seen;
+  std::unordered_set<std::string> seen;
   std::vector<bool> dups(rrs.size(), false);
 
   unsigned int counter = 0;
   unsigned int numDups = 0;
 
   for (const auto& rec : rrs) {
+    const auto key = rec.getContent()->wireFormatContent(rec.d_name, true, true);
     // This ignores class, ttl and place by using constants for those
-    if (!seen.emplace(rec.d_name.makeLowerCase(), rec.d_type, rec.getContent()->serialize(rec.d_name, true, false)).second) {
+    if (!seen.emplace(key).second) {
       dups[counter] = true;
       numDups++;
     }