rndc reports zone type "master" for built-in zones, but the stats channel reports "builtin", e.g. % rndc zonestatus 100.100.in-addr.arpa name: 100.100.in-addr.arpa type: master serial: 0 nodes: 0 last loaded: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:21:04 GMT secure: no dynamic: no reconfigurable via modzone: no I think rndc should also report "builtin", both for consistency with the stats channel, and so that a real master zone for the locally served zones can be distinguished from an automatically loaded one.