diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 976b1f0..776ea36 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## 4.3.2 (not yet released)
 
+- #79 Fix `triton instance get NAME` to make sure it gets the `dns_names` CNS
+  field.
 - PUBAPI-1227: Note that `triton image list` doesn't include Docker images, at
   least currently.
 
diff --git a/lib/tritonapi.js b/lib/tritonapi.js
index 0213f32..1926867 100644
--- a/lib/tritonapi.js
+++ b/lib/tritonapi.js
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ TritonApi.prototype.getInstance = function getInstance(name, cb) {
     var res;
     var shortId;
     var inst;
+    var instFromList;
 
     vasync.pipeline({funcs: [
         function tryUuid(_, next) {
@@ -575,7 +576,7 @@ TritonApi.prototype.getInstance = function getInstance(name, cb) {
         },
 
         function tryName(_, next) {
-            if (inst) {
+            if (inst || instFromList) {
                 return next();
             }
 
@@ -585,7 +586,7 @@ TritonApi.prototype.getInstance = function getInstance(name, cb) {
                 }
                 for (var i = 0; i < insts.length; i++) {
                     if (insts[i].name === name) {
-                        inst = insts[i];
+                        instFromList = insts[i];
                         // Relying on rule that instance name is unique
                         // for a user and DC.
                         return next();
@@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ TritonApi.prototype.getInstance = function getInstance(name, cb) {
         },
 
         function tryShortId(_, next) {
-            if (inst || !shortId) {
+            if (inst || instFromList || !shortId) {
                 return next();
             }
             var nextOnce = once(next);
@@ -622,10 +623,34 @@ TritonApi.prototype.getInstance = function getInstance(name, cb) {
             });
             s.on('end', function () {
                 if (match) {
-                    inst = match;
+                    instFromList = match;
                 }
                 nextOnce();
             });
+        },
+
+        /*
+         * There can be fields that only exist on the machine object from
+         * GetMachine, and not from ListMachine. `dns_names` is one of these.
+         * Therefore, if we got the machine from filtering ListMachine, then
+         * we need to re-GetMachine.
+         */
+        function reGetIfFromList(_, next) {
+            if (inst || !instFromList) {
+                next();
+                return;
+            }
+            var uuid = instFromList.id;
+            self.cloudapi.getMachine(uuid, function (err, inst_, res_) {
+                res = res_;
+                inst = inst_;
+                if (err && err.restCode === 'ResourceNotFound') {
+                    // The CloudApi 404 error message sucks: "VM not found".
+                    err = new errors.ResourceNotFoundError(err,
+                        format('instance with id %s was not found', name));
+                }
+                next(err);
+            });
         }
     ]}, function (err) {
         if (err) {