diff --git a/core/dnsserver/quic.go b/core/dnsserver/quic.go
index 04201f220..1dcbe3039 100644
--- a/core/dnsserver/quic.go
+++ b/core/dnsserver/quic.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type DoQWriter struct {
 	remoteAddr net.Addr
 	stream     *quic.Stream
 	Msg        *dns.Msg
+	tsigStatus error
 }
 
 func (w *DoQWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func AddPrefix(b []byte) (m []byte) {
 
 // These methods implement the dns.ResponseWriter interface from Go DNS.
 
-func (w *DoQWriter) TsigStatus() error     { return nil }
+func (w *DoQWriter) TsigStatus() error     { return w.tsigStatus }
 func (w *DoQWriter) TsigTimersOnly(b bool) {}
 func (w *DoQWriter) Hijack()               {}
 func (w *DoQWriter) LocalAddr() net.Addr   { return w.localAddr }
diff --git a/core/dnsserver/server_quic.go b/core/dnsserver/server_quic.go
index 8589c40a8..d80eba174 100644
--- a/core/dnsserver/server_quic.go
+++ b/core/dnsserver/server_quic.go
@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ func (s *ServerQUIC) serveQUICStream(stream *quic.Stream, conn *quic.Conn) {
 		Msg:        req,
 	}
 
+	if tsig := req.IsTsig(); tsig != nil {
+		if s.tsigSecret == nil {
+			w.tsigStatus = dns.ErrSecret
+		} else if _, ok := s.tsigSecret[tsig.Hdr.Name]; !ok {
+			w.tsigStatus = dns.ErrSecret
+		}
+	}
+
 	dnsCtx := context.WithValue(stream.Context(), Key{}, s.Server)
 	dnsCtx = context.WithValue(dnsCtx, LoopKey{}, 0)
 	s.ServeDNS(dnsCtx, w, req)
diff --git a/core/dnsserver/server_quic_test.go b/core/dnsserver/server_quic_test.go
index 19cadd2f0..563ffc578 100644
--- a/core/dnsserver/server_quic_test.go
+++ b/core/dnsserver/server_quic_test.go
@@ -439,3 +439,15 @@ func TestAcquireQUICWorkerReturnsFalseOnCancelledContext(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected acquireQUICWorker to return false when context is cancelled")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDoQWriterTsigStatusReturnsStoredStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	want := errors.New("bad tsig")
+
+	w := &DoQWriter{
+		tsigStatus: want,
+	}
+
+	if got := w.TsigStatus(); got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("TsigStatus() = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}