diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 20397e19004..0f3f306754c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v5.0.0...master[Check the HEAD diff]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
+- Fix 'index out of bounds' bug in Packetbeat DNS protocol plugin. {issue}2872[2872]
+
 *Topbeat*
 
 *Filebeat*
diff --git a/packetbeat/protos/dns/dns.go b/packetbeat/protos/dns/dns.go
index d00317e10cb..b16a0dbcdcf 100644
--- a/packetbeat/protos/dns/dns.go
+++ b/packetbeat/protos/dns/dns.go
@@ -529,26 +529,23 @@ func optToMapStr(rrOPT *mkdns.OPT) common.MapStr {
 	return optMapStr
 }
 
-// rrsToMapStr converts an array of RR's to an array of MapStr's.
+// rrsToMapStr converts an slice of RR's to an slice of MapStr's.
 func rrsToMapStrs(records []mkdns.RR) []common.MapStr {
-	mapStrArray := make([]common.MapStr, len(records))
-	for i, rr := range records {
+	mapStrSlice := make([]common.MapStr, 0, len(records))
+	for _, rr := range records {
 		rrHeader := rr.Header()
 
 		mapStr := rrToMapStr(rr)
 		if len(mapStr) == 0 { // OPT pseudo-RR returns an empty MapStr
-			resizeStrArray := make([]common.MapStr, len(mapStrArray)-1)
-			copy(resizeStrArray, mapStrArray)
-			mapStrArray = resizeStrArray
 			continue
 		}
 		mapStr["name"] = rrHeader.Name
 		mapStr["type"] = dnsTypeToString(rrHeader.Rrtype)
 		mapStr["class"] = dnsClassToString(rrHeader.Class)
 		mapStr["ttl"] = strconv.FormatInt(int64(rrHeader.Ttl), 10)
-		mapStrArray[i] = mapStr
+		mapStrSlice = append(mapStrSlice, mapStr)
 	}
-	return mapStrArray
+	return mapStrSlice
 }
 
 // Convert all RDATA fields of a RR to a single string
diff --git a/packetbeat/protos/dns/dns_test.go b/packetbeat/protos/dns/dns_test.go
index 538ec09d738..5e5902bf865 100644
--- a/packetbeat/protos/dns/dns_test.go
+++ b/packetbeat/protos/dns/dns_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp"
+	mkdns "github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -261,3 +262,27 @@ func assertAddress(t testing.TB, expected common.IPPortTuple, endpoint interface
 	assert.Equal(t, expected.SrcIP.String(), e.IP)
 	assert.Equal(t, expected.SrcPort, e.Port)
 }
+
+func TestRRsToMapStrsWithOPTRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	o := new(mkdns.OPT)
+	o.Hdr.Name = "." // MUST be the root zone, per definition.
+	o.Hdr.Rrtype = mkdns.TypeOPT
+
+	r := new(mkdns.MX)
+	r.Hdr = mkdns.RR_Header{Name: "miek.nl.", Rrtype: mkdns.TypeMX,
+		Class: mkdns.ClassINET, Ttl: 3600}
+	r.Preference = 10
+	r.Mx = "mx.miek.nl."
+
+	// The OPT record is a psuedo-record so it doesn't become a real record
+	// in our conversion, and there will be 1 entry instead of 2.
+	mapStrs := rrsToMapStrs([]mkdns.RR{o, r})
+	assert.Len(t, mapStrs, 1)
+
+	mapStr := mapStrs[0]
+	assert.Equal(t, "IN", mapStr["class"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "MX", mapStr["type"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "mx.miek.nl.", mapStr["data"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "miek.nl.", mapStr["name"])
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 10, mapStr["preference"])
+}