diff --git a/internal/netxlite/resolvercore.go b/internal/netxlite/resolvercore.go
index c7046b718f..020f5cc8b0 100644
--- a/internal/netxlite/resolvercore.go
+++ b/internal/netxlite/resolvercore.go
@@ -94,12 +94,19 @@ func NewSerialUDPResolver(logger model.DebugLogger, dialer model.Dialer, address
 // - dialer is the dialer to create and connect UDP conns
 //
 // - address is the server address (e.g., 1.1.1.1:53)
-func NewParallelUDPResolver(logger model.DebugLogger, dialer model.Dialer, address string) model.Resolver {
+func (netx *Netx) NewParallelUDPResolver(logger model.DebugLogger, dialer model.Dialer, address string) model.Resolver {
 	return WrapResolver(logger, NewUnwrappedParallelResolver(
 		wrapDNSTransport(NewUnwrappedDNSOverUDPTransport(dialer, address)),
 	))
 }
 
+// NewParallelUDPResolver is equivalent to creating an empty [*Netx]
+// and calling its NewParallelUDPResolver method.
+func NewParallelUDPResolver(logger model.DebugLogger, dialer model.Dialer, address string) model.Resolver {
+	netx := &Netx{Underlying: nil}
+	return netx.NewParallelUDPResolver(logger, dialer, address)
+}
+
 // WrapResolver creates a new resolver that wraps an
 // existing resolver to add these properties:
 //