diff --git a/changelog.d/15523.bugfix b/changelog.d/15523.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c00754019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/15523.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Don't fail on federation over TOR where SRV queries are not supported. Contributed by Zdzichu.
diff --git a/synapse/http/federation/srv_resolver.py b/synapse/http/federation/srv_resolver.py
index de0e882b3..285baddeb 100644
--- a/synapse/http/federation/srv_resolver.py
+++ b/synapse/http/federation/srv_resolver.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import attr
 
 from twisted.internet.error import ConnectError
 from twisted.names import client, dns
-from twisted.names.error import DNSNameError, DomainError
+from twisted.names.error import DNSNameError, DNSNotImplementedError, DomainError
 
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ class SrvResolver:
             # TODO: cache this. We can get the SOA out of the exception, and use
             # the negative-TTL value.
             return []
+        except DNSNotImplementedError:
+            # For .onion homeservers this is unavailable, just fallback to host:8448
+            return []
         except DomainError as e:
             # We failed to resolve the name (other than a NameError)
             # Try something in the cache, else rereaise