diff --git a/source/crd.go b/source/crd.go
index 3ffbb9bd09..b39dbaa9ab 100644
--- a/source/crd.go
+++ b/source/crd.go
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ func (cs *crdSource) Endpoints(ctx context.Context) ([]*endpoint.Endpoint, error
 					continue // no format constraint on targets
 				case endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME:
 					continue // RFC 1035 §5.1: trailing dot denotes an absolute FQDN in zone file notation; both forms are valid
+				case endpoint.RecordTypeSRV:
+					// SRV targets are "<prio> <weight> <port> <host>"; RFC 2782
+					// requires the host to be an absolute FQDN and
+					// Endpoint.ValidateSRVRecord enforces the trailing dot.
+					// Reject-on-trailing-dot (the default branch below) would
+					// loop users between this warning and ValidateSRVRecord's
+					// "does not end with a dot" error (#6357).
+					continue
 				}
 
 				hasDot := strings.HasSuffix(target, ".")
diff --git a/source/crd_test.go b/source/crd_test.go
index 9e72f0eea1..65defb6659 100644
--- a/source/crd_test.go
+++ b/source/crd_test.go
@@ -320,6 +320,22 @@ func testCRDSourceEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectEndpoints: true,
 		},
+		{
+			title:           "SRV target with trailing dot (RFC 2782 absolute FQDN host) is valid (#6357)",
+			namespaceFilter: "foo",
+			objectNamespace: "foo",
+			labels:          map[string]string{"test": "that"},
+			labelSelector:   labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set{"test": "that"}),
+			endpoints: []*endpoint.Endpoint{
+				{
+					DNSName:    "_svc._tcp.example.org",
+					Targets:    endpoint.Targets{"0 0 80 abc.example.org.", "10 20 443 def.example.org."},
+					RecordType: endpoint.RecordTypeSRV,
+					RecordTTL:  180,
+				},
+			},
+			expectEndpoints: true,
+		},
 		{
 			title:           "Create NAPTR record",
 			namespaceFilter: "foo",
@@ -549,6 +565,18 @@ func TestCRDSourceIllegalTargetWarnings(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantWarning: ``,
 		},
+		{
+			title: "SRV target with trailing dot produces no warning (#6357)",
+			endpoints: []*endpoint.Endpoint{
+				{
+					DNSName:    "_svc._tcp.example.org",
+					Targets:    endpoint.Targets{"0 0 80 abc.example.org."},
+					RecordType: endpoint.RecordTypeSRV,
+					RecordTTL:  180,
+				},
+			},
+			wantWarning: ``,
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(ti.title, func(t *testing.T) {
 			hook := logtest.LogsUnderTestWithLogLevel(log.WarnLevel, t)