diff --git a/libpod/networking_common.go b/libpod/networking_common.go
index ac914493b2..816e1d1c08 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_common.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_common.go
@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@ func (c *Container) convertPortMappings() []types.PortMapping {
 }
 
 func (c *Container) getNetworkOptions(networkOpts map[string]types.PerNetworkOptions) types.NetworkOptions {
+	nameservers := make([]string, 0, len(c.runtime.config.Containers.DNSServers)+len(c.config.DNSServer))
+	nameservers = append(nameservers, c.runtime.config.Containers.DNSServers...)
+	for _, ip := range c.config.DNSServer {
+		nameservers = append(nameservers, ip.String())
+	}
 	opts := types.NetworkOptions{
 		ContainerID:   c.config.ID,
 		ContainerName: getNetworkPodName(c),
+		DNSServers:    nameservers,
 	}
 	opts.PortMappings = c.convertPortMappings()