diff --git a/src/cmd/initContainer.go b/src/cmd/initContainer.go
index ca7f3caad..71bda7bf2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/initContainer.go
+++ b/src/cmd/initContainer.go
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ func initContainer(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if _, err := os.Readlink("/etc/resolv.conf"); err != nil {
+		if resolvConfTarget, err := os.Readlink("/etc/resolv.conf"); err != nil ||
+			resolvConfTarget != "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf" {
 			if err := redirectPath("/etc/resolv.conf",
 				"/run/host/etc/resolv.conf",
 				false); err != nil {
diff --git a/test/system/203-network.bats b/test/system/203-network.bats
index 4b0b8e5ef..db1ba561f 100644
--- a/test/system/203-network.bats
+++ b/test/system/203-network.bats
@@ -62,6 +62,132 @@ teardown() {
   assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
 }
 
+@test "network: /etc/resolv.conf inside the default container" {
+  create_default_container
+
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBOX" run readlink /etc/resolv.conf
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if check_bats_version 1.10.0; then
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+  else
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
+  fi
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "network: /etc/resolv.conf inside Arch Linux" {
+  create_distro_container arch latest arch-toolbox-latest
+
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBOX" run --distro arch readlink /etc/resolv.conf
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if check_bats_version 1.10.0; then
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+  else
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
+  fi
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "network: /etc/resolv.conf inside Fedora 34" {
+  create_distro_container fedora 34 fedora-toolbox-34
+
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBOX" run --distro fedora --release 34 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if check_bats_version 1.10.0; then
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+  else
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
+  fi
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "network: /etc/resolv.conf inside RHEL 8.7" {
+  create_distro_container rhel 8.7 rhel-toolbox-8.7
+
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBOX" run --distro rhel --release 8.7 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if check_bats_version 1.10.0; then
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+  else
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
+  fi
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "network: /etc/resolv.conf inside Ubuntu 16.04" {
+  create_distro_container ubuntu 16.04 ubuntu-toolbox-16.04
+
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBOX" run --distro ubuntu --release 16.04 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if check_bats_version 1.10.0; then
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+  else
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
+  fi
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "network: /etc/resolv.conf inside Ubuntu 18.04" {
+  create_distro_container ubuntu 18.04 ubuntu-toolbox-18.04
+
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBOX" run --distro ubuntu --release 18.04 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if check_bats_version 1.10.0; then
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+  else
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
+  fi
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "network: /etc/resolv.conf inside Ubuntu 20.04" {
+  create_distro_container ubuntu 20.04 ubuntu-toolbox-20.04
+
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$TOOLBOX" run --distro ubuntu --release 20.04 readlink /etc/resolv.conf
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_line --index 0 "/run/host/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+  if check_bats_version 1.10.0; then
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+  else
+    assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
+  fi
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+  assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
+}
+
 @test "network: DNS inside the default container" {
   local ipv4_skip=false
   local ipv4_addr