diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.cc b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.cc
index 7c6d93a2a7..f46c27e20a 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.cc
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ void Dhcp_server_base::_invalid(Domain const &domain,
  ** Dhcp_server **
  *****************/
 
+bool Dhcp_server::dns_servers_empty() const
+{
+	if (_dns_config_from.valid()) {
+
+		return _resolve_dns_config_from().dns_servers_empty();
+	}
+	return _dns_servers.empty();
+}
+
+
 Dhcp_server::Dhcp_server(Xml_node            const  node,
                          Domain                    &domain,
                          Allocator                 &alloc,
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.h b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.h
index 36e7a0006a..a3e43d537e 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.h
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class Net::Dhcp_server : private Genode::Noncopyable,
 			}
 		}
 
+		bool dns_servers_empty() const;
+
 		Dns_domain_name const &dns_domain_name() const
 		{
 			if (_dns_config_from.valid()) {
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.cc b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.cc
index f7a6282b52..c471a30653 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.cc
@@ -687,11 +687,18 @@ void Interface::_send_dhcp_reply(Dhcp_server               const &dhcp_srv,
 		dhcp_opts.append_option<Dhcp_packet::Subnet_mask>(local_intf.subnet_mask());
 		dhcp_opts.append_option<Dhcp_packet::Router_ipv4>(local_intf.address);
 
-		dhcp_opts.append_dns_server([&] (Dhcp_options::Dns_server_data &data) {
-			dhcp_srv.for_each_dns_server_ip([&] (Ipv4_address const &addr) {
-				data.append_address(addr);
-			});
-		});
+		if (not dhcp_srv.dns_servers_empty()) {
+
+			dhcp_opts.append_dns_server(
+				[&] (Dhcp_options::Dns_server_data &data)
+				{
+					dhcp_srv.for_each_dns_server_ip(
+						[&] (Ipv4_address const &addr)
+						{
+							data.append_address(addr);
+						});
+				});
+		}
 		dhcp_srv.dns_domain_name().with_string(
 			[&] (Dns_domain_name::String const &str)
 		{
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/ipv4_config.h b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/ipv4_config.h
index af9602a744..a505b11356 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/ipv4_config.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/ipv4_config.h
@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ class Net::Ipv4_config
 		 ** Accessors **
 		 ***************/
 
-		bool                       valid()           const { return _valid; }
-		Ipv4_address_prefix const &interface()       const { return _interface; }
-		Ipv4_address        const &gateway()         const { return _gateway; }
-		bool                       gateway_valid()   const { return _gateway_valid; }
-		Dns_domain_name     const &dns_domain_name() const { return _dns_domain_name; }
+		bool                       valid()             const { return _valid; }
+		Ipv4_address_prefix const &interface()         const { return _interface; }
+		Ipv4_address        const &gateway()           const { return _gateway; }
+		bool                       gateway_valid()     const { return _gateway_valid; }
+		Dns_domain_name     const &dns_domain_name()   const { return _dns_domain_name; }
+		bool                       dns_servers_empty() const { return _dns_servers.empty(); }
 };
 
 #endif /* _IPV4_CONFIG_H_ */