diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.h b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.h
index 6da911cfed..af0af9fbbb 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/dhcp_server.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class Net::Dhcp_server : private Genode::Noncopyable
 		 ***************/
 
 		Ipv4_address   const &dns_server()    const;
+		Domain               &dns_server_from()     { return _dns_server_from(); }
 		Genode::Microseconds  ip_lease_time() const { return _ip_lease_time; }
 };
 
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/domain.cc b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/domain.cc
index 95c2f2a79c..0932c56248 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/domain.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/domain.cc
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ void Domain::_ip_config_changed()
 	_interfaces.for_each([&] (Interface &interface) {
 		interface.detach_from_ip_config();
 	});
+	_ip_config_dependents.for_each([&] (Domain &domain) {
+		domain._interfaces.for_each([&] (Interface &interface) {
+			interface.detach_from_remote_ip_config();
+		});
+	});
 	/* log the change */
 	if (_config.verbose_domain_state()) {
 		if (!ip_config().valid) {
@@ -206,10 +211,14 @@ void Domain::init(Domain_tree &domains)
 			log("[", *this, "] cannot be DHCP server and client at the same time");
 			throw Invalid();
 		}
-		_dhcp_server = *new (_alloc)
+		Dhcp_server &dhcp_server = *new (_alloc)
 			Dhcp_server(dhcp_server_node, _alloc, ip_config().interface,
 			            domains);
 
+		try { dhcp_server.dns_server_from().ip_config_dependents().insert(this); }
+		catch (Pointer<Domain>::Invalid) { }
+
+		_dhcp_server = dhcp_server;
 		if (_config.verbose()) {
 			log("[", *this, "] DHCP server: ", _dhcp_server()); }
 	}
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/domain.h b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/domain.h
index 29f063ba8f..a0c2d3449d 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/domain.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/domain.h
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ class Net::Domain_base
 };
 
 
-class Net::Domain : public Domain_base
+class Net::Domain : public Domain_base,
+                    public List<Domain>::Element
 {
 	private:
 
@@ -86,25 +87,26 @@ class Net::Domain : public Domain_base
 		Configuration                        &_config;
 		Genode::Xml_node                      _node;
 		Genode::Allocator                    &_alloc;
-		Ip_rule_list                          _ip_rules            { };
-		Forward_rule_tree                     _tcp_forward_rules   { };
-		Forward_rule_tree                     _udp_forward_rules   { };
-		Transport_rule_list                   _tcp_rules           { };
-		Transport_rule_list                   _udp_rules           { };
-		Port_allocator                        _tcp_port_alloc      { };
-		Port_allocator                        _udp_port_alloc      { };
-		Nat_rule_tree                         _nat_rules           { };
-		Interface_list                        _interfaces          { };
-		unsigned long                         _interface_cnt       { 0 };
-		Pointer<Dhcp_server>                  _dhcp_server         { };
+		Ip_rule_list                          _ip_rules             { };
+		Forward_rule_tree                     _tcp_forward_rules    { };
+		Forward_rule_tree                     _udp_forward_rules    { };
+		Transport_rule_list                   _tcp_rules            { };
+		Transport_rule_list                   _udp_rules            { };
+		Port_allocator                        _tcp_port_alloc       { };
+		Port_allocator                        _udp_port_alloc       { };
+		Nat_rule_tree                         _nat_rules            { };
+		Interface_list                        _interfaces           { };
+		unsigned long                         _interface_cnt        { 0 };
+		Pointer<Dhcp_server>                  _dhcp_server          { };
 		Genode::Reconstructible<Ipv4_config>  _ip_config;
-		Arp_cache                             _arp_cache           { *this };
-		Arp_waiter_list                       _foreign_arp_waiters { };
-		Link_side_tree                        _tcp_links           { };
-		Link_side_tree                        _udp_links           { };
-		Genode::size_t                        _tx_bytes            { 0 };
-		Genode::size_t                        _rx_bytes            { 0 };
-		bool                            const _verbose_packets     { false };
+		List<Domain>                          _ip_config_dependents { };
+		Arp_cache                             _arp_cache            { *this };
+		Arp_waiter_list                       _foreign_arp_waiters  { };
+		Link_side_tree                        _tcp_links            { };
+		Link_side_tree                        _udp_links            { };
+		Genode::size_t                        _tx_bytes             { 0 };
+		Genode::size_t                        _rx_bytes             { 0 };
+		bool                            const _verbose_packets      { false };
 
 		void _read_forward_rules(Genode::Cstring  const &protocol,
 		                         Domain_tree            &domains,
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@ class Net::Domain : public Domain_base
 
 		bool                 verbose_packets() const { return _verbose_packets; }
 		Ipv4_config   const &ip_config()       const { return *_ip_config; }
+		List<Domain>        &ip_config_dependents()  { return _ip_config_dependents; }
 		Domain_name   const &name()            const { return _name; }
 		Ip_rule_list        &ip_rules()              { return _ip_rules; }
 		Forward_rule_tree   &tcp_forward_rules()     { return _tcp_forward_rules; }
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.cc b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.cc
index a31c62bd39..83173c3676 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.cc
@@ -309,6 +309,13 @@ void Interface::detach_from_ip_config()
 }
 
 
+void Interface::detach_from_remote_ip_config()
+{
+	/* only the DNS server address of the local DHCP server can be remote */
+	Signal_transmitter(_link_state_sigh).submit();
+}
+
+
 void Interface::_detach_from_domain()
 {
 	try {
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.h b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.h
index 3db14c124d..07f4251e0f 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/interface.h
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ class Net::Interface : private Interface_list::Element
 
 		void detach_from_ip_config();
 
+		void detach_from_remote_ip_config();
+
 		bool link_state();
 
 		void link_state_sigh(Genode::Signal_context_capability sigh);