diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 83fe357..798f13d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
 	nested "github.com/antonfisher/nested-logrus-formatter"
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ func main() {
 	// ********************************************************************************
 	// Initiate connections
 	// ********************************************************************************
+	initDnsConfig := false
 	for i := 0; i < len(rootConf.NetworkServices); i++ {
 		// Update network services configs
 		u := (*nsurl.NSURL)(&rootConf.NetworkServices[i])
@@ -211,7 +214,39 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		logger.Infof("successfully connected to %v. Response: %v", u.NetworkService(), resp)
+
+		// Initialize DNS config only if atleast one of the responses contain a DnsContext section
+		if resp.GetContext().GetDnsContext() != nil {
+			initDnsConfig = true
+		}
 	}
+
+	if initDnsConfig {
+		// Copy the original resolv.conf to the backup directory so that the cmd-nsc sidecar can
+		// read from the backup and initialize its data structures related to dns resolution.
+		storeResolvConfigFile := "/etc/nsm-dns-config/resolv.conf.restore"
+		originalResolvConfigFile := "/etc/resolv.conf"
+
+		originalResolvConf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(originalResolvConfigFile)
+	        if err != nil || len(originalResolvConf) == 0 {
+			logger.Fatalf("failed to read resolv.conf: %v", err.Error())
+	        }
+	        err = os.WriteFile(storeResolvConfigFile, originalResolvConf, os.ModePerm)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Fatalf("failed to write resolv.conf to backup: %v", err.Error())
+		}
+
+		// Overwrite the original resolv.conf and set the nameserver to the localhost address to
+		// redirect dns queries to the cmd-nsc sidecar.
+		var sb strings.Builder
+		_, _ = sb.WriteString("nameserver 127.0.0.1")
+		_, _ = sb.WriteRune('\n')
+		_, _ = sb.WriteString("options ndots:5")
+		err = ioutil.WriteFile(originalResolvConfigFile, []byte(sb.String()), os.ModePerm)
+                if err != nil {
+			logger.Fatalf("failed to write to original resolv.conf: %v", err.Error())
+		}
+        }
 }
 
 func setLogLevel(level string) {