diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00c647ef3..e910715a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "all": true
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "nyc gulp test",
+    "test": "nyc gulp test && GRPC_DNS_RESOLVER=ares nyc gulp nativeTestOnly",
     "coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/binding.gyp b/packages/grpc-native-core/binding.gyp
index c27050242..11ecbf7f5 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-native-core/binding.gyp
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/binding.gyp
@@ -83,15 +83,20 @@
     'include_dirs': [
       'deps/grpc',
       'deps/grpc/include',
+      'deps/grpc/third_party/address_sorting/include',
+      'deps/grpc/third_party/cares',
+      'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares',
       'deps/grpc/third_party/abseil-cpp',
-      'deps/grpc/third_party/nanopb'
+      'deps/grpc/third_party/nanopb',
     ],
     'defines': [
       'PB_FIELD_32BIT',
       'GPR_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_MODE',
-      'GRPC_ARES=0',
+      'GRPC_ARES=1',
       'GRPC_UV',
-      'GRPC_NODE_VERSION="1.22.0-dev"'
+      'GRPC_NODE_VERSION="1.22.0-dev"',
+      'CARES_STATICLIB',
+      'CARES_SYMBOL_HIDING'
     ],
     'defines!': [
       'OPENSSL_THREADS'
@@ -156,8 +161,7 @@
       }],
       ['OS == "win"', {
         "include_dirs": [
-          "deps/grpc/third_party/zlib",
-          "deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares"
+          "deps/grpc/third_party/zlib"
         ],
         "defines": [
           '_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600',
@@ -177,8 +181,7 @@
         ]
       }, { # OS != "win"
         'include_dirs': [
-          '<(node_root_dir)/deps/zlib',
-          '<(node_root_dir)/deps/cares/include'
+          '<(node_root_dir)/deps/zlib'
         ]
       }],
       ['OS == "mac"', {
@@ -561,6 +564,114 @@
     }]
   ],
   'targets': [
+    {
+      'target_name': 'ares',
+      'product_prefix': 'lib',
+      'type': 'static_library',
+      'sources': [
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares__close_sockets.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares__get_hostent.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares__read_line.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares__timeval.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_cancel.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_create_query.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_data.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_destroy.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_expand_name.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_expand_string.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_fds.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_free_hostent.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_free_string.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_getenv.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_gethostbyaddr.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_gethostbyname.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_getnameinfo.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_getopt.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_getsock.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_init.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_library_init.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_llist.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_mkquery.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_nowarn.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_options.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_a_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_aaaa_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_mx_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_naptr_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_ns_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_ptr_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_soa_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_srv_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_parse_txt_reply.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_platform.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_process.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_query.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_search.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_send.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_strcasecmp.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_strdup.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_strerror.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_strsplit.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_timeout.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_version.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/ares_writev.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/bitncmp.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/inet_net_pton.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/inet_ntop.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares/windows_port.c',
+      ],
+      'defines': [
+        '_GNU_SOURCE'
+      ],
+      'conditions': [
+        ['OS == "mac"', {
+          'xcode_settings': {
+            'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.9'
+          },
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/config_darwin'
+          ],
+          'defines': [
+            'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+          ]
+        }],
+        ['OS == "linux"', {
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/config_linux'
+          ],
+          'defines': [
+            'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+          ]
+        }],
+        ['OS == "win"', {
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/config_windows'
+          ],
+          'defines': [
+            'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+          ]
+        }]
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      'target_name': 'address_sorting',
+      'product_prefix': 'lib',
+      'type': 'static_library',
+      'dependencies': [
+      ],
+      'sources': [
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/address_sorting/address_sorting.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/address_sorting/address_sorting_posix.c',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/address_sorting/address_sorting_windows.c',
+      ],
+      'conditions': [
+        ['OS == "mac"', {
+          'xcode_settings': {
+            'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.9'
+          }
+        }]
+      ]
+    },
     {
       'target_name': 'gpr',
       'product_prefix': 'lib',
@@ -1009,6 +1120,8 @@
       "dependencies": [
         "grpc",
         "gpr",
+        "ares",
+        "address_sorting"
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/deps/grpc b/packages/grpc-native-core/deps/grpc
index bb6a97b0c..64ec7201f 160000
--- a/packages/grpc-native-core/deps/grpc
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/deps/grpc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bb6a97b0c8fc11a5c27b03e2058dc383bbfc1e64
+Subproject commit 64ec7201fd50c41a67ca3064833309f4e259cf06
diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/templates/binding.gyp.template b/packages/grpc-native-core/templates/binding.gyp.template
index b5e54ff21..8c145d4aa 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-native-core/templates/binding.gyp.template
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/templates/binding.gyp.template
@@ -75,15 +75,20 @@
       'include_dirs': [
         'deps/grpc',
         'deps/grpc/include',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/address_sorting/include',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares',
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares',
         'deps/grpc/third_party/abseil-cpp',
-        'deps/grpc/third_party/nanopb'
+        'deps/grpc/third_party/nanopb',
       ],
       'defines': [
         'PB_FIELD_32BIT',
         'GPR_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_MODE',
-        'GRPC_ARES=0',
+        'GRPC_ARES=1',
         'GRPC_UV',
-        'GRPC_NODE_VERSION="${settings.get('node_version', settings.version)}"'
+        'GRPC_NODE_VERSION="${settings.get('node_version', settings.version)}"',
+        'CARES_STATICLIB',
+        'CARES_SYMBOL_HIDING'
       ],
       'defines!': [
         'OPENSSL_THREADS'
@@ -140,8 +145,7 @@
         }],
         ['OS == "win"', {
           "include_dirs": [
-            "deps/grpc/third_party/zlib",
-            "deps/grpc/third_party/cares/cares"
+            "deps/grpc/third_party/zlib"
           ],
           "defines": [
             '_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600',
@@ -161,8 +165,7 @@
           ]
         }, { # OS != "win"
           'include_dirs': [
-            '<(node_root_dir)/deps/zlib',
-            '<(node_root_dir)/deps/cares/include'
+            '<(node_root_dir)/deps/zlib'
           ]
         }],
         ['OS == "mac"', {
@@ -279,8 +282,54 @@
       }]
     ],
     'targets': [
+      % for lib in libs:
+      % if lib.name == 'ares':
+      {
+        'target_name': '${lib.name}',
+        'product_prefix': 'lib',
+        'type': 'static_library',
+        'sources': [
+          % for source in lib.src:
+          'deps/grpc/${source}',
+          % endfor
+        ],
+        'defines': [
+          '_GNU_SOURCE'
+        ],
+        'conditions': [
+          ['OS == "mac"', {
+            'xcode_settings': {
+              'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.9'
+            },
+            'include_dirs': [
+              'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/config_darwin'
+            ],
+            'defines': [
+              'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+            ]
+          }],
+          ['OS == "linux"', {
+            'include_dirs': [
+              'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/config_linux'
+            ],
+            'defines': [
+              'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+            ]
+          }],
+          ['OS == "win"', {
+            'include_dirs': [
+              'deps/grpc/third_party/cares/config_windows'
+            ],
+            'defines': [
+              'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+            ]
+          }]
+        ]
+      },
+      % endif
+      % endfor
       % for core in libs:
-      % if core.name == 'grpc':
+      % if core.name == 'grpc' or core.name == 'address_sorting':
       % for lib in libs:
       % if lib.name == core.name or (lib.name in core.transitive_deps and lib.name not in ('boringssl', 'z')):
       {
@@ -347,6 +396,8 @@
         "dependencies": [
           "grpc",
           "gpr",
+          "ares",
+          "address_sorting"
         ]
       },
       {
diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/test/resolver_test.js b/packages/grpc-native-core/test/resolver_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9532857a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/test/resolver_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+var _ = require('lodash');
+
+var grpc = require('..');
+
+const insecureCreds = grpc.credentials.createInsecure();
+
+describe('Name resolver', function() {
+  let server;
+  let port;
+  before(function(done) {
+    const insecureServerCreds = grpc.ServerCredentials.createInsecure();
+    server = new grpc.Server();
+    server.bindAsync('localhost:0', insecureServerCreds, (error, portVal) => {
+      port = portVal;
+      done(error);
+    });
+  });
+  after(function() {
+    server.forceShutdown();
+  });
+  // This test also seems to have problems with the native resolver on Windows
+  it.skip('Should resolve a target to IPv4 addresses', function(done) {
+    const client = new grpc.Client(`loopback4.unittest.grpc.io:${port}`, insecureCreds);
+    let deadline = new Date();
+    deadline.setSeconds(deadline.getSeconds() + 1);
+    client.waitForReady(deadline, (error) => {
+      assert.ifError(error);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+  /* This test doesn't work with the native resolver on Windows on our test
+   * machines because they don't have IPv6 addresses, so Windows omits IPv6
+   * addresses from getaddrinfo results. */
+  it.skip('Should resolve a target to IPv6 addresses', function(done) {
+    const client = new grpc.Client(`loopback6.unittest.grpc.io:${port}`, insecureCreds);
+    let deadline = new Date();
+    deadline.setSeconds(deadline.getSeconds() + 1);
+    client.waitForReady(deadline, (error) => {
+      assert.ifError(error);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+  it('Should resolve a target to IPv4 and IPv6 addresses', function(done) {
+    const client = new grpc.Client(`loopback46.unittest.grpc.io:${port}`, insecureCreds);
+    let deadline = new Date();
+    deadline.setSeconds(deadline.getSeconds() + 1);
+    client.waitForReady(deadline, (error) => {
+      assert.ifError(error);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run-tests.bat b/run-tests.bat
index fa2b71833..d2484ae35 100644
--- a/run-tests.bat
+++ b/run-tests.bat
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ for %%v in (6 7 8 9 10 11 12) do (
   call .\node_modules\.bin\gulp cleanAll || SET FAILED=1
   call .\node_modules\.bin\gulp setupWindows || SET FAILED=1
   call .\node_modules\.bin\gulp test || SET FAILED=1
+  cmd.exe /c "SET GRPC_DNS_RESOLVER=ares& call .\node_modules\.bin\gulp nativeTestOnly" || SET FAILED=1
 )
 
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