diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index d6002b41f5c6..e8ee1d53f027 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ function prepare-mounter-rootfs {
   mount --make-rshared "${CONTAINERIZED_MOUNTER_ROOTFS}/var/lib/kubelet"
   mount --bind -o ro /proc "${CONTAINERIZED_MOUNTER_ROOTFS}/proc"
   mount --bind -o ro /dev "${CONTAINERIZED_MOUNTER_ROOTFS}/dev"
-  mount --bind -o ro /etc/resolv.conf "${CONTAINERIZED_MOUNTER_ROOTFS}/etc/resolv.conf"
+  cp /etc/resolv.conf "${CONTAINERIZED_MOUNTER_ROOTFS}/etc/"
 }
 
 # A helper function for removing salt configuration and comments from a file.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index c9b6b6239d3d..04f3d136f817 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ package kubelet
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -760,7 +762,11 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 	// check node capabilities since the mount path is not the default
 	if len(kubeCfg.ExperimentalMounterPath) != 0 {
 		kubeCfg.ExperimentalCheckNodeCapabilitiesBeforeMount = false
+		// Replace the nameserver in containerized-mounter's rootfs/etc/resolve.conf with kubelet.ClusterDNS
+		// so that service name could be resolved
+		klet.setupDNSinContainerizedMounter(kubeCfg.ExperimentalMounterPath)
 	}
+
 	// setup volumeManager
 	klet.volumeManager = volumemanager.NewVolumeManager(
 		kubeCfg.EnableControllerAttachDetach,
@@ -2141,6 +2147,36 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) cleanUpContainersInPod(podID types.UID, exitedContainerID str
 	}
 }
 
+// Replace the nameserver in containerized-mounter's rootfs/etc/resolve.conf with kubelet.ClusterDNS
+func (kl *Kubelet) setupDNSinContainerizedMounter(mounterPath string) {
+	resolvePath := filepath.Join(strings.TrimSuffix(mounterPath, "/mounter"), "rootfs", "etc", "resolv.conf")
+	dnsString := ""
+	for _, dns := range kl.clusterDNS {
+		dnsString = dnsString + fmt.Sprintf("nameserver %s\n", dns)
+	}
+	if kl.resolverConfig != "" {
+		f, err := os.Open(kl.resolverConfig)
+		defer f.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Error("Could not open resolverConf file")
+		} else {
+			_, hostSearch, err := kl.parseResolvConf(f)
+			if err != nil {
+				glog.Errorf("Error for parsing the reslov.conf file: %v", err)
+			} else {
+				dnsString = dnsString + "search"
+				for _, search := range hostSearch {
+					dnsString = dnsString + fmt.Sprintf(" %s", search)
+				}
+				dnsString = dnsString + "\n"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(resolvePath, []byte(dnsString), 0600); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Could not write dns nameserver in file %s, with error %v", resolvePath, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // isSyncPodWorthy filters out events that are not worthy of pod syncing
 func isSyncPodWorthy(event *pleg.PodLifecycleEvent) bool {
 	// ContatnerRemoved doesn't affect pod state