diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index bf78f10670..7beb3182c8 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -1044,6 +1044,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) checkLocaldns() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	resolvConf = utils.RemoveLocalDns(resolvConf)
 	if len(daemon.config.Dns) == 0 && utils.CheckLocalDns(resolvConf) {
 		log.Infof("Local (127.0.0.1) DNS resolver found in resolv.conf and containers can't use it. Using default external servers : %v", DefaultDns)
 		daemon.config.Dns = DefaultDns
diff --git a/daemon/utils_test.go b/daemon/utils_test.go
index 1f3175b994..6ee75c8ece 100644
--- a/daemon/utils_test.go
+++ b/daemon/utils_test.go
@@ -27,3 +27,34 @@ func TestMergeLxcConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %s got %s", expected, cpuset)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRemoveLocalDns(t *testing.T) {
+	ns0 := "nameserver 10.16.60.14\nnameserver 10.16.60.21\n"
+
+	if result := utils.RemoveLocalDns([]byte(ns0)); result != nil {
+		if ns0 != string(result) {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed No Localhost: expected \n<%s> got \n<%s>", ns0, string(result))
+		}
+	}
+
+	ns1 := "nameserver 10.16.60.14\nnameserver 10.16.60.21\nnameserver 127.0.0.1\n"
+	if result := utils.RemoveLocalDns([]byte(ns1)); result != nil {
+		if ns0 != string(result) {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed Localhost: expected \n<%s> got \n<%s>", ns0, string(result))
+		}
+	}
+
+	ns1 = "nameserver 10.16.60.14\nnameserver 127.0.0.1\nnameserver 10.16.60.21\n"
+	if result := utils.RemoveLocalDns([]byte(ns1)); result != nil {
+		if ns0 != string(result) {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed Localhost: expected \n<%s> got \n<%s>", ns0, string(result))
+		}
+	}
+
+	ns1 = "nameserver 127.0.1.1\nnameserver 10.16.60.14\nnameserver 10.16.60.21\n"
+	if result := utils.RemoveLocalDns([]byte(ns1)); result != nil {
+		if ns0 != string(result) {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed Localhost: expected \n<%s> got \n<%s>", ns0, string(result))
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index eb2f31cecd..4785214557 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -332,6 +333,16 @@ func CheckLocalDns(resolvConf []byte) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+var (
+	localHostRx = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^nameserver 127[^\n]+\n*`)
+)
+
+// RemoveLocalDns looks into the /etc/resolv.conf,
+// and removes any local nameserver entries.
+func RemoveLocalDns(resolvConf []byte) []byte {
+	return localHostRx.ReplaceAll(resolvConf, []byte{})
+}
+
 // GetLines parses input into lines and strips away comments.
 func GetLines(input []byte, commentMarker []byte) [][]byte {
 	lines := bytes.Split(input, []byte("\n"))