diff --git a/cmd/headscale/headscale_test.go b/cmd/headscale/headscale_test.go
index 8fcf8a54..58a0977e 100644
--- a/cmd/headscale/headscale_test.go
+++ b/cmd/headscale/headscale_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (*Suite) TestPostgresConfigLoading(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(viper.GetString("db_port"), check.Equals, "5432")
 	c.Assert(viper.GetString("tls_letsencrypt_hostname"), check.Equals, "")
 	c.Assert(viper.GetString("tls_letsencrypt_listen"), check.Equals, ":http")
-	c.Assert(viper.GetString("tls_letsencrypt_challenge_type"), check.Equals, "HTTP-01")
+	c.Assert(viper.GetStringSlice("dns_config.nameservers")[0], check.Equals, "1.1.1.1")
 }
 
 func (*Suite) TestSqliteConfigLoading(c *check.C) {
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func (*Suite) TestSqliteConfigLoading(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(viper.GetString("tls_letsencrypt_hostname"), check.Equals, "")
 	c.Assert(viper.GetString("tls_letsencrypt_listen"), check.Equals, ":http")
 	c.Assert(viper.GetString("tls_letsencrypt_challenge_type"), check.Equals, "HTTP-01")
+	c.Assert(viper.GetStringSlice("dns_config.nameservers")[0], check.Equals, "1.1.1.1")
 }
 
 func writeConfig(c *check.C, tmpDir string, configYaml []byte) {
diff --git a/config.json.postgres.example b/config.json.postgres.example
index fe772d73..aba72063 100644
--- a/config.json.postgres.example
+++ b/config.json.postgres.example
@@ -16,5 +16,10 @@
     "tls_letsencrypt_challenge_type": "HTTP-01",
     "tls_cert_path": "",
     "tls_key_path": "",
-    "acl_policy_path": ""
+    "acl_policy_path": "",
+    "dns_config": {
+        "nameservers": [
+            "1.1.1.1"
+        ]
+    }
 }
diff --git a/config.json.sqlite.example b/config.json.sqlite.example
index e965059a..b22e5ace 100644
--- a/config.json.sqlite.example
+++ b/config.json.sqlite.example
@@ -12,5 +12,10 @@
     "tls_letsencrypt_challenge_type": "HTTP-01",
     "tls_cert_path": "",
     "tls_key_path": "",
-    "acl_policy_path": ""
+    "acl_policy_path": "",
+    "dns_config": {
+        "nameservers": [
+            "1.1.1.1"
+        ]
+    }
 }