diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/ConnectivityFrameworkInitializer.java b/framework/src/android/net/ConnectivityFrameworkInitializer.java
index 92a792b784..a2e218dcbb 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/ConnectivityFrameworkInitializer.java
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/ConnectivityFrameworkInitializer.java
@@ -68,5 +68,11 @@ public final class ConnectivityFrameworkInitializer {
                     return cm.startOrGetTestNetworkManager();
                 }
         );
+
+        SystemServiceRegistry.registerContextAwareService(
+                DnsResolverServiceManager.DNS_RESOLVER_SERVICE,
+                DnsResolverServiceManager.class,
+                (context, serviceBinder) -> new DnsResolverServiceManager(serviceBinder)
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/DnsResolverServiceManager.java b/framework/src/android/net/DnsResolverServiceManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79009e8d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/DnsResolverServiceManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package android.net;
+
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a way to obtain the DnsResolver binder objects.
+ *
+ * @hide
+ */
+public class DnsResolverServiceManager {
+    /** Service name for the DNS resolver. Keep in sync with DnsResolverService.h */
+    public static final String DNS_RESOLVER_SERVICE = "dnsresolver";
+
+    private final IBinder mResolver;
+
+    DnsResolverServiceManager(IBinder resolver) {
+        mResolver = resolver;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get an {@link IBinder} representing the DnsResolver stable AIDL interface
+     *
+     * @return {@link android.net.IDnsResolver} IBinder.
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    public IBinder getService() {
+        return mResolver;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
index efb376863c..27228f7fd9 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ public class ConnectivityService extends IConnectivityManager.Stub
     }
 
     private static IDnsResolver getDnsResolver(Context context) {
-        return IDnsResolver.Stub.asInterface(DnsResolverServiceManager.getService(context));
+        final DnsResolverServiceManager dsm = context.getSystemService(
+                DnsResolverServiceManager.class);
+        return IDnsResolver.Stub.asInterface(dsm.getService());
     }
 
     /** Handler thread used for all of the handlers below. */