diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index d662114df..aa77ee1de 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Release 5.0-ALPHA2
+-------------------
+
+Changelog:
+-------------------
+
+* [HTTPCLIENT-1714] Add HttpClientBuilder.setDnsResolver(DnsResolver).
+  Contributed by Alexis Thaveau <alexis.thaveau at gmail.com>
+
+
+
 Release 5.0-ALPHA1
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/sync/HttpClientBuilder.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/sync/HttpClientBuilder.java
index 263432067..43f495ee6 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/sync/HttpClientBuilder.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/sync/HttpClientBuilder.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ConnectionKeepAliveStrategy;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.DnsResolver;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.SchemePortResolver;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.SystemDefaultDnsResolver;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthSchemeProvider;
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ public class HttpClientBuilder {
     private AuthenticationStrategy proxyAuthStrategy;
     private UserTokenHandler userTokenHandler;
     private HttpProcessor httpprocessor;
+    private DnsResolver dnsResolver;
 
     private LinkedList<HttpRequestInterceptor> requestFirst;
     private LinkedList<HttpRequestInterceptor> requestLast;
@@ -685,6 +687,18 @@ public final HttpClientBuilder setDefaultCredentialsProvider(
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Assigns {@link DnsResolver} instance.
+     * <p>
+     * Please note this value can be overridden by the {@link #setConnectionManager(HttpClientConnectionManager)}
+     * method.
+     * </p>
+     */
+    public final HttpClientBuilder setDnsResolver(final DnsResolver dnsResolver) {
+        this.dnsResolver = dnsResolver;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Assigns default {@link org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthScheme} registry which will
      * be used for request execution if not explicitly set in the client execution
@@ -906,7 +920,7 @@ public CloseableHttpClient build() {
                         .build(),
                     null,
                     null,
-                    null,
+                    dnsResolver,
                     connTimeToLive,
                     connTimeToLiveTimeUnit != null ? connTimeToLiveTimeUnit : TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             if (defaultSocketConfig != null) {