diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman-dnsname.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman-dnsname.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..beef1975507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman-dnsname.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib)
+    mkOption
+    mkIf
+    types
+    ;
+
+  cfg = config.virtualisation.podman;
+
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    virtualisation.podman = {
+
+      defaultNetwork.dnsname.enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Enable DNS resolution in the default podman network.
+        '';
+      };
+
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    virtualisation.containers.containersConf.cniPlugins = mkIf cfg.defaultNetwork.dnsname.enable [ pkgs.dnsname-cni ];
+    virtualisation.podman.defaultNetwork.extraPlugins =
+      lib.optional cfg.defaultNetwork.dnsname.enable {
+        type = "dnsname";
+        domainName = "dns.podman";
+        capabilities.aliases = true;
+      };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
index ee9565abc24..e245004e04a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ let
 in
 {
   imports = [
+    ./podman-dnsname.nix
     ./podman-network-socket.nix
     (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule [ "virtualisation" "podman" "libpod" ] [ "virtualisation" "containers" "containersConf" ])
   ];
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index f6417170a6f..413db7063b8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ in
   plotinus = handleTest ./plotinus.nix {};
   podgrab = handleTest ./podgrab.nix {};
   podman = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./podman.nix {};
+  podman-dnsname = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./podman-dnsname.nix {};
   podman-tls-ghostunnel = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./podman-tls-ghostunnel.nix {};
   pomerium = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./pomerium.nix {};
   postfix = handleTest ./postfix.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/podman-dnsname.nix b/nixos/tests/podman-dnsname.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd352f754dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/podman-dnsname.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix (
+  { pkgs, lib, ... }:
+  let
+    inherit (pkgs) writeTextDir python3 curl;
+    webroot = writeTextDir "index.html" "<h1>Hi</h1>";
+  in
+  {
+    name = "podman-dnsname";
+    meta = {
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ roberth ] ++ lib.teams.podman.members;
+    };
+
+    nodes = {
+      podman = { pkgs, ... }: {
+        virtualisation.podman.enable = true;
+        virtualisation.podman.defaultNetwork.dnsname.enable = true;
+      };
+    };
+
+    testScript = ''
+      podman.wait_for_unit("sockets.target")
+
+      with subtest("DNS works"): # also tests inter-container tcp routing
+        podman.succeed("tar cv --files-from /dev/null | podman import - scratchimg")
+        podman.succeed(
+          "podman run -d --name=webserver -v /nix/store:/nix/store -v /run/current-system/sw/bin:/bin -w ${webroot} scratchimg ${python3}/bin/python -m http.server 8000"
+        )
+        podman.succeed("podman ps | grep webserver")
+        podman.succeed("""
+          for i in `seq 0 120`; do
+            podman run --rm --name=client -v /nix/store:/nix/store -v /run/current-system/sw/bin:/bin scratchimg ${curl}/bin/curl http://webserver:8000 >/dev/console \
+              && exit 0
+            sleep 0.5
+          done
+          exit 1
+        """)
+        podman.succeed("podman stop webserver")
+        podman.succeed("podman rm webserver")
+
+    '';
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/dnsname-cni/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/dnsname-cni/default.nix
index 2770617db7e..27b37fdee0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/dnsname-cni/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/dnsname-cni/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # NOTE: requires root privileges
 
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) podman-dnsname;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "DNS name resolution for containers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/containers/dnsname";