diff --git a/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/localhost b/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/localhost
index 01eec7dea..44ebd51c3 100644
--- a/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/localhost
+++ b/playbooks/inventory/group_vars/localhost
@@ -65,3 +65,8 @@ create_ipa_image: false
 # clients as default route the same IP of the dnsmasq server.
 # Default: undefined
 # dnsmasq_router: {{ ipv4_gateway }}
+
+# Dnsmasq default nameserver for clients. If not defined, this setting
+# will be ignored.
+# Default: undefined
+# dnsmasq_dns_servers: 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
index fe492db8c..e9bdca1fd 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ dhcp_static_mask: 255.255.255.0
 # Default: undefined
 # dnsmasq_router:
 
+# Dnsmasq default dns servers for clients. If defined, dnsmasq will use the specified
+# DNS servers for name resolving.
+# dnsmasq_dns_servers: 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4
+
 # Support for CORS configuration
 # By default CORS support is disabled.
 enable_cors: false
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2 b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
index 637241353..bfb4b933c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ dhcp-range={{dhcp_pool_start}},{{dhcp_pool_end}},{{dhcp_lease_time}}
 dhcp-option=3,{{dnsmasq_router}}
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if dnsmasq_dns_servers is defined %}
+dhcp-option=6,{{dnsmasq_dns_servers}}
+{% endif %}
+
 # Boot for Etherboot gPXE. The idea is to send two different
 # filenames, the first loads gPXE, and the second tells gPXE what to
 # load. The dhcp-match sets the gpxe tag for requests from gPXE.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/populate_dns_servers_dnsmasq-4f30a9957e8de732.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/populate_dns_servers_dnsmasq-4f30a9957e8de732.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98629c05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/populate_dns_servers_dnsmasq-4f30a9957e8de732.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Allow to populate the DNS servers setting of
+    dnsmasq. This is optional, but if
+    ``dnsmasq_dns_servers``setting is set, it adds a
+    ``dhcp-option=6,dnsmasq_dns_servers`` to the
+    generated dnsmasq configuration for bifrost.
+other:
+  - When configuring the ``dnsmasq_dns_servers`` setting,
+    several nameservers can be specified, separated by
+    commas.