diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm
index 73ac804a19..6a88305cfd 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ virt_install_command: /usr/sbin/virt-install -n ${inventory_hostname} -r ${mem_s
                  --disk bus=virtio,path=${volgroup}/${inventory_hostname}
                  --vcpus=${num_cpus}  -l ${ks_repo} -x
                  "ksdevice=eth0 ks=${ks_url} console=tty0 console=ttyS0 
-                  hostname=${inventory_hostname} 
+                  hostname=${inventory_hostname} nameserver=${dns} 
                   ip=${eth0_ip}::${gw}:${nm}:${inventory_hostname}:eth0:none 
                   ip=${eth1_ip}:::${nm}:${inventory_hostname}-nfs:eth1:none"
                  --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --network=bridge=br1,model=virtio