diff --git a/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolverContext.java b/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolverContext.java
index df3b38a93e..c71946fab0 100644
--- a/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolverContext.java
+++ b/resolver-dns/src/main/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolverContext.java
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ abstract class DnsNameResolverContext<T> {
 
     private void followCname(String cname, final DnsQueryLifecycleObserver queryLifecycleObserver, Promise<T> promise) {
         // Use the same server for both CNAME queries
-        DnsServerAddressStream stream = DnsServerAddresses.singleton(getNameServers(cname).next()).stream();
+        DnsServerAddressStream stream = getNameServers(cname);
 
         DnsQuestion cnameQuestion = null;
         if (parent.supportsARecords()) {
diff --git a/resolver-dns/src/test/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolverTest.java b/resolver-dns/src/test/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolverTest.java
index 95c32be0a3..805121c730 100644
--- a/resolver-dns/src/test/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolverTest.java
+++ b/resolver-dns/src/test/java/io/netty/resolver/dns/DnsNameResolverTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.apache.directory.server.dns.messages.RecordClass;
 import org.apache.directory.server.dns.messages.RecordType;
 import org.apache.directory.server.dns.messages.ResourceRecord;
 import org.apache.directory.server.dns.messages.ResourceRecordModifier;
+import org.apache.directory.server.dns.messages.ResponseCode;
 import org.apache.directory.server.dns.store.DnsAttribute;
 import org.apache.directory.server.dns.store.RecordStore;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import static io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DnsRecordType.A;
 import static io.netty.handler.codec.dns.DnsRecordType.AAAA;
@@ -817,6 +819,108 @@ public class DnsNameResolverTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCNAMERecursiveResolveMultipleNameServersIPv4() throws IOException {
+        testCNAMERecursiveResolveMultipleNameServers(true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCNAMERecursiveResolveMultipleNameServersIPv6() throws IOException {
+        testCNAMERecursiveResolveMultipleNameServers(false);
+    }
+
+    private static void testCNAMERecursiveResolveMultipleNameServers(boolean ipv4Preferred) throws IOException {
+        final String firstName = "firstname.nettyfoo.com";
+        final String lastName = "lastname.nettybar.com";
+        final String ipv4Addr = "1.2.3.4";
+        final String ipv6Addr = "::1";
+        final AtomicBoolean hitServer2 = new AtomicBoolean();
+        final TestDnsServer dnsServer2 = new TestDnsServer(new RecordStore() {
+            @Override
+            public Set<ResourceRecord> getRecords(QuestionRecord question) throws DnsException {
+                hitServer2.set(true);
+                if (question.getDomainName().equals(firstName)) {
+                    ResourceRecordModifier rm = new ResourceRecordModifier();
+                    rm.setDnsClass(RecordClass.IN);
+                    rm.setDnsName(question.getDomainName());
+                    rm.setDnsTtl(100);
+                    rm.setDnsType(RecordType.CNAME);
+                    rm.put(DnsAttribute.DOMAIN_NAME, lastName);
+                    return Collections.singleton(rm.getEntry());
+                } else {
+                    throw new DnsException(ResponseCode.REFUSED);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        final TestDnsServer dnsServer3 = new TestDnsServer(new RecordStore() {
+            @Override
+            public Set<ResourceRecord> getRecords(QuestionRecord question) throws DnsException {
+                if (question.getDomainName().equals(lastName)) {
+                    ResourceRecordModifier rm = new ResourceRecordModifier();
+                    rm.setDnsClass(RecordClass.IN);
+                    rm.setDnsName(question.getDomainName());
+                    rm.setDnsTtl(100);
+                    rm.setDnsType(question.getRecordType());
+                    switch (question.getRecordType()) {
+                        case A:
+                            rm.put(DnsAttribute.IP_ADDRESS, ipv4Addr);
+                            break;
+                        case AAAA:
+                            rm.put(DnsAttribute.IP_ADDRESS, ipv6Addr);
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            return null;
+                    }
+
+                    return Collections.singleton(rm.getEntry());
+                } else {
+                    throw new DnsException(ResponseCode.REFUSED);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        dnsServer2.start();
+        dnsServer3.start();
+        DnsNameResolver resolver = null;
+        try {
+            DnsCache nsCache = new DefaultDnsCache();
+            // What we want to test is the following:
+            // 1. Do a DNS query.
+            // 2. CNAME is returned, we want to lookup that CNAME on multiple DNS servers
+            // 3. The first DNS server should fail
+            // 4. The second DNS server should succeed
+            // This verifies that we do in fact follow multiple DNS servers in the CNAME resolution.
+            // The DnsCache is used for the name server cache, but doesn't provide a InetSocketAddress (only InetAddress
+            // so no port), so we only specify the name server in the cache, and then specify both name servers in the
+            // fallback name server provider.
+            nsCache.cache("nettyfoo.com.", null, dnsServer2.localAddress().getAddress(), 10000, group.next());
+            resolver = new DnsNameResolver(
+                    group.next(), new ReflectiveChannelFactory<DatagramChannel>(NioDatagramChannel.class),
+                    NoopDnsCache.INSTANCE, nsCache, NoopDnsQueryLifecycleObserverFactory.INSTANCE, 3000,
+                    ipv4Preferred ? ResolvedAddressTypes.IPV4_ONLY : ResolvedAddressTypes.IPV6_ONLY, true,
+                    10, true, 4096, false, HostsFileEntriesResolver.DEFAULT,
+                    new SequentialDnsServerAddressStreamProvider(dnsServer2.localAddress(), dnsServer3.localAddress()),
+                    DnsNameResolver.DEFAULT_SEARCH_DOMAINS, 0, true) {
+                @Override
+                int dnsRedirectPort(InetAddress server) {
+                    return hitServer2.get() ? dnsServer3.localAddress().getPort() : dnsServer2.localAddress().getPort();
+                }
+            };
+            InetAddress resolvedAddress = resolver.resolve(firstName).syncUninterruptibly().getNow();
+            if (ipv4Preferred) {
+                assertEquals(ipv4Addr, resolvedAddress.getHostAddress());
+            } else {
+                assertEquals(ipv6Addr, NetUtil.toAddressString(resolvedAddress));
+            }
+            assertEquals(firstName, resolvedAddress.getHostName());
+        } finally {
+            dnsServer2.stop();
+            dnsServer3.stop();
+            if (resolver != null) {
+                resolver.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testResolveAllNullIpv4() {
         testResolveAll0(ResolvedAddressTypes.IPV4_ONLY, NetUtil.LOCALHOST4, null);