diff --git a/components/engine/utils/utils.go b/components/engine/utils/utils.go
index b26d803230..e8cf08aaba 100644
--- a/components/engine/utils/utils.go
+++ b/components/engine/utils/utils.go
@@ -781,21 +781,37 @@ func GetResolvConf() ([]byte, error) {
 // CheckLocalDns looks into the /etc/resolv.conf,
 // it returns true if there is a local nameserver or if there is no nameserver.
 func CheckLocalDns(resolvConf []byte) bool {
-	if !bytes.Contains(resolvConf, []byte("nameserver")) {
+	var parsedResolvConf = StripComments(resolvConf, []byte("#"))
+	if !bytes.Contains(parsedResolvConf, []byte("nameserver")) {
 		return true
 	}
-
 	for _, ip := range [][]byte{
 		[]byte("127.0.0.1"),
 		[]byte("127.0.1.1"),
 	} {
-		if bytes.Contains(resolvConf, ip) {
+		if bytes.Contains(parsedResolvConf, ip) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
+// StripComments parses input into lines and strips away comments.
+func StripComments(input []byte, commentMarker []byte) []byte {
+	lines := bytes.Split(input, []byte("\n"))
+	var output []byte
+	for _, currentLine := range lines {
+		var commentIndex = bytes.Index(currentLine, commentMarker)
+		if ( commentIndex == -1 ) {
+			output = append(output, currentLine...)
+		} else {
+			output = append(output, currentLine[:commentIndex]...)
+		}
+		output = append(output, []byte("\n")...)
+	}
+	return output
+}
+
 func ParseHost(host string, port int, addr string) string {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(addr, "unix://") {
 		return addr
diff --git a/components/engine/utils/utils_test.go b/components/engine/utils/utils_test.go
index 20a5820dd5..3341650860 100644
--- a/components/engine/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/components/engine/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -323,6 +323,16 @@ func TestCheckLocalDns(t *testing.T) {
 nameserver 10.0.2.3
 search dotcloud.net`: false,
 		`# Dynamic
+#nameserver 127.0.0.1
+nameserver 10.0.2.3
+search dotcloud.net`: false,
+		`# Dynamic
+nameserver 10.0.2.3 #not used 127.0.1.1
+search dotcloud.net`: false,
+		`# Dynamic
+#nameserver 10.0.2.3
+#search dotcloud.net`: true,
+		`# Dynamic
 nameserver 127.0.0.1
 search dotcloud.net`: true,
 		`# Dynamic