diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index 86aafb24cd9..aab93639353 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -268,6 +268,20 @@ setup_dnsmasq() {
   then
     sed -i s/[#]*dhcp-option=119.*$/dhcp-option=119,\"$DOMAIN_SUFFIX\"/ /etc/dnsmasq.conf
   fi
+  
+  if [ "$USE_EXTERNAL_DNS" == "true" ]
+  then
+      sed -i -e "/^[#]*dhcp-option=6.*$/d" /etc/dnsmasq.conf
+      if [ -n "$NS1" ]
+      then
+        if [ -n "$NS2" ]
+        then
+            echo "dhcp-option=6,$NS1,$NS2" >> /etc/dnsmasq.conf
+        else
+            echo "dhcp-option=6,$NS1" >> /etc/dnsmasq.conf
+        fi
+      fi
+  fi
 }
 
 setup_sshd(){
@@ -505,6 +519,9 @@ for i in $CMDLINE
       domainsuffix)
           DOMAIN_SUFFIX=$VALUE
           ;;
+      useextdns)
+        USE_EXTERNAL_DNS=$VALUE
+          ;;
       mgmtcidr)
           MGMTNET=$VALUE
           ;;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/Config.java b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/Config.java
index 4c24542c32a..4cd399ea5f1 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/Config.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/Config.java
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ public enum Config {
 	
 	AgentLbEnable("Advanced", ClusterManager.class, Boolean.class, "agent.lb.enabled", "true", "If agent load balancing enabled in cluster setup", null),
 	SubDomainNetworkAccess("Advanced", NetworkManager.class, Boolean.class, "allow.subdomain.network.access", "true", "Allow subdomains to use networks dedicated to their parent domain(s)", null),
+	UseExternalDnsServers("Advanced", NetworkManager.class, Boolean.class, "use.external.dns", "false", "Bypass internal dns, use exetrnal dns1 and dns2", null),
 	EncodeApiResponse("Advanced", ManagementServer.class, Boolean.class, "encode.api.response", "false", "Do UTF-8 encoding for the api response, false by default", null),
 
 	ClusterMessageTimeOutSeconds("Advanced", ManagementServer.class, Integer.class, "cluster.message.timeout.seconds", "300", "Time (in seconds) to wait before a inter-management server message post times out.", null);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
index 59cc002509c..e0ea178c630 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/router/VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl.java
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ public class VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl implements VirtualNetworkApplian
         if (domain_suffix != null) {
             buf.append(" domainsuffix=").append(domain_suffix);
         }
+       
 
         if (!network.isDefault() && network.getGuestType() == GuestIpType.Direct) {
             buf.append(" defaultroute=false");
@@ -1034,7 +1035,12 @@ public class VirtualNetworkApplianceManagerImpl implements VirtualNetworkApplian
         if (defaultDns2 != null) {
             buf.append(" dns2=").append(defaultDns2);
         }
-
+        
+        String use_external_dns =  _configDao.getValue("use.external.dns");
+        if (use_external_dns!=null && use_external_dns.equals("true")){
+            buf.append(" useextdns=").append(use_external_dns);
+        }
+        
         if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
             s_logger.debug("Boot Args for " + profile + ": " + buf.toString());
         }
diff --git a/setup/db/db/schema-228to229.sql b/setup/db/db/schema-228to229.sql
index 3a4468c89a7..0c5101fff1d 100644
--- a/setup/db/db/schema-228to229.sql
+++ b/setup/db/db/schema-228to229.sql
@@ -7,3 +7,18 @@ ALTER TABLE `cloud`.`domain` ADD COLUMN `network_domain` varchar(255);
 
 ALTER TABLE `cloud`.`cluster` ADD CONSTRAINT `fk_cluster__data_center_id` FOREIGN KEY (`data_center_id`) REFERENCES `cloud`.`data_center`(`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE;
 
+INSERT IGNORE INTO configuration VALUES ('Advanced', 'DEFAULT', 'NetworkManager', 'network.dns.basiczone.updates', 'all', 'This parameter can take 2 values: all (default) and pod. It defines if DHCP/DNS requests have to be send to all dhcp servers in cloudstack, or only to the one in the same pod');
+
+ALTER TABLE `cloud`.`op_host_capacity` DROP FOREIGN KEY `fk_op_host_capacity__pod_id`;
+ALTER TABLE `cloud`.`op_host_capacity` DROP FOREIGN KEY `fk_op_host_capacity__data_center_id`;
+ALTER TABLE `cloud`.`op_host_capacity` DROP FOREIGN KEY `fk_op_host_capacity__cluster_id`;
+
+ALTER TABLE `cloud`.`firewall_rules_cidrs` ADD UNIQUE INDEX `unique_rule_cidrs`  (`firewall_rule_id`, `source_cidr`);
+
+INSERT IGNORE INTO configuration VALUES ('Advanced', 'DEFAULT', 'management-server', 'agent.load.threshold', '0.70', 'Percentage (as a value between 0 and 1) of connected agents after which agent load balancing will start happening');
+INSERT IGNORE INTO configuration VALUES ('Network', 'DEFAULT', 'management-server', 'network.loadbalancer.haproxy.stats.visibility', 'global', 'Load Balancer(haproxy) stats visibilty, it can be global,guest-network,disabled');
+INSERT IGNORE INTO configuration VALUES ('Network', 'DEFAULT', 'management-server', 'network.loadbalancer.haproxy.stats.uri','/admin?stats','Load Balancer(haproxy) uri.');
+INSERT IGNORE INTO configuration VALUES ('Network', 'DEFAULT', 'management-server', 'network.loadbalancer.haproxy.stats.auth','admin1:AdMiN123','Load Balancer(haproxy) authetication string in the format username:password');
+INSERT IGNORE INTO configuration VALUES ('Network', 'DEFAULT', 'management-server', 'network.loadbalancer.haproxy.stats.port','8081','Load Balancer(haproxy) stats port number.');
+
+INSERT IGNORE INTO configuration VALUES ('Advanced', 'DEFAULT', 'NetworkManager', 'use.external.dns', 'false', 'Bypass internal dns, use exetrnal dns1 and dns2');