diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/helpers.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/helpers.go
index a1ed5aed73c..32dbc745b30 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/helpers.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ type HandlerRunner interface {
 // able to get necessary informations like the RunContainerOptions, DNS settings, Host IP.
 type RuntimeHelper interface {
 	GenerateRunContainerOptions(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Container, podIP string) (contOpts *RunContainerOptions, err error)
-	GetClusterDNS(pod *v1.Pod) (dnsServers []string, dnsSearches []string, dnsOptions []string, useClusterFirstPolicy bool, err error)
+	GetPodDNS(pod *v1.Pod) (dnsConfig *runtimeapi.DNSConfig, err error)
 	// GetPodCgroupParent returns the CgroupName identifer, and its literal cgroupfs form on the host
 	// of a pod.
 	GetPodCgroupParent(pod *v1.Pod) string
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/BUILD
index 2c8109e6271..c56ccc4d8fd 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/BUILD
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container/testing",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/container:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/mock/gomock:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/fake_runtime_helper.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/fake_runtime_helper.go
index b6c27333dfe..9d41bcd2870 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/fake_runtime_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/testing/fake_runtime_helper.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package testing
 import (
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	runtimeapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 )
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 type FakeRuntimeHelper struct {
 	DNSServers      []string
 	DNSSearches     []string
+	DNSOptions      []string
 	HostName        string
 	HostDomain      string
 	PodContainerDir string
@@ -44,8 +46,11 @@ func (f *FakeRuntimeHelper) GetPodCgroupParent(pod *v1.Pod) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (f *FakeRuntimeHelper) GetClusterDNS(pod *v1.Pod) ([]string, []string, []string, bool, error) {
-	return f.DNSServers, f.DNSSearches, nil, false, f.Err
+func (f *FakeRuntimeHelper) GetPodDNS(pod *v1.Pod) (*runtimeapi.DNSConfig, error) {
+	return &runtimeapi.DNSConfig{
+		Servers:  f.DNSServers,
+		Searches: f.DNSSearches,
+		Options:  f.DNSOptions}, f.Err
 }
 
 // This is not used by docker runtime.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_network.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_network.go
index d0fee71d67a..d7e47de5576 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_network.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_network.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	runtimeapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/kubeletconfig"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/network"
@@ -281,10 +282,9 @@ func getIPTablesMark(bit int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%#08x/%#08x", value, value)
 }
 
-// GetClusterDNS returns a list of the DNS servers, a list of the DNS search
-// domains of the cluster, and a list of resolv.conf options.
+// GetPodDNS returns DNS setttings for the pod.
 // This function is defined in kubecontainer.RuntimeHelper interface so we
 // have to implement it.
-func (kl *Kubelet) GetClusterDNS(pod *v1.Pod) ([]string, []string, []string, bool, error) {
-	return kl.dnsConfigurer.GetClusterDNS(pod)
+func (kl *Kubelet) GetPodDNS(pod *v1.Pod) (*runtimeapi.DNSConfig, error) {
+	return kl.dnsConfigurer.GetPodDNS(pod)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers.go
index 0aa1e47d1aa..89664a27437 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/helpers.go
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ const (
 	minQuotaPeriod = 1000
 )
 
-var (
-	// The default dns opt strings
-	defaultDNSOptions = []string{"ndots:5"}
-)
-
 type podsByID []*kubecontainer.Pod
 
 func (b podsByID) Len() int           { return len(b) }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_sandbox.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_sandbox.go
index a66cd2a2e2d..2773270e2fa 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_sandbox.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_sandbox.go
@@ -74,19 +74,11 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) generatePodSandboxConfig(pod *v1.Pod, attemp
 		Annotations: newPodAnnotations(pod),
 	}
 
-	dnsServers, dnsSearches, dnsOptions, useClusterFirstPolicy, err := m.runtimeHelper.GetClusterDNS(pod)
+	dnsConfig, err := m.runtimeHelper.GetPodDNS(pod)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	podSandboxConfig.DnsConfig = &runtimeapi.DNSConfig{
-		Servers:  dnsServers,
-		Searches: dnsSearches,
-		Options:  dnsOptions,
-	}
-
-	if useClusterFirstPolicy {
-		podSandboxConfig.DnsConfig.Options = defaultDNSOptions
-	}
+	podSandboxConfig.DnsConfig = dnsConfig
 
 	if !kubecontainer.IsHostNetworkPod(pod) {
 		// TODO: Add domain support in new runtime interface
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/BUILD
index 33185f17346..0f18f442e76 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/BUILD
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/network/dns",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/container:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/util/format:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns.go
index 25109404f38..d37661c725a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns.go
@@ -27,12 +27,18 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	runtimeapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/cri/v1alpha1/runtime"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
+var (
+	// The default dns opt strings.
+	defaultDNSOptions = []string{"ndots:5"}
+)
+
 // Configurer is used for setting up DNS resolver configuration when launching pods.
 type Configurer struct {
 	recorder record.EventRecorder
@@ -219,22 +225,20 @@ func parseResolvConf(reader io.Reader) (nameservers []string, searches []string,
 	return nameservers, searches, options, nil
 }
 
-// GetClusterDNS returns a list of the DNS servers, a list of the DNS search
-// domains of the cluster, and a list of resolv.conf options.
-// TODO: This should return a struct.
-func (c *Configurer) GetClusterDNS(pod *v1.Pod) ([]string, []string, []string, bool, error) {
+// GetPodDNS returns DNS setttings for the pod.
+func (c *Configurer) GetPodDNS(pod *v1.Pod) (*runtimeapi.DNSConfig, error) {
 	var hostDNS, hostSearch, hostOptions []string
 	// Get host DNS settings
 	if c.ResolverConfig != "" {
 		f, err := os.Open(c.ResolverConfig)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, nil, false, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		hostDNS, hostSearch, hostOptions, err = parseResolvConf(f)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, nil, false, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 	useClusterFirstPolicy := ((pod.Spec.DNSPolicy == v1.DNSClusterFirst && !kubecontainer.IsHostNetworkPod(pod)) || pod.Spec.DNSPolicy == v1.DNSClusterFirstWithHostNet)
@@ -268,7 +272,10 @@ func (c *Configurer) GetClusterDNS(pod *v1.Pod) ([]string, []string, []string, b
 		} else {
 			hostSearch = c.formDNSSearchForDNSDefault(hostSearch, pod)
 		}
-		return hostDNS, hostSearch, hostOptions, useClusterFirstPolicy, nil
+		return &runtimeapi.DNSConfig{
+			Servers:  hostDNS,
+			Searches: hostSearch,
+			Options:  hostOptions}, nil
 	}
 
 	// for a pod with DNSClusterFirst policy, the cluster DNS server is the only nameserver configured for
@@ -280,7 +287,10 @@ func (c *Configurer) GetClusterDNS(pod *v1.Pod) ([]string, []string, []string, b
 	}
 	dnsSearch := c.formDNSSearch(hostSearch, pod)
 
-	return dns, dnsSearch, hostOptions, useClusterFirstPolicy, nil
+	return &runtimeapi.DNSConfig{
+		Servers:  dns,
+		Searches: dnsSearch,
+		Options:  defaultDNSOptions}, nil
 }
 
 // SetupDNSinContainerizedMounter replaces the nameserver in containerized-mounter's rootfs/etc/resolve.conf with kubelet.ClusterDNS
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns_test.go
index 88b5b81b2f2..4a53f66cc5e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/network/dns/dns_test.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func TestComposeDNSSearch(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestGetClusterDNS(t *testing.T) {
+func TestGetPodDNS(t *testing.T) {
 	recorder := record.NewFakeRecorder(20)
 	nodeRef := &v1.ObjectReference{
 		Kind:      "Node",
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ func TestGetClusterDNS(t *testing.T) {
 	}, 4)
 	for i, pod := range pods {
 		var err error
-		options[i].DNS, options[i].DNSSearch, _, _, err = configurer.GetClusterDNS(pod)
+		dnsConfig, err := configurer.GetPodDNS(pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to generate container options: %v", err)
 		}
+		options[i].DNS, options[i].DNSSearch = dnsConfig.Servers, dnsConfig.Searches
 	}
 	if len(options[0].DNS) != 1 || options[0].DNS[0] != clusterNS {
 		t.Errorf("expected nameserver %s, got %+v", clusterNS, options[0].DNS)
@@ -213,10 +214,11 @@ func TestGetClusterDNS(t *testing.T) {
 	configurer = NewConfigurer(recorder, nodeRef, nil, testClusterDNS, testClusterDNSDomain, testResolverConfig)
 	for i, pod := range pods {
 		var err error
-		options[i].DNS, options[i].DNSSearch, _, _, err = configurer.GetClusterDNS(pod)
+		dnsConfig, err := configurer.GetPodDNS(pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to generate container options: %v", err)
 		}
+		options[i].DNS, options[i].DNSSearch = dnsConfig.Servers, dnsConfig.Searches
 	}
 	t.Logf("nameservers %+v", options[1].DNS)
 	if len(options[0].DNS) != 1 {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
index ddd997114cf..b35288b4aab 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/rkt/rkt.go
@@ -1041,17 +1041,17 @@ func (r *Runtime) generateRunCommand(pod *v1.Pod, uuid, networkNamespaceID strin
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Setup DNS.
-		dnsServers, dnsSearches, _, _, err := r.runtimeHelper.GetClusterDNS(pod)
+		dnsConfig, err := r.runtimeHelper.GetPodDNS(pod)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
-		for _, server := range dnsServers {
+		for _, server := range dnsConfig.Servers {
 			runPrepared = append(runPrepared, fmt.Sprintf("--dns=%s", server))
 		}
-		for _, search := range dnsSearches {
+		for _, search := range dnsConfig.Searches {
 			runPrepared = append(runPrepared, fmt.Sprintf("--dns-search=%s", search))
 		}
-		if len(dnsServers) > 0 || len(dnsSearches) > 0 {
+		if len(dnsConfig.Servers) > 0 || len(dnsConfig.Searches) > 0 {
 			runPrepared = append(runPrepared, fmt.Sprintf("--dns-opt=%s", defaultDNSOption))
 		}