diff --git a/incubator/rpc-grpc/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/rpc/grpc/GrpcRemoteServiceProvider.java b/incubator/rpc-grpc/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/rpc/grpc/GrpcRemoteServiceProvider.java
index 5934939..9fe33f7 100644
--- a/incubator/rpc-grpc/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/rpc/grpc/GrpcRemoteServiceProvider.java
+++ b/incubator/rpc-grpc/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/rpc/grpc/GrpcRemoteServiceProvider.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.grpc.internal.DnsNameResolverProvider;
 import io.grpc.netty.NegotiationType;
 import io.grpc.netty.NettyChannelBuilder;
 
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@
 
     private RemoteServiceContextProviderService providerService;
 
-
     @Activate
     protected void activate() {
         providerService = rpcRegistry.register(this);
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@
         }
         return NettyChannelBuilder.forAddress(uri.getHost(), port)
                 .negotiationType(NegotiationType.PLAINTEXT)
+                // TODO Not ideal fix, gRPC discovers name resolvers
+                // in the class path, but OSGi was preventing it.
+                // Manually specifying the default dns resolver for now.
+                .nameResolverFactory(new DnsNameResolverProvider())
                 .build();
     }