diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsManagerSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsManagerSpec.scala
index 8b5a2093ab..08b451bf53 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsManagerSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsManagerSpec.scala
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ class AsyncDnsManagerSpec extends AkkaSpec(
       resolved.ipv4 should be(Nil)
       resolved.ipv6.length should be(1)
     }
+
+    "provide access to cache" in {
+      dns ! AsyncDnsManager.GetCache
+      expectMsgType[AsyncDnsCache] should be theSameInstanceAs Dns(system).cache
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsCache.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsCache.scala
index 52a4aab5a4..c4ef22db24 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsCache.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsCache.scala
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ package akka.io.dns.internal
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
 
+import akka.actor.NoSerializationVerificationNeeded
 import akka.annotation.InternalApi
 import akka.io.{ Dns, PeriodicCacheCleanup }
 import akka.io.dns.CachePolicy.CachePolicy
 import akka.io.SimpleDnsCache._
 import akka.io.dns.DnsProtocol.{ Ip, RequestType, Resolved }
 import akka.io.dns.{ AAAARecord, ARecord }
-
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.collection.immutable
 
 /**
  * Internal API
  */
-@InternalApi class AsyncDnsCache extends Dns with PeriodicCacheCleanup {
+@InternalApi class AsyncDnsCache extends Dns with PeriodicCacheCleanup with NoSerializationVerificationNeeded {
   private val cacheRef = new AtomicReference(new Cache[(String, RequestType), Resolved](
     immutable.SortedSet()(expiryEntryOrdering()),
     immutable.Map(), () ⇒ clock))
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import scala.collection.immutable
     else (now - nanoBase) / 1000000
   }
 
-  private[io] final def get(key: (String, RequestType)): Option[Resolved] = {
+  private[akka] final def get(key: (String, RequestType)): Option[Resolved] = {
     cacheRef.get().get(key)
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsManager.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsManager.scala
index 276252e543..05f6a70145 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsManager.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/io/dns/internal/AsyncDnsManager.scala
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
  * INTERNAL API
  */
 @InternalApi
-private[io] object AsyncDnsManager {
+private[akka] object AsyncDnsManager {
   private case object CacheCleanup
+
+  case object GetCache
 }
 
 /**
@@ -82,10 +84,14 @@ private[io] final class AsyncDnsManager(name: String, system: ExtendedActorSyste
           }
           Dns.Resolved(asyncResolved.name, ips)
         }
-      reply pipeTo sender
+      reply pipeTo sender()
 
     case CacheCleanup ⇒
       cacheCleanup.foreach(_.cleanup())
+
+    case AsyncDnsManager.GetCache ⇒
+      sender() ! cache
+
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/akka-discovery/src/main/scala/akka/discovery/dns/DnsServiceDiscovery.scala b/akka-discovery/src/main/scala/akka/discovery/dns/DnsServiceDiscovery.scala
index c5c18d11e9..1f7cf61541 100644
--- a/akka-discovery/src/main/scala/akka/discovery/dns/DnsServiceDiscovery.scala
+++ b/akka-discovery/src/main/scala/akka/discovery/dns/DnsServiceDiscovery.scala
@@ -6,20 +6,28 @@ package akka.discovery.dns
 
 import java.net.InetAddress
 
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
 import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
 import akka.annotation.InternalApi
 import akka.discovery.ServiceDiscovery.{ Resolved, ResolvedTarget }
 import akka.event.Logging
 import akka.io.{ Dns, IO }
 import akka.pattern.ask
-
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
+
 import akka.discovery._
 import akka.io.dns.DnsProtocol.{ Ip, Srv }
 import akka.io.dns.{ AAAARecord, ARecord, DnsProtocol, SRVRecord }
-
 import scala.collection.{ immutable ⇒ im }
+import scala.util.Failure
+import scala.util.Success
+
+import akka.io.dns.internal.AsyncDnsCache
+import akka.io.dns.internal.AsyncDnsManager
+import akka.util.OptionVal
+import akka.util.Timeout
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -72,39 +80,99 @@ private[akka] class DnsServiceDiscovery(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Ser
     Dns(system).loadAsyncDns("SD-DNS")
   }
 
+  // updated from ask AsyncDnsManager.GetCache, but doesn't have to volatile since will still work when unset
+  // (eventually visible)
+  private var asyncDnsCache: OptionVal[AsyncDnsCache] = OptionVal.None
+
   import system.dispatcher
 
+  dns.ask(AsyncDnsManager.GetCache)(Timeout(30.seconds)).onComplete {
+    case Success(cache: AsyncDnsCache) ⇒
+      asyncDnsCache = OptionVal.Some(cache)
+    case Success(other) ⇒
+      log.error("Expected AsyncDnsCache but got [{}]", other.getClass.getName)
+    case Failure(e) ⇒
+      log.error(e, "Couldn't retrieve DNS cache: {}")
+  }
+
   private def cleanIpString(ipString: String): String =
     if (ipString.startsWith("/")) ipString.tail else ipString
 
   override def lookup(lookup: Lookup, resolveTimeout: FiniteDuration): Future[Resolved] = {
-    if (lookup.portName.isDefined && lookup.protocol.isDefined) {
-      val srvRequest = s"_${lookup.portName.get}._${lookup.protocol.get}.${lookup.serviceName}"
-      log.debug("Lookup [{}] translated to SRV query [{}] as contains portName and protocol", lookup, srvRequest)
-      dns.ask(DnsProtocol.Resolve(srvRequest, Srv))(resolveTimeout).map {
+    if (lookup.portName.isDefined && lookup.protocol.isDefined)
+      lookupSrv(lookup, resolveTimeout)
+    else
+      lookupIp(lookup, resolveTimeout)
+  }
+
+  private def lookupSrv(lookup: Lookup, resolveTimeout: FiniteDuration) = {
+    val srvRequest = s"_${lookup.portName.get}._${lookup.protocol.get}.${lookup.serviceName}"
+    log.debug("Lookup [{}] translated to SRV query [{}] as contains portName and protocol", lookup, srvRequest)
+    val mode = Srv
+
+    def askResolve(): Future[Resolved] = {
+      dns.ask(DnsProtocol.Resolve(srvRequest, mode))(resolveTimeout).map {
         case resolved: DnsProtocol.Resolved ⇒
-          log.debug("Resolved Dns.Resolved: {}", resolved)
+          log.debug("{} lookup result: {}", mode, resolved)
           srvRecordsToResolved(srvRequest, resolved)
         case resolved ⇒
           log.warning("Resolved UNEXPECTED (resolving to Nil): {}", resolved.getClass)
           Resolved(srvRequest, Nil)
       }
-    } else {
-      log.debug("Lookup[{}] translated to A/AAAA lookup as does not have portName and protocol", lookup)
-      dns.ask(DnsProtocol.Resolve(lookup.serviceName, Ip()))(resolveTimeout).map {
+    }
+
+    asyncDnsCache match {
+      case OptionVal.Some(cache) ⇒
+        cache.get((srvRequest, mode)) match {
+          case Some(resolved) ⇒
+            log.debug("{} lookup cached: {}", mode, resolved)
+            Future.successful(srvRecordsToResolved(srvRequest, resolved))
+          case None ⇒
+            askResolve()
+        }
+      case OptionVal.None ⇒
+        askResolve()
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def lookupIp(lookup: Lookup, resolveTimeout: FiniteDuration) = {
+    log.debug("Lookup[{}] translated to A/AAAA lookup as does not have portName and protocol", lookup)
+    val mode = Ip()
+
+    def ipRecordsToResolved(resolved: DnsProtocol.Resolved): Resolved = {
+      val addresses = resolved.records.collect {
+        case a: ARecord    ⇒ ResolvedTarget(cleanIpString(a.ip.getHostAddress), None, Some(a.ip))
+        case a: AAAARecord ⇒ ResolvedTarget(cleanIpString(a.ip.getHostAddress), None, Some(a.ip))
+      }
+      Resolved(lookup.serviceName, addresses)
+    }
+
+    def askResolve(): Future[Resolved] = {
+      dns.ask(DnsProtocol.Resolve(lookup.serviceName, mode))(resolveTimeout).map {
         case resolved: DnsProtocol.Resolved ⇒
-          log.debug("Resolved Dns.Resolved: {}", resolved)
-          val addresses = resolved.records.collect {
-            case a: ARecord    ⇒ ResolvedTarget(cleanIpString(a.ip.getHostAddress), None, Some(a.ip))
-            case a: AAAARecord ⇒ ResolvedTarget(cleanIpString(a.ip.getHostAddress), None, Some(a.ip))
-          }
-          Resolved(lookup.serviceName, addresses)
+          log.debug("{} lookup result: {}", mode, resolved)
+          ipRecordsToResolved(resolved)
         case resolved ⇒
           log.warning("Resolved UNEXPECTED (resolving to Nil): {}", resolved.getClass)
           Resolved(lookup.serviceName, Nil)
 
       }
     }
-  }
 
+    asyncDnsCache match {
+      case OptionVal.Some(cache) ⇒
+        cache.get((lookup.serviceName, mode)) match {
+          case Some(resolved) ⇒
+            log.debug("{} lookup cached: {}", mode, resolved)
+            Future.successful(ipRecordsToResolved(resolved))
+          case None ⇒
+            askResolve()
+        }
+      case OptionVal.None ⇒
+        askResolve()
+
+    }
+
+  }
 }
diff --git a/akka-discovery/src/test/scala/akka/discovery/dns/DnsDiscoverySpec.scala b/akka-discovery/src/test/scala/akka/discovery/dns/DnsDiscoverySpec.scala
index d8713db9ff..b2bb28f75a 100644
--- a/akka-discovery/src/test/scala/akka/discovery/dns/DnsDiscoverySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-discovery/src/test/scala/akka/discovery/dns/DnsDiscoverySpec.scala
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import akka.discovery.ServiceDiscovery.ResolvedTarget
 import akka.io.dns.DockerBindDnsService
 import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, SocketUtil, TestKit }
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
+import akka.discovery.ServiceDiscovery
+
 object DnsDiscoverySpec {
 
   val config = ConfigFactory.parseString(
@@ -50,6 +51,47 @@ class DnsDiscoverySpec extends AkkaSpec(DnsDiscoverySpec.config)
 
   val systemWithAsyncDnsAsResolver = ActorSystem("AsyncDnsSystem", configWithAsyncDnsResolverAsDefault)
 
+  private def testSrvRecords(discovery: ServiceDiscovery): Unit = {
+    val name = "_service._tcp.foo.test."
+
+    def lookup() =
+      discovery
+        .lookup(Lookup("foo.test.").withPortName("service").withProtocol("tcp"), resolveTimeout = 10.seconds)
+        .futureValue
+
+    val expected = Set(
+      ResolvedTarget("a-single.foo.test", Some(5060), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.20"))),
+      ResolvedTarget("a-double.foo.test", Some(65535), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.21"))),
+      ResolvedTarget("a-double.foo.test", Some(65535), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.22")))
+    )
+
+    val result1 = lookup()
+    result1.addresses.toSet shouldEqual expected
+    result1.serviceName shouldEqual name
+
+    // one more time to exercise the cache
+    val result2 = lookup()
+    result2.addresses.toSet shouldEqual expected
+    result2.serviceName shouldEqual name
+  }
+
+  private def testIpRecords(discovery: ServiceDiscovery): Unit = {
+    val name = "a-single.foo.test"
+
+    val expected = Set(ResolvedTarget("192.168.1.20", None, Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.20"))))
+
+    def lookup() = discovery.lookup(name, resolveTimeout = 500.milliseconds).futureValue
+
+    val result1 = lookup()
+    result1.serviceName shouldEqual name
+    result1.addresses.toSet shouldEqual expected
+
+    // one more time to exercise the cache
+    val result2 = lookup()
+    result2.serviceName shouldEqual name
+    result2.addresses.toSet shouldEqual expected
+  }
+
   "Dns Discovery with isolated resolver" must {
 
     if (!dockerAvailable()) {
@@ -59,27 +101,12 @@ class DnsDiscoverySpec extends AkkaSpec(DnsDiscoverySpec.config)
 
     "work with SRV records" in {
       val discovery = Discovery(system).discovery
-      val name = "_service._tcp.foo.test."
-      val result =
-        discovery
-          .lookup(Lookup("foo.test.").withPortName("service").withProtocol("tcp"), resolveTimeout = 10.seconds)
-          .futureValue
-      result.addresses.toSet shouldEqual Set(
-        ResolvedTarget("a-single.foo.test", Some(5060), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.20"))),
-        ResolvedTarget("a-double.foo.test", Some(65535), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.21"))),
-        ResolvedTarget("a-double.foo.test", Some(65535), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.22")))
-      )
-      result.serviceName shouldEqual name
+      testSrvRecords(discovery)
     }
 
     "work with IP records" in {
       val discovery = Discovery(system).discovery
-      val name = "a-single.foo.test"
-      val result = discovery.lookup(name, resolveTimeout = 500.milliseconds).futureValue
-      result.serviceName shouldEqual name
-      result.addresses.toSet shouldEqual Set(
-        ResolvedTarget("192.168.1.20", None, Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.20")))
-      )
+      testIpRecords(discovery)
     }
 
     "be using its own resolver" in {
@@ -97,17 +124,12 @@ class DnsDiscoverySpec extends AkkaSpec(DnsDiscoverySpec.config)
 
     "work with SRV records" in {
       val discovery = Discovery(systemWithAsyncDnsAsResolver).discovery
-      val name = "_service._tcp.foo.test."
-      val result =
-        discovery
-          .lookup(Lookup("foo.test.").withPortName("service").withProtocol("tcp"), resolveTimeout = 10.seconds)
-          .futureValue
-      result.addresses.toSet shouldEqual Set(
-        ResolvedTarget("a-single.foo.test", Some(5060), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.20"))),
-        ResolvedTarget("a-double.foo.test", Some(65535), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.21"))),
-        ResolvedTarget("a-double.foo.test", Some(65535), Some(InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.22")))
-      )
-      result.serviceName shouldEqual name
+      testSrvRecords(discovery)
+    }
+
+    "work with IP records" in {
+      val discovery = Discovery(systemWithAsyncDnsAsResolver).discovery
+      testIpRecords(discovery)
     }
 
     "be using the system resolver" in {
@@ -118,7 +140,10 @@ class DnsDiscoverySpec extends AkkaSpec(DnsDiscoverySpec.config)
   }
 
   override def afterTermination(): Unit = {
-    super.afterTermination()
-    TestKit.shutdownActorSystem(system)
+    try {
+      TestKit.shutdownActorSystem(systemWithAsyncDnsAsResolver)
+    } finally {
+      super.afterTermination()
+    }
   }
 }