diff --git a/standalone/android/haskell-patches/dns_0.3.6-0001-use-getprop-to-get-dns-server.patch b/standalone/android/haskell-patches/dns_0.3.6-0001-use-getprop-to-get-dns-server.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..069bdd20a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standalone/android/haskell-patches/dns_0.3.6-0001-use-getprop-to-get-dns-server.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+From 8459f93270c7a6e8a2ebd415db2110a66bf1ec41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
+Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 20:31:14 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] use getprop to get dns server
+
+---
+ Network/DNS/Resolver.hs |   13 +++++++++++--
+ dns.cabal               |    4 ++++
+ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Network/DNS/Resolver.hs b/Network/DNS/Resolver.hs
+index 70ab9ed..9b27336 100644
+--- a/Network/DNS/Resolver.hs
++++ b/Network/DNS/Resolver.hs
+@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import Network.Socket.ByteString.Lazy
+ import Prelude hiding (lookup)
+ import System.Random
+ import System.Timeout
++import System.Process (readProcess) 
++import System.Directory
+ 
+ #if mingw32_HOST_OS == 1
+ import Network.Socket (send)
+@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ data ResolvConf = ResolvConf {
+ -}
+ defaultResolvConf :: ResolvConf
+ defaultResolvConf = ResolvConf {
+-    resolvInfo = RCFilePath "/etc/resolv.conf"
++    resolvInfo = RCFilePath "/system/etc/resolv.conf"
+   , resolvTimeout = 3 * 1000 * 1000
+   , resolvBufsize = 512
+ }
+@@ -111,7 +113,14 @@ makeResolvSeed conf = ResolvSeed <$> addr
+   where
+     addr = case resolvInfo conf of
+         RCHostName numhost -> makeAddrInfo numhost
+-        RCFilePath file -> toAddr <$> readFile file >>= makeAddrInfo
++        RCFilePath file -> do
++		exists <- doesFileExist file
++		if exists
++			then toAddr <$> readFile file >>= makeAddrInfo
++			else do
++				s <- readProcess "getprop" ["net.dns1"] ""
++				makeAddrInfo $ takeWhile (/= '\n') s
++				
+     toAddr cs = let l:_ = filter ("nameserver" `isPrefixOf`) $ lines cs
+                 in extract l
+     extract = reverse . dropWhile isSpace . reverse . dropWhile isSpace . drop 11
+diff --git a/dns.cabal b/dns.cabal
+index 40671f6..2c19734 100644
+--- a/dns.cabal
++++ b/dns.cabal
+@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ library
+                       , network >= 2.3
+                       , network-conduit
+                       , random
++                      , process
++                      , directory
+   else
+     Build-Depends:      base >= 4 && < 5
+                       , attoparsec
+@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ library
+                       , network-bytestring
+                       , network-conduit
+                       , random
++                      , process
++                      , directory
+ Source-Repository head
+   Type:                 git
+   Location:             git://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/dns.git
+-- 
+1.7.10.4
+
diff --git a/standalone/android/install-haskell-packages b/standalone/android/install-haskell-packages
index 80c7d88c24..ef43d87c11 100755
--- a/standalone/android/install-haskell-packages
+++ b/standalone/android/install-haskell-packages
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ install_pkgs () {
 	onlycross unpatched data-endian-0.0.1
 	unpatched hinotify-0.3.5
 	patched iproute 1.2.11
-	unpatched DNS
+	unpatched dns 0.3.6
 	
 	cd ..
 	rm -rf tmp