diff --git a/TunnelKit/Sources/AppExtension/TunnelKitProvider.swift b/TunnelKit/Sources/AppExtension/TunnelKitProvider.swift
index 83e3fef..6152ac8 100644
--- a/TunnelKit/Sources/AppExtension/TunnelKitProvider.swift
+++ b/TunnelKit/Sources/AppExtension/TunnelKitProvider.swift
@@ -560,7 +560,10 @@ extension TunnelKitProvider: SessionProxyDelegate {
             ipv6Settings?.excludedRoutes = []
         }
         
-        let dnsServers = cfg.sessionConfiguration.dnsServers ?? reply.options.dnsServers
+        var dnsServers = cfg.sessionConfiguration.dnsServers
+        if dnsServers?.isEmpty ?? true {
+            dnsServers = reply.options.dnsServers
+        }
         let searchDomain = cfg.sessionConfiguration.searchDomain ?? reply.options.searchDomain
         let dnsSettings = NEDNSSettings(servers: dnsServers ?? [])
         dnsSettings.domainName = searchDomain
diff --git a/TunnelKit/Sources/Core/ConfigurationParser.swift b/TunnelKit/Sources/Core/ConfigurationParser.swift
index 390ac20..fbfe683 100644
--- a/TunnelKit/Sources/Core/ConfigurationParser.swift
+++ b/TunnelKit/Sources/Core/ConfigurationParser.swift
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class ConfigurationParser {
         var optGateway4Arguments: [String]?
         var optRoutes4: [(String, String, String?)] = [] // address, netmask, gateway
         var optRoutes6: [(String, UInt8, String?)] = [] // destination, prefix, gateway
-        var optDNSServers: [String] = []
+        var optDNSServers: [String]?
         var optSearchDomain: String?
         var optHTTPProxy: Proxy?
         var optHTTPSProxy: Proxy?
@@ -482,7 +482,10 @@ public class ConfigurationParser {
                 guard $0.count == 2 else {
                     return
                 }
-                optDNSServers.append($0[1])
+                if optDNSServers == nil {
+                    optDNSServers = []
+                }
+                optDNSServers?.append($0[1])
             }
             Regex.domain.enumerateArguments(in: line) {
                 guard $0.count == 2 else {