diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 52661aaa..9d1433f6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ install:
   - hostname || true
   - hostname --fqdn || true
   - nslookup box.abc.com || true
+  - getent hosts box.abc.com || true
 
 script:
   #
diff --git a/tests/system-setup/remote-nextcloud-docker.sh b/tests/system-setup/remote-nextcloud-docker.sh
index befcd452..03ce27ff 100755
--- a/tests/system-setup/remote-nextcloud-docker.sh
+++ b/tests/system-setup/remote-nextcloud-docker.sh
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ after_miab_install() {
            "$PRIMARY_HOSTNAME" \
            "$LDAP_NEXTCLOUD_PASSWORD" \
         || die "docker: error running remote-nextcloud-use-miab.sh"
+
+    # re-add systemd name resolver as a secondary nameserver
+    echo "nameserver 127.0.0.53" >> /etc/resolv.conf
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/system-setup/setup-funcs.sh b/tests/system-setup/setup-funcs.sh
index b71591ec..f28c4ef1 100755
--- a/tests/system-setup/setup-funcs.sh
+++ b/tests/system-setup/setup-funcs.sh
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ dump_conf_files() {
         dump_log "/etc/mailinabox.conf"
         dump_log "/etc/hosts"
         dump_log "/etc/nsswitch.conf"
+        dump_log "/etc/resolv.conf"
         dump_log "/etc/nsd/nsd.conf"
         dump_log "/etc/postfix/main.cf"
     fi