diff --git a/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java b/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
index 7182edda7..f87bd12ca 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
@@ -331,6 +331,18 @@ public final class RegistryConfig {
       return config.datastore.eppResourceIndexBucketsNum;
     }
 
+    @Provides
+    @Config("cloudDnsRootUrl")
+    public static Optional<String> getCloudDnsRootUrl(RegistryConfigSettings config) {
+      return Optional.fromNullable(config.cloudDns.rootUrl);
+    }
+
+    @Provides
+    @Config("cloudDnsServicePath")
+    public static Optional<String> getCloudDnsServicePath(RegistryConfigSettings config) {
+      return Optional.fromNullable(config.cloudDns.servicePath);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns size of Google Cloud Storage client connection buffer in bytes.
      *
diff --git a/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfigSettings.java b/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfigSettings.java
index 44380106f..c6aa08647 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfigSettings.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfigSettings.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public class RegistryConfigSettings {
   public OAuth oAuth;
   public RegistryPolicy registryPolicy;
   public Datastore datastore;
+  public CloudDns cloudDns;
   public Caching caching;
   public IcannReporting icannReporting;
   public Rde rde;
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ public class RegistryConfigSettings {
     public String projectId;
   }
 
+  /** Configuration for Cloud DNS. */
+  public static class CloudDns {
+    public String rootUrl;
+    public String servicePath;
+  }
+
   /** Configuration for caching. */
   public static class Caching {
     public int singletonCacheRefreshSeconds;
diff --git a/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml b/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
index c773d8202..b4b3577ac 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
+++ b/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ datastore:
   # doubles after each failure).
   baseOfyRetryMillis: 100
 
+cloudDns:
+  # The root url for the Cloud DNS API.  Set this to a non-null value to
+  # override the default API server used by the googleapis library.
+  rootUrl: null
+
+  # The service endpoint path for the Cloud DNS API.  Set this to a non-null
+  # value to override the default API path used by the googleapis library.
+  servicePath: null
+
 caching:
   # Length of time that a singleton should be cached before expiring.
   singletonCacheRefreshSeconds: 600
diff --git a/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriterModule.java b/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriterModule.java
index c62bd54b8..a706e0d17 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriterModule.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriterModule.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.services.dns.Dns;
 import com.google.api.services.dns.DnsScopes;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.RateLimiter;
 import dagger.Module;
 import dagger.Provides;
@@ -40,10 +41,20 @@ public final class CloudDnsWriterModule {
       HttpTransport transport,
       JsonFactory jsonFactory,
       Function<Set<String>, ? extends HttpRequestInitializer> credential,
-      @Config("projectId") String projectId) {
-    return new Dns.Builder(transport, jsonFactory, credential.apply(DnsScopes.all()))
-        .setApplicationName(projectId)
-        .build();
+      @Config("projectId") String projectId,
+      @Config("cloudDnsRootUrl") Optional<String> rootUrl,
+      @Config("cloudDnsServicePath") Optional<String> servicePath) {
+    Dns.Builder builder = new Dns.Builder(transport, jsonFactory, credential.apply(DnsScopes.all()))
+        .setApplicationName(projectId);
+
+    if (rootUrl.isPresent()) {
+      builder.setRootUrl(rootUrl.get());
+    }
+    if (servicePath.isPresent()) {
+      builder.setServicePath(servicePath.get());
+    }
+
+    return builder.build();
   }
 
   @Provides