diff --git a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_impl.c b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_impl.c
index 91c004962..960a50254 100644
--- a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_impl.c
+++ b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_impl.c
@@ -683,6 +683,14 @@ int sal_get_dns_timeout(const Sal* sal)  {
 	return belle_sip_stack_get_dns_timeout(sal->stack);
 }
 
+void sal_set_dns_user_hosts_file(Sal *sal, const char *hosts_file) {
+	belle_sip_stack_set_dns_user_hosts_file(sal->stack, hosts_file);
+}
+
+const char * sal_get_dns_user_hosts_file(const Sal *sal) {
+	return belle_sip_stack_get_dns_user_hosts_file(sal->stack);
+}
+
 SalAuthInfo* sal_auth_info_create(belle_sip_auth_event_t* event) {
 	SalAuthInfo* auth_info = sal_auth_info_new();
 	auth_info->realm = ms_strdup(belle_sip_auth_event_get_realm(event)) ;
diff --git a/include/sal/sal.h b/include/sal/sal.h
index 38610ac35..051f06482 100644
--- a/include/sal/sal.h
+++ b/include/sal/sal.h
@@ -569,5 +569,7 @@ void sal_nat_helper_enable(Sal *sal,bool_t enable);
 bool_t sal_nat_helper_enabled(Sal *sal);
 
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC	void sal_set_dns_timeout(Sal* sal,int timeout);
-int sal_get_dns_timeout(const Sal* sal);
+LINPHONE_PUBLIC int sal_get_dns_timeout(const Sal* sal);
+LINPHONE_PUBLIC void sal_set_dns_user_hosts_file(Sal *sal, const char *hosts_file);
+LINPHONE_PUBLIC const char *sal_get_dns_user_hosts_file(const Sal *sal);
 #endif
diff --git a/tester/liblinphone_tester.c b/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
index 185ce9587..1bd9e0ff7 100644
--- a/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
+++ b/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ const char *liblinphone_tester_file_prefix="Assets";
 const char *liblinphone_tester_file_prefix="./tester";
 #endif
 
+const char *userhostsfile = "tester_hosts";
+
 #ifdef ANDROID
 extern void AndroidPrintf(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, ...);
 #define fprintf(file, fmt, ...) AndroidPrintf(file, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)  
@@ -109,16 +111,21 @@ LinphoneCore* configure_lc_from(LinphoneCoreVTable* v_table, const char* path, c
 	char ringpath[256];
 	char ringbackpath[256];
 	char rootcapath[256];
+	char dnsuserhostspath[256];
+
 	sprintf(filepath, "%s/%s", path, file);
 	lc =  linphone_core_new(v_table,NULL,filepath,NULL);
 	linphone_core_set_user_data(lc,&global_stat);
 	counters = (stats*)linphone_core_get_user_data(lc);
-	
+
 	/* until we have good certificates on our test server...
 	linphone_core_verify_server_certificates(lc,FALSE);*/
 	sprintf(rootcapath, "%s/certificates/cacert.pem", path);
 	linphone_core_set_root_ca(lc,rootcapath);
-	
+
+	sprintf(dnsuserhostspath, "%s/%s", path, userhostsfile);
+	sal_set_dns_user_hosts_file(lc->sal, dnsuserhostspath);
+
 	sprintf(ringpath, "%s/%s", path, "oldphone.wav");
 	sprintf(ringbackpath, "%s/%s", path, "ringback.wav");
 	linphone_core_set_ring(lc, ringpath);
diff --git a/tester/tester_hosts b/tester/tester_hosts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cd7f20f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tester/tester_hosts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+127.0.0.1	sip.example.org sipopen.example.org auth.example.org auth1.example.org auth2.example.org