diff --git a/daemon/container_operations_unix.go b/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
index 5552d09df3..03b01b8061 100644
--- a/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
@@ -371,11 +371,11 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) setupPathsAndSandboxOptions(container *container.Container
 	if container.HostConfig.NetworkMode.IsHost() {
 		// Point to the host files, so that will be copied into the container running in host mode
 		*sboxOptions = append(*sboxOptions, libnetwork.OptionOriginHostsPath("/etc/hosts"))
-		*sboxOptions = append(*sboxOptions, libnetwork.OptionOriginResolvConfPath("/etc/resolv.conf"))
-	} else {
-		*sboxOptions = append(*sboxOptions, libnetwork.OptionOriginResolvConfPath(daemon.configStore.GetResolvConf()))
 	}
 
+	// Copy the host's resolv.conf for the container (/etc/resolv.conf or /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf)
+	*sboxOptions = append(*sboxOptions, libnetwork.OptionOriginResolvConfPath(daemon.configStore.GetResolvConf()))
+
 	container.HostsPath, err = container.GetRootResourcePath("hosts")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err