diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb b/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
index c38f436..993a4b9 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
@@ -368,7 +368,15 @@ module Vmpooler
         else
           fqdn = hostname
         end
-        dns_ip, dns_available = check_dns_available(fqdn)
+
+        # skip dns check if the provider is set to skip_dns_check_before_creating_vm
+        provider = get_provider_for_pool(pool_name)
+        if config[:providers] && config[:providers][provider.name.to_sym] && config[:providers][provider.name.to_sym]['skip_dns_check_before_creating_vm']
+          dns_available = true
+        else
+          dns_ip, dns_available = check_dns_available(fqdn)
+        end
+
         break if hostname_available && dns_available
 
         hostname_retries += 1
diff --git a/spec/integration/api/v2/ondemandvm_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api/v2/ondemandvm_spec.rb
index 9aeac3a..db0868b 100644
--- a/spec/integration/api/v2/ondemandvm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/api/v2/ondemandvm_spec.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
               expected = {
                 "ok": true,
                 "request_id": uuid,
-                "domain": domain
               }
               expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate(expected))
             end
diff --git a/spec/integration/api/v2/vm_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api/v2/vm_spec.rb
index 5dd30bf..d76f38a 100644
--- a/spec/integration/api/v2/vm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/api/v2/vm_spec.rb
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
           'site_name' => 'test pooler',
           'vm_lifetime_auth' => 2
         },
+        providers: {
+          vsphere: {'domain' => 'one.example.com'},
+          gce: {'domain' => 'two.example.com'},
+          foo: {'domain' => 'three.example.com'}
+        },
         pools: [
-          {'name' => 'pool1', 'size' => 5, 'domain' => 'one.example.com'},
-          {'name' => 'pool2', 'size' => 10, 'domain' => 'two.example.com'},
-          {'name' => 'pool3', 'size' => 10, 'domain' => 'three.example.com'}
+          {'name' => 'pool1', 'size' => 5, 'provider' => 'vsphere'},
+          {'name' => 'pool2', 'size' => 10, 'provider' => 'gce'},
+          {'name' => 'pool3', 'size' => 10, 'provider' => 'foo'}
         ],
         statsd: { 'prefix' => 'stats_prefix'},
         alias: { 'poolone' => ['pool1'] },
@@ -80,8 +85,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
           ok: true,
           pool1: {
             hostname: "#{vmname}.one.example.com"
-          },
-          domain: 'one.example.com'
+          }
         }
 
         expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate(expected))
@@ -99,8 +103,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
           ok: true,
           poolone: {
             hostname: "#{vmname}.one.example.com"
-          },
-          domain: 'one.example.com'
+          }
         }
 
         expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate(expected))
@@ -150,7 +153,6 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
           pool1: {
             hostname: "#{vmname}.one.example.com"
           },
-          domain: 'two.example.com',
           pool2: {
             hostname: 'qrstuvwxyz012345.two.example.com'
           }
@@ -253,8 +255,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
           ok: true,
           "pool1": {
             "hostname": "1abcdefghijklmnop.one.example.com"
-          },
-          domain: 'one.example.com'
+          }
         }
 
         expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate(expected))
@@ -355,8 +356,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
           ok: true,
           pool1: {
             hostname: "2#{vmname}.one.example.com"
-          },
-          domain: 'one.example.com'
+          }
         }
 
         expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate(expected))
@@ -381,8 +381,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
             ok: true,
             pool1: {
               hostname: 'abcdefghijklmnop.one.example.com'
-            },
-            domain: 'one.example.com'
+            }
           }
           expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate(expected))
 
@@ -408,8 +407,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
             ok: true,
             pool1: {
               hostname: 'abcdefghijklmnop.one.example.com'
-            },
-            domain: 'one.example.com'
+            }
           }
           expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate(expected))
 
@@ -430,8 +428,7 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V2 do
             ok: true,
             pool1: {
               hostname: 'abcdefghijklmnop.one.example.com'
-            },
-            domain: 'one.example.com'
+            }
           }
           expect(last_response.body).to eq(JSON.pretty_generate(expected))
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/pool_manager_spec.rb b/spec/unit/pool_manager_spec.rb
index 6c1879c..df335fc 100644
--- a/spec/unit/pool_manager_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/pool_manager_spec.rb
@@ -869,6 +869,58 @@ EOT
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#find_unique_hostname' do
+    # it should return the hostname
+    before do
+      allow(subject).to receive(:generate_and_check_hostname).and_return(["spicy-proton", true])
+      allow(subject).to receive(:get_provider_for_pool).and_return(provider)
+    end
+
+    context 'with a setting to skip dns check' do
+      let(:config) {
+        YAML.load(<<-EOT
+---
+:providers:
+  :mock_provider:
+    skip_dns_check_before_creating_vm: true
+:pools:
+  - name: '#{pool}'
+    size: 1
+        EOT
+        )
+      }
+      it 'should skip the dns check' do
+        #method is skipped
+        expect(subject).not_to receive(:check_dns_available)
+        expect(subject.find_unique_hostname(pool)).to eq("spicy-proton")
+      end
+    end
+    context 'without the setting to skip dns check' do
+      let(:config) {
+        YAML.load(<<-EOT
+---
+:providers:
+  :mock_provider:
+:pools:
+  - name: '#{pool}'
+    size: 1
+        EOT
+        )
+      }
+      it 'should run the dns check and pass' do
+        #method is skipped
+        expect(subject).to receive(:check_dns_available).and_return(["1.1.1.1",true])
+        expect(subject.find_unique_hostname(pool)).to eq("spicy-proton")
+      end
+
+      it 'should run the dns check and fail' do
+        #method is skipped
+        allow(subject).to receive(:check_dns_available).and_return(["1.1.1.1",false]).exactly(3).times
+        expect{subject.find_unique_hostname(pool)}.to raise_error(RuntimeError)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#_clone_vm' do
     let (:pool_object) { { 'name' => pool } }
     let (:redis_ttl) { 1 }