diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst
index 09f2c13f1..c4300cd53 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/general.rst
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ need the following software:
   specifying OpenFlow and OVSDB remotes. If unbound library is already
   installed, then Open vSwitch will automatically build with support for it.
   The environment variable OVS_RESOLV_CONF can be used to specify DNS server
-  configuration file (the default file on Linux is /etc/resolv.conf).
+  configuration file (the default file on Linux is /etc/resolv.conf), and
+  environment variable OVS_UNBOUND_CONF can be used to specify the
+  configuration file for unbound.
 
 On Linux, you may choose to compile the kernel module that comes with the Open
 vSwitch distribution or to use the kernel module built into the Linux kernel
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a858a3b35..4619e73bf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Post-v2.14.0
        status of the storage that's backing a database.
    - DPDK:
      * Removed support for vhost-user dequeue zero-copy.
+   - The environment variable OVS_UNBOUND_CONF, if set, is now used
+     as the DNS resolver's (unbound) configuration file.
 
 
 v2.14.0 - 17 Aug 2020
diff --git a/lib/dns-resolve.c b/lib/dns-resolve.c
index 1ff58960f..d34451434 100644
--- a/lib/dns-resolve.c
+++ b/lib/dns-resolve.c
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ dns_resolve_init(bool is_daemon)
         return;
     }
 
+    const char *ub_conf_filename = getenv("OVS_UNBOUND_CONF");
+    if (ub_conf_filename != NULL) {
+        int retval = ub_ctx_config(ub_ctx__, ub_conf_filename);
+        if (retval != 0) {
+            VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "Failed to set libunbound context config: %s",
+                         ub_strerror(retval));
+            ub_ctx_delete(ub_ctx__);
+            ub_ctx__ = NULL;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     const char *filename = getenv("OVS_RESOLV_CONF");
     if (!filename) {
 #ifdef _WIN32