diff --git a/charts/localstack/templates/service.yaml b/charts/localstack/templates/service.yaml
index 2cfb2bf..fddce5a 100644
--- a/charts/localstack/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/localstack/templates/service.yaml
@@ -37,23 +37,35 @@ spec:
       {{- if and (or (eq $.Values.service.type "NodePort") (eq $.Values.service.type "LoadBalancer")) (not (empty .Values.service.edgeService.nodePort)) }}
       nodePort: {{ .Values.service.edgeService.nodePort }}
       {{- end }}
-    {{- if .Values.service.dnsService }}
+    {{- $dnsEnabled := false }}
+    {{- if kindIs "bool" .Values.service.dnsService }}
+      {{- $dnsEnabled = .Values.service.dnsService }}
+    {{- else if .Values.service.dnsService.enabled }}
+      {{- $dnsEnabled = .Values.service.dnsService.enabled }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if $dnsEnabled }}
     - name: dns-tcp
       port: 53
       targetPort: 53
       protocol: TCP
+      {{- if and (or (eq $.Values.service.type "NodePort") (eq $.Values.service.type "LoadBalancer")) (kindIs "map" .Values.service.dnsService) (hasKey .Values.service.dnsService "nodePort") }}
+      nodePort: {{ .Values.service.dnsService.nodePort }}
+      {{- end }}
     - name: dns-udp
       port: 53
       targetPort: 53
       protocol: UDP
+      {{- if and (or (eq $.Values.service.type "NodePort") (eq $.Values.service.type "LoadBalancer")) (kindIs "map" .Values.service.dnsService) (hasKey .Values.service.dnsService "nodePort") }}
+      nodePort: {{ .Values.service.dnsService.nodePort }}
+      {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- range $index, $port := untilStep (.Values.service.externalServicePorts.start|int) (.Values.service.externalServicePorts.end|int) 1 }}
     - name: "external-service-port-{{ $port }}"
       port: {{ $port }}
       targetPort: "ext-svc-{{ $port }}"
-    {{- with $.Values.service.externalServicePorts.nodePortStart|int }}
+      {{- with $.Values.service.externalServicePorts.nodePortStart|int }}
       nodePort: {{ add $index . }}
-    {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
   selector:
     {{- include "localstack.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/localstack/values.yaml b/charts/localstack/values.yaml
index 61a54ad..3fbe20a 100644
--- a/charts/localstack/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/localstack/values.yaml
@@ -135,8 +135,14 @@ service:
     ##   has to be in the node port range configured. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#type-nodeport
     # nodePortStart: 31510
   ## @param service.dnsService Enables or disables the exposure of the LocalStack DNS
+  ##   see https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/tooling/dns-server/#system-dns-configuration
+  ##   for more information on how to configure LocalStack DNS on your system
   ##
-  dnsService: false
+  dnsService:
+    enabled: false
+    ## @param service.dnsService.nodePort specifies the nodePort to map the DNS service to
+    ##
+    nodePort: 31053
   ## @param service.clusterIP sets a static clusterIP. This is useful alongside the LocalStack DNS setup
   ##   see https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/dns-custom-nameservers/#configuration-of-stub-domain-and-upstream-nameserver-using-coredns for an example of DNS delegation in Coredns
   ##