diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index 35403a1453..dd7c40399c 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ import (
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
-	"github.com/armon/go-metrics"
+	metrics "github.com/armon/go-metrics"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/acl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/ae"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/cache"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/cache-types"
+	cachetype "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/cache-types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/checks"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul"
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/logger"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/watch"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"
+	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
+	uuid "github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/memberlist"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/raft"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf"
@@ -3468,6 +3468,15 @@ func (a *Agent) registerCache() {
 		// Prepared queries don't support blocking
 		Refresh: false,
 	})
+
+	a.cache.RegisterType(cachetype.NodeServicesName, &cachetype.NodeServices{
+		RPC: a,
+	}, &cache.RegisterOptions{
+		// Maintain a blocking query, retry dropped connections quickly
+		Refresh:        true,
+		RefreshTimer:   0 * time.Second,
+		RefreshTimeout: 10 * time.Minute,
+	})
 }
 
 // defaultProxyCommand returns the default Connect managed proxy command.
diff --git a/agent/cache-types/node_services.go b/agent/cache-types/node_services.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09491e60b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/cache-types/node_services.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package cachetype
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/cache"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/structs"
+)
+
+// Recommended name for registration.
+const NodeServicesName = "node-services"
+
+// NodeServices supports fetching discovering service instances via the
+// catalog.
+type NodeServices struct {
+	RPC RPC
+}
+
+func (c *NodeServices) Fetch(opts cache.FetchOptions, req cache.Request) (cache.FetchResult, error) {
+	var result cache.FetchResult
+
+	// The request should be a DCSpecificRequest.
+	reqReal, ok := req.(*structs.NodeSpecificRequest)
+	if !ok {
+		return result, fmt.Errorf(
+			"Internal cache failure: request wrong type: %T", req)
+	}
+
+	// Set the minimum query index to our current index so we block
+	reqReal.QueryOptions.MinQueryIndex = opts.MinIndex
+	reqReal.QueryOptions.MaxQueryTime = opts.Timeout
+
+	// Allways allow stale - there's no point in hitting leader if the request is
+	// going to be served from cache and endup arbitrarily stale anyway. This
+	// allows cached service-discover to automatically read scale across all
+	// servers too.
+	reqReal.AllowStale = true
+
+	// Fetch
+	var reply structs.IndexedNodeServices
+	if err := c.RPC.RPC("Catalog.NodeServices", reqReal, &reply); err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	result.Value = &reply
+	result.Index = reply.QueryMeta.Index
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (c *NodeServices) SupportsBlocking() bool {
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/agent/cache-types/node_services_test.go b/agent/cache-types/node_services_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09acee940d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/cache-types/node_services_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package cachetype
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/cache"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/structs"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestNodeServices(t *testing.T) {
+	require := require.New(t)
+	rpc := TestRPC(t)
+	defer rpc.AssertExpectations(t)
+	typ := &NodeServices{RPC: rpc}
+
+	// Expect the proper RPC call. This also sets the expected value
+	// since that is return-by-pointer in the arguments.
+	var resp *structs.IndexedNodeServices
+	rpc.On("RPC", "Catalog.NodeServices", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil).
+		Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
+			req := args.Get(1).(*structs.NodeSpecificRequest)
+			require.Equal(uint64(24), req.QueryOptions.MinQueryIndex)
+			require.Equal(1*time.Second, req.QueryOptions.MaxQueryTime)
+			require.Equal("node-01", req.Node)
+			require.True(req.AllowStale)
+
+			reply := args.Get(2).(*structs.IndexedNodeServices)
+			reply.NodeServices = &structs.NodeServices{
+				Node: &structs.Node{
+					ID:         "abcdef",
+					Node:       "node-01",
+					Address:    "127.0.0.5",
+					Datacenter: "dc1",
+				},
+			}
+
+			reply.QueryMeta.Index = 48
+			resp = reply
+		})
+
+	// Fetch
+	resultA, err := typ.Fetch(cache.FetchOptions{
+		MinIndex: 24,
+		Timeout:  1 * time.Second,
+	}, &structs.NodeSpecificRequest{
+		Datacenter: "dc1",
+		Node:       "node-01",
+	})
+	require.NoError(err)
+	require.Equal(cache.FetchResult{
+		Value: resp,
+		Index: 48,
+	}, resultA)
+}
+
+func TestNodeServices_badReqType(t *testing.T) {
+	require := require.New(t)
+	rpc := TestRPC(t)
+	defer rpc.AssertExpectations(t)
+	typ := &NodeServices{RPC: rpc}
+
+	// Fetch
+	_, err := typ.Fetch(cache.FetchOptions{}, cache.TestRequest(
+		t, cache.RequestInfo{Key: "foo", MinIndex: 64}))
+	require.Error(err)
+	require.Contains(err.Error(), "wrong type")
+
+}
diff --git a/agent/config/builder.go b/agent/config/builder.go
index c240b4552b..c29851205f 100644
--- a/agent/config/builder.go
+++ b/agent/config/builder.go
@@ -715,6 +715,8 @@ func (b *Builder) Build() (rt RuntimeConfig, err error) {
 		DNSSOA:                soa,
 		DNSUDPAnswerLimit:     b.intVal(c.DNS.UDPAnswerLimit),
 		DNSNodeMetaTXT:        b.boolValWithDefault(c.DNS.NodeMetaTXT, true),
+		DNSUseCache:           b.boolVal(c.DNS.UseCache),
+		DNSCacheMaxAge:        b.durationVal("dns_config.cache_max_age", c.DNS.CacheMaxAge),
 
 		// HTTP
 		HTTPPort:            httpPort,
diff --git a/agent/config/config.go b/agent/config/config.go
index f70cdb1e50..82e6f37175 100644
--- a/agent/config/config.go
+++ b/agent/config/config.go
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ type DNS struct {
 	UDPAnswerLimit     *int              `json:"udp_answer_limit,omitempty" hcl:"udp_answer_limit" mapstructure:"udp_answer_limit"`
 	NodeMetaTXT        *bool             `json:"enable_additional_node_meta_txt,omitempty" hcl:"enable_additional_node_meta_txt" mapstructure:"enable_additional_node_meta_txt"`
 	SOA                *SOA              `json:"soa,omitempty" hcl:"soa" mapstructure:"soa"`
+	UseCache           *bool             `json:"use_cache,omitempty" hcl:"use_cache" mapstructure:"use_cache"`
+	CacheMaxAge        *string           `json:"cache_max_age,omitempty" hcl:"cache_max_age" mapstructure:"cache_max_age"`
 }
 
 type HTTPConfig struct {
diff --git a/agent/config/runtime.go b/agent/config/runtime.go
index c22ed7c95f..0978064f4f 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime.go
@@ -314,6 +314,16 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	// flag: -recursor string [-recursor string]
 	DNSRecursors []string
 
+	// DNSUseCache wether or not to use cache for dns queries
+	//
+	// hcl: dns_config { use_cache = (true|false) }
+	DNSUseCache bool
+
+	// DNSUseCache wether or not to use cache for dns queries
+	//
+	// hcl: dns_config { cache_max_age = "duration" }
+	DNSCacheMaxAge time.Duration
+
 	// HTTPBlockEndpoints is a list of endpoint prefixes to block in the
 	// HTTP API. Any requests to these will get a 403 response.
 	//
diff --git a/agent/config/runtime_test.go b/agent/config/runtime_test.go
index d898bedb06..8518281459 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime_test.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime_test.go
@@ -3066,7 +3066,9 @@ func TestFullConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"service_ttl": {
 					"*": "32030s"
 				},
-				"udp_answer_limit": 29909
+				"udp_answer_limit": 29909,
+				"use_cache": true,
+				"cache_max_age": "5m"
 			},
 			"enable_acl_replication": true,
 			"enable_agent_tls_for_checks": true,
@@ -3620,6 +3622,8 @@ func TestFullConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					"*" = "32030s"
 				}
 				udp_answer_limit = 29909
+				use_cache = true
+				cache_max_age = "5m"
 			}
 			enable_acl_replication = true
 			enable_agent_tls_for_checks = true
@@ -4249,6 +4253,8 @@ func TestFullConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		DNSServiceTTL:                    map[string]time.Duration{"*": 32030 * time.Second},
 		DNSUDPAnswerLimit:                29909,
 		DNSNodeMetaTXT:                   true,
+		DNSUseCache:                      true,
+		DNSCacheMaxAge:                   5 * time.Minute,
 		DataDir:                          dataDir,
 		Datacenter:                       "rzo029wg",
 		DevMode:                          true,
@@ -5043,6 +5049,8 @@ func TestSanitize(t *testing.T) {
 			"Minttl": 0
 		},
 		"DNSUDPAnswerLimit": 0,
+		"DNSUseCache": false,
+		"DNSCacheMaxAge": "0s",
 		"DataDir": "",
 		"Datacenter": "",
 		"DevMode": false,
diff --git a/agent/dns.go b/agent/dns.go
index 0b34a77bba..83b8b0999a 100644
--- a/agent/dns.go
+++ b/agent/dns.go
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import (
 
 	"regexp"
 
-	"github.com/armon/go-metrics"
-	"github.com/armon/go-radix"
+	metrics "github.com/armon/go-metrics"
+	radix "github.com/armon/go-radix"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/dnsutil"
+	cachetype "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/cache-types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/structs"
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ type dnsConfig struct {
 	Datacenter      string
 	EnableTruncate  bool
 	MaxStale        time.Duration
+	UseCache        bool
+	CacheMaxAge     time.Duration
 	NodeName        string
 	NodeTTL         time.Duration
 	OnlyPassing     bool
@@ -140,6 +143,8 @@ func GetDNSConfig(conf *config.RuntimeConfig) *dnsConfig {
 		ServiceTTL:      conf.DNSServiceTTL,
 		UDPAnswerLimit:  conf.DNSUDPAnswerLimit,
 		NodeMetaTXT:     conf.DNSNodeMetaTXT,
+		UseCache:        conf.DNSUseCache,
+		CacheMaxAge:     conf.DNSCacheMaxAge,
 		dnsSOAConfig: dnsSOAConfig{
 			Expire:  conf.DNSSOA.Expire,
 			Minttl:  conf.DNSSOA.Minttl,
@@ -647,7 +652,7 @@ func (d *DNSServer) nodeLookup(network, datacenter, node string, req, resp *dns.
 	}
 
 	// Make an RPC request
-	args := structs.NodeSpecificRequest{
+	args := &structs.NodeSpecificRequest{
 		Datacenter: datacenter,
 		Node:       node,
 		QueryOptions: structs.QueryOptions{
@@ -655,25 +660,13 @@ func (d *DNSServer) nodeLookup(network, datacenter, node string, req, resp *dns.
 			AllowStale: d.config.AllowStale,
 		},
 	}
-	var out structs.IndexedNodeServices
-RPC:
-	if err := d.agent.RPC("Catalog.NodeServices", &args, &out); err != nil {
+	out, err := d.lookupNode(args)
+	if err != nil {
 		d.logger.Printf("[ERR] dns: rpc error: %v", err)
 		resp.SetRcode(req, dns.RcodeServerFailure)
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Verify that request is not too stale, redo the request
-	if args.AllowStale {
-		if out.LastContact > d.config.MaxStale {
-			args.AllowStale = false
-			d.logger.Printf("[WARN] dns: Query results too stale, re-requesting")
-			goto RPC
-		} else if out.LastContact > staleCounterThreshold {
-			metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"dns", "stale_queries"}, 1)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// If we have no address, return not found!
 	if out.NodeServices == nil {
 		d.addSOA(resp)
@@ -705,6 +698,43 @@ RPC:
 	}
 }
 
+func (d *DNSServer) lookupNode(args *structs.NodeSpecificRequest) (*structs.IndexedNodeServices, error) {
+	var out structs.IndexedNodeServices
+
+	useCache := d.config.UseCache
+RPC:
+	if useCache {
+		raw, _, err := d.agent.cache.Get(cachetype.NodeServicesName, args)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		reply, ok := raw.(*structs.IndexedNodeServices)
+		if !ok {
+			// This should never happen, but we want to protect against panics
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("internal error: response type not correct")
+		}
+		out = *reply
+	} else {
+		if err := d.agent.RPC("Catalog.NodeServices", &args, &out); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Verify that request is not too stale, redo the request
+	if args.AllowStale {
+		if out.LastContact > d.config.MaxStale {
+			args.AllowStale = false
+			useCache = false
+			d.logger.Printf("[WARN] dns: Query results too stale, re-requesting")
+			goto RPC
+		} else if out.LastContact > staleCounterThreshold {
+			metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"dns", "stale_queries"}, 1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &out, nil
+}
+
 // encodeKVasRFC1464 encodes a key-value pair according to RFC1464
 func encodeKVasRFC1464(key, value string) (txt string) {
 	// For details on these replacements c.f. https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1464.txt
@@ -1030,12 +1060,29 @@ func (d *DNSServer) lookupServiceNodes(datacenter, service, tag string, connect
 		QueryOptions: structs.QueryOptions{
 			Token:      d.agent.tokens.UserToken(),
 			AllowStale: d.config.AllowStale,
+			MaxAge:     d.config.CacheMaxAge,
 		},
 	}
 
 	var out structs.IndexedCheckServiceNodes
-	if err := d.agent.RPC("Health.ServiceNodes", &args, &out); err != nil {
-		return structs.IndexedCheckServiceNodes{}, err
+
+	if d.config.UseCache {
+		raw, m, err := d.agent.cache.Get(cachetype.HealthServicesName, &args)
+		if err != nil {
+			return out, err
+		}
+		reply, ok := raw.(*structs.IndexedCheckServiceNodes)
+		if !ok {
+			// This should never happen, but we want to protect against panics
+			return out, fmt.Errorf("internal error: response type not correct")
+		}
+		d.logger.Printf("[TRACE] dns: cache hit: %v for service %s", m.Hit, service)
+
+		out = *reply
+	} else {
+		if err := d.agent.RPC("Health.ServiceNodes", &args, &out); err != nil {
+			return out, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if args.AllowStale && out.LastContact > staleCounterThreshold {
@@ -1122,6 +1169,7 @@ func (d *DNSServer) preparedQueryLookup(network, datacenter, query string, remot
 		QueryOptions: structs.QueryOptions{
 			Token:      d.agent.tokens.UserToken(),
 			AllowStale: d.config.AllowStale,
+			MaxAge:     d.config.CacheMaxAge,
 		},
 
 		// Always pass the local agent through. In the DNS interface, there
@@ -1150,6 +1198,20 @@ func (d *DNSServer) preparedQueryLookup(network, datacenter, query string, remot
 		}
 	}
 
+	out, err := d.lookupPreparedQuery(args)
+
+	// If they give a bogus query name, treat that as a name error,
+	// not a full on server error. We have to use a string compare
+	// here since the RPC layer loses the type information.
+	if err != nil && err.Error() == consul.ErrQueryNotFound.Error() {
+		d.addSOA(resp)
+		resp.SetRcode(req, dns.RcodeNameError)
+		return
+	} else if err != nil {
+		resp.SetRcode(req, dns.RcodeServerFailure)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// TODO (slackpad) - What's a safe limit we can set here? It seems like
 	// with dup filtering done at this level we need to get everything to
 	// match the previous behavior. We can optimize by pushing more filtering
@@ -1158,34 +1220,6 @@ func (d *DNSServer) preparedQueryLookup(network, datacenter, query string, remot
 	// likely work in practice, like 10*maxUDPAnswerLimit which should help
 	// reduce bandwidth if there are thousands of nodes available.
 
-	var out structs.PreparedQueryExecuteResponse
-RPC:
-	if err := d.agent.RPC("PreparedQuery.Execute", &args, &out); err != nil {
-		// If they give a bogus query name, treat that as a name error,
-		// not a full on server error. We have to use a string compare
-		// here since the RPC layer loses the type information.
-		if err.Error() == consul.ErrQueryNotFound.Error() {
-			d.addSOA(resp)
-			resp.SetRcode(req, dns.RcodeNameError)
-			return
-		}
-
-		d.logger.Printf("[ERR] dns: rpc error: %v", err)
-		resp.SetRcode(req, dns.RcodeServerFailure)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Verify that request is not too stale, redo the request.
-	if args.AllowStale {
-		if out.LastContact > d.config.MaxStale {
-			args.AllowStale = false
-			d.logger.Printf("[WARN] dns: Query results too stale, re-requesting")
-			goto RPC
-		} else if out.LastContact > staleCounterThreshold {
-			metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"dns", "stale_queries"}, 1)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Determine the TTL. The parse should never fail since we vet it when
 	// the query is created, but we check anyway. If the query didn't
 	// specify a TTL then we will try to use the agent's service-specific
@@ -1225,6 +1259,44 @@ RPC:
 	}
 }
 
+func (d *DNSServer) lookupPreparedQuery(args structs.PreparedQueryExecuteRequest) (*structs.PreparedQueryExecuteResponse, error) {
+	var out structs.PreparedQueryExecuteResponse
+
+RPC:
+	if d.config.UseCache {
+		raw, m, err := d.agent.cache.Get(cachetype.PreparedQueryName, &args)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		reply, ok := raw.(*structs.PreparedQueryExecuteResponse)
+		if !ok {
+			// This should never happen, but we want to protect against panics
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		d.logger.Printf("[TRACE] dns: cache hit: %v for prepared query %s", m.Hit, args.QueryIDOrName)
+
+		out = *reply
+	} else {
+		if err := d.agent.RPC("PreparedQuery.Execute", &args, &out); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Verify that request is not too stale, redo the request.
+	if args.AllowStale {
+		if out.LastContact > d.config.MaxStale {
+			args.AllowStale = false
+			d.logger.Printf("[WARN] dns: Query results too stale, re-requesting")
+			goto RPC
+		} else if out.LastContact > staleCounterThreshold {
+			metrics.IncrCounter([]string{"dns", "stale_queries"}, 1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &out, nil
+}
+
 // serviceNodeRecords is used to add the node records for a service lookup
 func (d *DNSServer) serviceNodeRecords(dc string, nodes structs.CheckServiceNodes, req, resp *dns.Msg, ttl time.Duration, maxRecursionLevel int) {
 	qName := req.Question[0].Name
diff --git a/agent/structs/structs.go b/agent/structs/structs.go
index 349e1ae426..702a403aa7 100644
--- a/agent/structs/structs.go
+++ b/agent/structs/structs.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/codec"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
+	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/serf/coordinate"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure"
 )
@@ -431,6 +431,29 @@ func (r *NodeSpecificRequest) RequestDatacenter() string {
 	return r.Datacenter
 }
 
+func (r *NodeSpecificRequest) CacheInfo() cache.RequestInfo {
+	info := cache.RequestInfo{
+		Token:          r.Token,
+		Datacenter:     r.Datacenter,
+		MinIndex:       r.MinQueryIndex,
+		Timeout:        r.MaxQueryTime,
+		MaxAge:         r.MaxAge,
+		MustRevalidate: r.MustRevalidate,
+	}
+
+	v, err := hashstructure.Hash([]interface{}{
+		r.Node,
+	}, nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		// If there is an error, we don't set the key. A blank key forces
+		// no cache for this request so the request is forwarded directly
+		// to the server.
+		info.Key = strconv.FormatUint(v, 10)
+	}
+
+	return info
+}
+
 // ChecksInStateRequest is used to query for nodes in a state
 type ChecksInStateRequest struct {
 	Datacenter      string
diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md
index 3fb84f5342..c7a41b462e 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md
@@ -1072,6 +1072,12 @@ default will automatically work with some tooling.
         Configures the Retry duration expressed in seconds, default value is
         600, ie: 10 minutes.
 
+    * <a name="dns_use_cache"></a><a href="dns_use_cache">`use_cache`</a> - When set to true, DNS resolution will use the agent cache described
+      in [agent caching](/api/index.html#agent-caching). This setting affects all service and prepared queries DNS requests. Implies [`allow_stale`](#allow_stale)
+
+    * <a name="dns_cache_max_age"></a><a href="dns_cache_max_age">`dns_max_age`</a> - When [use_cache](#dns_use_cache) is enabled, the agent
+      will attempt to re-fetch the result from the servers if the cached value is older than this duration. See: [agent caching](/api/index.html#agent-caching).
+
 * <a name="domain"></a><a href="#domain">`domain`</a> Equivalent to the
   [`-domain` command-line flag](#_domain).