diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
index 7c002db1..0cb5b49a 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/container"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -35,10 +34,6 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	syscall.Mount("", "/", "", syscall.MS_PRIVATE, "")
 	syscall.Mount("/dev", path.Join(containerPath, "/dev"), "", syscall.MS_BIND, "")
 
-	if util.IsFile(path.Join(containerPath, "/etc/resolv.conf")) == true {
-		syscall.Mount("/etc/resolv.conf", path.Join(containerPath, "/etc/resolv.conf"), "", syscall.MS_BIND, "")
-	}
-
 	for _, b := range binds {
 		var source string
 		var dest string
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
index 929404a4..fe6b27a6 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/imprt/main.go
@@ -121,8 +121,14 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	fmt.Printf("Updating the container's /etc/resolv.conf\n")
+	err := util.CopyFile("/etc/resolv.conf", path.Join(container.RootFsDir(name), "/etc/resolv.conf"))
+	if err != nil {
+		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.WARN, "Could not copy /etc/resolv.conf into container: %s\n", err)
+	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("Building container: %s\n", name)
-	err := container.Build(name, true)
+	err = container.Build(name, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Could not build container %s: %s\n", name, err)
 		os.Exit(1)