diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/DocumentClient.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/DocumentClient.cs
index 34bdc40148..02456b67c1 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/DocumentClient.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/DocumentClient.cs
@@ -6782,6 +6782,9 @@ private void InitializeDirectConnectivity(IStoreClientFactory storeClientFactory
                     remoteCertificateValidationCallback: this.remoteCertificateValidationCallback,
                     distributedTracingOptions: distributedTracingOptions,
                     enableChannelMultiplexing: ConfigurationManager.IsTcpChannelMultiplexingEnabled(),
+                    dnsResolutionFunction: ConfigurationManager.IsTcpDnsDotSuffixEnabled()
+                        ? DnsDotSuffixHelper.ResolveHostAsync
+                        : null,
                     chaosInterceptor: this.chaosInterceptor);
 
                 if (this.transportClientHandlerFactory != null)
diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Util/ConfigurationManager.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Util/ConfigurationManager.cs
index b5b4d8eec2..93ce57f25b 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Util/ConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Util/ConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ internal static class ConfigurationManager
         /// </summary>
         internal static readonly string UseLengthAwareRangeComparator = "AZURE_COSMOS_USE_LENGTH_AWARE_RANGE_COMPARATOR";
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Environment variable name to enable DNS dot-suffix (FQDN trailing dot) for
+        /// Direct mode TCP connections. When enabled, appends a trailing '.' to hostnames
+        /// before DNS resolution to bypass Kubernetes ndots search-domain expansion.
+        /// See: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cosmos-dotnet-v3/issues/5730
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static readonly string TcpDnsDotSuffixEnabled = "AZURE_COSMOS_TCP_DNS_DOT_SUFFIX_ENABLED";
+
         public static T GetEnvironmentVariable<T>(string variable, T defaultValue)
         {
             string value = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(variable);
@@ -401,5 +409,22 @@ public static bool IsLengthAwareRangeComparatorEnabled()
                         variable: ConfigurationManager.UseLengthAwareRangeComparator,
                         defaultValue: defaultValue);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the boolean value indicating if DNS dot-suffix (FQDN trailing dot) is enabled
+        /// for Direct mode TCP connections. When enabled, appends a trailing '.' to hostnames
+        /// before DNS resolution, causing the resolver to treat them as absolute (fully qualified)
+        /// names and skip search-domain expansion. This avoids unnecessary DNS lookups on Kubernetes
+        /// where ndots:5 causes multiple failed search-domain attempts for Cosmos DB endpoints.
+        /// Default: false (opt-in).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A boolean flag indicating if TCP DNS dot-suffix is enabled.</returns>
+        public static bool IsTcpDnsDotSuffixEnabled()
+        {
+            return ConfigurationManager
+                    .GetEnvironmentVariable(
+                        variable: ConfigurationManager.TcpDnsDotSuffixEnabled,
+                        defaultValue: false);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Util/DnsDotSuffixHelper.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Util/DnsDotSuffixHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae37f993f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Util/DnsDotSuffixHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+//------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+//------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos
+{
+    using System.Net;
+    using System.Threading.Tasks;
+    using Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Rntbd;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Helper for DNS dot-suffix (FQDN trailing dot) resolution.
+    /// Appending a trailing dot to a hostname signals the DNS resolver that the name is
+    /// fully qualified (absolute) and must not be subject to search-domain expansion.
+    /// This avoids multiple unnecessary DNS lookups on Kubernetes where the default
+    /// ndots:5 configuration causes search-domain attempts for Cosmos DB endpoints.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class DnsDotSuffixHelper
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Appends a trailing dot to the hostname to make it a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
+        /// Returns the hostname unchanged if it is null/empty, already ends with a dot,
+        /// or is an IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="hostName">The hostname to convert to FQDN form.</param>
+        /// <returns>The hostname with a trailing dot appended, or unchanged if not applicable.</returns>
+        internal static string ToFqdnHostName(string hostName)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(hostName)
+                || hostName.EndsWith(".")
+                || IPAddress.TryParse(hostName, out _))
+            {
+                return hostName;
+            }
+
+            return hostName + ".";
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a DNS resolution function that appends a trailing dot to the hostname
+        /// before resolving, to bypass Kubernetes ndots search-domain expansion.
+        /// Intended for use with <c>StoreClientFactory.dnsResolutionFunction</c>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A function that resolves a dot-suffixed hostname to an <see cref="IPAddress"/>.</returns>
+        internal static Task<IPAddress> ResolveHostAsync(string hostName)
+        {
+            string fqdnHost = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName(hostName);
+            return Connection.ResolveHostAsync(fqdnHost, includeIPv6Addresses: true);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Tests/DnsDotSuffixHelperTests.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Tests/DnsDotSuffixHelperTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71962e26d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Tests/DnsDotSuffixHelperTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+//------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+//------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Tests
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Net;
+    using System.Threading.Tasks;
+    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+    [TestClass]
+    public class DnsDotSuffixHelperTests
+    {
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_AppendsTrailingDot()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName("myaccount.documents.azure.com");
+            Assert.AreEqual("myaccount.documents.azure.com.", result);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_IdempotentWhenAlreadyDotSuffixed()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName("myaccount.documents.azure.com.");
+            Assert.AreEqual("myaccount.documents.azure.com.", result);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_SkipsIPv4Address()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName("10.0.0.1");
+            Assert.AreEqual("10.0.0.1", result);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_SkipsIPv6Address()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName("::1");
+            Assert.AreEqual("::1", result);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_SkipsIPv6FullAddress()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName("2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334");
+            Assert.AreEqual("2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334", result);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_ReturnsNullForNull()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName(null);
+            Assert.IsNull(result);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_ReturnsEmptyForEmpty()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName(string.Empty);
+            Assert.AreEqual(string.Empty, result);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_AppendsTrailingDotToLocalhost()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName("localhost");
+            Assert.AreEqual("localhost.", result);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ToFqdnHostName_AppendsTrailingDotToSingleLabel()
+        {
+            string result = DnsDotSuffixHelper.ToFqdnHostName("cosmosdb");
+            Assert.AreEqual("cosmosdb.", result);
+        }
+    }
+}