diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index b7d93f58a59..275b65d506c 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -363,15 +363,14 @@
   version = "1.0.1"
 
 [[projects]]
-  branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:8d0349ca7980bc787c8c595434618a5abc98076d07a50ca38c9a80685e70f80e"
+  digest = "1:68214731af5ff5a3bfab4d28571578e5522bc4f667ad1232745d7b4189ccb442"
   name = "github.com/openshift/api"
   packages = [
     "config/v1",
     "route/v1",
   ]
   pruneopts = "NUT"
-  revision = "6a375c5bd37e0a30bf3da96935273fa41f957a0d"
+  revision = "8241b16bb46fe9bd7aebbbce92d7af84fb71be7f"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:6b1540f37963c713da08d8463791201d8469e8c755ed66a0b54ee424b15ea401"
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 8c2604c9987..aeabc27297d 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ ignored = [
   revision = "34f5991525d116b3832e0d9409492274f1c06bda"
 
 [[constraint]]
-  branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/openshift/api"
+  revision = "8241b16bb46fe9bd7aebbbce92d7af84fb71be7f"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/openshift/client-go"
diff --git a/data/data/manifests/bootkube/cluster-dns-01-crd.yaml b/data/data/manifests/bootkube/cluster-dns-01-crd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b103f9f9b2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/data/manifests/bootkube/cluster-dns-01-crd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: dnses.config.openshift.io
+spec:
+  group: config.openshift.io
+  names:
+    kind: DNS
+    listKind: DNSList
+    plural: dnses
+    singular: dns
+  scope: Cluster
+  versions:
+  - name: v1
+    served: true
+    storage: true
diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/dns.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/dns.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccfce56766b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/dns.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package manifests
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/installconfig"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/templates/content"
+
+	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+var (
+	dnsCrdFilename = "cluster-dns-01-crd.yaml"
+	dnsCfgFilename = filepath.Join(manifestDir, "cluster-dns-02-config.yml")
+)
+
+// DNS generates the cluster-dns-*.yml files.
+type DNS struct {
+	config   *configv1.DNS
+	FileList []*asset.File
+}
+
+var _ asset.WritableAsset = (*DNS)(nil)
+
+// Name returns a human friendly name for the asset.
+func (*DNS) Name() string {
+	return "DNS Config"
+}
+
+// Dependencies returns all of the dependencies directly needed to generate
+// the asset.
+func (*DNS) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
+	return []asset.Asset{
+		&installconfig.InstallConfig{},
+	}
+}
+
+// Generate generates the DNS config and its CRD.
+func (d *DNS) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
+	installConfig := &installconfig.InstallConfig{}
+	dependencies.Get(installConfig)
+
+	d.config = &configv1.DNS{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: configv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			Kind:       "DNS",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "cluster",
+			// not namespaced
+		},
+		Spec: configv1.DNSSpec{
+			BaseDomain: installConfig.Config.BaseDomain,
+		},
+	}
+
+	configData, err := yaml.Marshal(d.config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create %s manifests from InstallConfig", d.Name())
+	}
+
+	crdData, err := content.GetBootkubeTemplate(dnsCrdFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	d.FileList = []*asset.File{
+		{
+			Filename: filepath.Join(manifestDir, dnsCrdFilename),
+			Data:     []byte(crdData),
+		},
+		{
+			Filename: dnsCfgFilename,
+			Data:     configData,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Files returns the files generated by the asset.
+func (d *DNS) Files() []*asset.File {
+	return d.FileList
+}
+
+// Load loads the already-rendered files back from disk.
+func (d *DNS) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (bool, error) {
+	crdFile, err := f.FetchByName(filepath.Join(manifestDir, dnsCrdFilename))
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	cfgFile, err := f.FetchByName(dnsCfgFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	dnsConfig := &configv1.DNS{}
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(cfgFile.Data, dnsConfig); err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unmarshal %s", dnsCfgFilename)
+	}
+
+	fileList := []*asset.File{crdFile, cfgFile}
+
+	d.FileList, d.config = fileList, dnsConfig
+
+	return true, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/operators.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/operators.go
index 3d6e4cd060b..5444a1855ef 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/operators.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/operators.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func (m *Manifests) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
 	return []asset.Asset{
 		&installconfig.InstallConfig{},
 		&Ingress{},
+		&DNS{},
 		&Networking{},
 		&tls.RootCA{},
 		&tls.EtcdCA{},
@@ -85,9 +86,10 @@ func (m *Manifests) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
 // Generate generates the respective operator config.yml files
 func (m *Manifests) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 	ingress := &Ingress{}
+	dns := &DNS{}
 	network := &Networking{}
 	installConfig := &installconfig.InstallConfig{}
-	dependencies.Get(installConfig, ingress, network)
+	dependencies.Get(installConfig, ingress, dns, network)
 
 	// mao go to kube-system config map
 	m.KubeSysConfig = configMap("kube-system", "cluster-config-v1", genericData{
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ func (m *Manifests) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, m.generateBootKubeManifests(dependencies)...)
 
 	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, ingress.Files()...)
+	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, dns.Files()...)
 	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, network.Files()...)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types.go b/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types.go
index 370c265c08f..bfefb67d2f1 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types.go
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
-// ConfigMapReference references the location of a configmap.
+// ConfigMapReference references a configmap in the openshift-config namespace.
 type ConfigMapReference struct {
-	Namespace string `json:"namespace"`
-	Name      string `json:"name"`
+	Name string `json:"name"`
 	// Key allows pointing to a specific key/value inside of the configmap.  This is useful for logical file references.
 	Key string `json:"filename,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types_dns.go b/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types_dns.go
index 44fa6e4d27d..c371895471b 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types_dns.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types_dns.go
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ type DNS struct {
 }
 
 type DNSSpec struct {
+	// baseDomain is the base domain of the cluster. All managed DNS records will
+	// be sub-domains of this base.
+	//
+	// For example, given the base domain `openshift.example.com`, an API server
+	// DNS record may be created for `cluster-api.openshift.example.com`.
+	BaseDomain string `json:"baseDomain"`
 }
 
 type DNSStatus struct {
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go b/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
index 1fd8c16e8ac..8f433b01558 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/types_swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (ClientConnectionOverrides) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
 }
 
 var map_ConfigMapReference = map[string]string{
-	"":         "ConfigMapReference references the location of a configmap.",
+	"":         "ConfigMapReference references a configmap in the openshift-config namespace.",
 	"filename": "Key allows pointing to a specific key/value inside of the configmap.  This is useful for logical file references.",
 }