diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 86f96da..c7cd38b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1170,6 +1170,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-rustls",
  "toml",
  "tower",
+ "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa67dd4..c5d5e1d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ arc-swap = "1"
 ring = "0.17"
 rustls-pemfile = "2.2.0"
 qrcode = { version = "0.14", default-features = false, features = ["svg"] }
+webpki-roots = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.8", features = ["html_reports"] }
diff --git a/src/forward.rs b/src/forward.rs
index 78efcb9..ea2f1e2 100644
--- a/src/forward.rs
+++ b/src/forward.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ pub enum Upstream {
         url: String,
         client: reqwest::Client,
     },
+    Dot {
+        addr: SocketAddr,
+        tls_name: Option<String>,
+        connector: tokio_rustls::TlsConnector,
+    },
 }
 
 impl PartialEq for Upstream {
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ impl PartialEq for Upstream {
         match (self, other) {
             (Self::Udp(a), Self::Udp(b)) => a == b,
             (Self::Doh { url: a, .. }, Self::Doh { url: b, .. }) => a == b,
+            (Self::Dot { addr: a, .. }, Self::Dot { addr: b, .. }) => a == b,
             _ => false,
         }
     }
@@ -35,6 +41,10 @@ impl fmt::Display for Upstream {
         match self {
             Upstream::Udp(addr) => write!(f, "{}", addr),
             Upstream::Doh { url, .. } => f.write_str(url),
+            Upstream::Dot { addr, tls_name, .. } => match tls_name {
+                Some(name) => write!(f, "tls://{}#{}", addr, name),
+                None => write!(f, "tls://{}", addr),
+            },
         }
     }
 }
@@ -62,10 +72,36 @@ pub fn parse_upstream(s: &str, default_port: u16) -> Result<Upstream> {
             client,
         });
     }
+    // tls://IP:PORT#hostname  or  tls://IP#hostname  (default port 853)
+    if let Some(rest) = s.strip_prefix("tls://") {
+        let (addr_part, tls_name) = match rest.find('#') {
+            Some(i) => (&rest[..i], Some(rest[i + 1..].to_string())),
+            None => (rest, None),
+        };
+        let addr = parse_upstream_addr(addr_part, 853)?;
+        let connector = build_dot_connector()?;
+        return Ok(Upstream::Dot {
+            addr,
+            tls_name,
+            connector,
+        });
+    }
     let addr = parse_upstream_addr(s, default_port)?;
     Ok(Upstream::Udp(addr))
 }
 
+fn build_dot_connector() -> Result<tokio_rustls::TlsConnector> {
+    let _ = rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider().install_default();
+    let mut root_store = rustls::RootCertStore::empty();
+    root_store.extend(webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS.iter().cloned());
+    let config = rustls::ClientConfig::builder()
+        .with_root_certificates(root_store)
+        .with_no_client_auth();
+    Ok(tokio_rustls::TlsConnector::from(std::sync::Arc::new(
+        config,
+    )))
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct UpstreamPool {
     primary: Vec<Upstream>,
@@ -174,6 +210,11 @@ pub async fn forward_query(
     match upstream {
         Upstream::Udp(addr) => forward_udp(query, *addr, timeout_duration).await,
         Upstream::Doh { url, client } => forward_doh(query, url, client, timeout_duration).await,
+        Upstream::Dot {
+            addr,
+            tls_name,
+            connector,
+        } => forward_dot(query, *addr, tls_name, connector, timeout_duration).await,
     }
 }
 
@@ -236,6 +277,45 @@ pub(crate) async fn forward_tcp(
     DnsPacket::from_buffer(&mut recv_buffer)
 }
 
+async fn forward_dot(
+    query: &DnsPacket,
+    addr: SocketAddr,
+    tls_name: &Option<String>,
+    connector: &tokio_rustls::TlsConnector,
+    timeout_duration: Duration,
+) -> Result<DnsPacket> {
+    use rustls::pki_types::ServerName;
+    use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+    use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+
+    let server_name = match tls_name {
+        Some(name) => ServerName::try_from(name.clone())?,
+        None => ServerName::try_from(addr.ip().to_string())?,
+    };
+
+    let tcp = timeout(timeout_duration, TcpStream::connect(addr)).await??;
+    let mut tls = timeout(timeout_duration, connector.connect(server_name, tcp)).await??;
+
+    let mut send_buffer = BytePacketBuffer::new();
+    query.write(&mut send_buffer)?;
+    let wire = send_buffer.filled();
+
+    let mut outbuf = Vec::with_capacity(2 + wire.len());
+    outbuf.extend_from_slice(&(wire.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
+    outbuf.extend_from_slice(wire);
+    timeout(timeout_duration, tls.write_all(&outbuf)).await??;
+
+    let mut len_buf = [0u8; 2];
+    timeout(timeout_duration, tls.read_exact(&mut len_buf)).await??;
+    let resp_len = u16::from_be_bytes(len_buf) as usize;
+
+    let mut data = vec![0u8; resp_len];
+    timeout(timeout_duration, tls.read_exact(&mut data)).await??;
+
+    let mut recv_buffer = BytePacketBuffer::from_bytes(&data);
+    DnsPacket::from_buffer(&mut recv_buffer)
+}
+
 async fn forward_doh(
     query: &DnsPacket,
     url: &str,