diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/designate/recipes/mdns.rb b/chef/cookbooks/designate/recipes/mdns.rb
index 16ff8ceba8..0f3dd67722 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/designate/recipes/mdns.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/designate/recipes/mdns.rb
@@ -20,10 +20,18 @@
 
 dns = node_search_with_cache("roles:dns-server").first
 dnsmaster = dns[:dns][:master_ip]
-dnsslaves = dns[:dns][:slave_ips].to_a
-dnsservers = [dnsmaster] + dnsslaves
 
-network_settings = DesignateHelper.network_settings(node)
+# hidden masters are designate-mdns services, in ha this service will be running on multiple
+# hosts and any host can be asked to update the zone (when a recordset, corsspoding to a vm is
+# created) on the real-master so all have to be listed as master in the pool.
+hiddenmasters = node_search_with_cache("roles:designate-server").map do |n|
+  { "host" => Barclamp::Inventory.get_network_by_type(n, "admin").address, "port" => 5354 }
+end
+
+# the host with VIP will use that ip as the outgoing ip when connecting to the real-master
+if node[:designate][:ha][:enabled]
+  hiddenmasters += [{ "host" => CrowbarPacemakerHelper.cluster_vip(node, "admin"), "port" => 5354 }]
+end
 
 # One could have multiple pools in desginate. And
 # Desginate needs to have a default pool, this pools
@@ -36,16 +44,16 @@
 # non-hardcoded is high enough
 pools = [{
   "name" => "default-bind",
-  "description" => "Default BIND9 Pool",
+  "description" => "Sample Pool for designate",
   "id" => "794ccc2c-d751-44fe-b57f-8894c9f5c842",
   "attributes" => {},
   "ns_records" => [{ "hostname" => "#{dns[:fqdn]}.", "priority" => 1 }],
-  "nameservers" => dnsservers.map { |ip| { "host" => ip, "port" => 53 } },
-  "also_notifies" => dnsslaves.map { |ip| { "host" => ip, "port" => 53 } },
+  "nameservers" => [{ "host" => dnsmaster, "port" => 53 }],
+  "also_notifies" => [],
   "targets" => [{
     "type" => "bind9",
-    "description" => "BIND9 Server 1",
-    "masters" => [{ "host" => network_settings[:mdns_bind_host], "port" => 5354 }],
+    "description" => "BIND9 Server on node with role dns-server",
+    "masters" => hiddenmasters,
     "options" => {
       "host" => dnsmaster,
       "port" => 53,