diff --git a/tests/realmd_join_sssd.pm b/tests/realmd_join_sssd.pm
index e6c6b615..4342b090 100644
--- a/tests/realmd_join_sssd.pm
+++ b/tests/realmd_join_sssd.pm
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ sub run {
         $server_ip = '172.16.2.107';
         $server_mutex = 'replica_ready';
     }
+    # disable systemd-resolved, it kinda conflicts with FreeIPA's
+    # bind: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1880628
+    unless (script_run "systemctl is-active systemd-resolved.service") {
+        script_run "systemctl stop systemd-resolved.service";
+        script_run "systemctl disable systemd-resolved.service";
+        script_run "rm -f /etc/resolv.conf";
+        script_run "systemctl restart NetworkManager";
+    }
     # this gets us the name of the first connection in the list,
     # which should be what we want
     my $connection = script_output "nmcli --fields NAME con show | head -2 | tail -1";
@@ -39,6 +47,15 @@ sub run {
     # do the enrolment
     if (get_var("FREEIPA_REPLICA")) {
         # here we're enrolling not just as a client, but as a replica
+        # disable systemd-resolved, it kinda conflicts with FreeIPA's
+        # bind: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1880628
+        unless (script_run "systemctl is-active systemd-resolved.service") {
+            script_run "systemctl stop systemd-resolved.service";
+            script_run "systemctl disable systemd-resolved.service";
+            script_run "rm -f /etc/resolv.conf";
+            script_run "systemctl restart NetworkManager";
+        }
+
         # install server packages
         assert_script_run "dnf -y groupinstall freeipa-server", 600;
 
diff --git a/tests/role_deploy_domain_controller.pm b/tests/role_deploy_domain_controller.pm
index 6d3d673e..4f5dcbb6 100644
--- a/tests/role_deploy_domain_controller.pm
+++ b/tests/role_deploy_domain_controller.pm
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ sub run {
     # aren't in Modular Server composes)
     my $extraparams = '';
     $extraparams = '--enablerepo=fedora' if (get_var("MODULAR"));
+    # disable systemd-resolved, it kinda conflicts with FreeIPA's
+    # bind: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1880628
+    unless (script_run "systemctl is-active systemd-resolved.service") {
+        script_run "systemctl stop systemd-resolved.service";
+        script_run "systemctl disable systemd-resolved.service";
+        script_run "rm -f /etc/resolv.conf";
+        script_run "systemctl restart NetworkManager";
+    }
     # we need a lot of entropy for this, and we don't care how good
     # it is, so let's use haveged
     assert_script_run "dnf ${extraparams} -y install haveged", 300;