diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index e548b944a8d4..b406f38613d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     poppler_utils libpng imagemagick libjpeg
     fontconfig podofo qtbase chmlib icu sqlite libusb1 libmtp xdg_utils wrapGAppsHook
   ] ++ (with python2Packages; [
-    apsw cssselect cssutils dateutil dns html5-parser lxml mechanize netifaces pillow
+    apsw cssselect cssutils dateutil dnspython html5-parser lxml mechanize netifaces pillow
     python pyqt5 sip
     regex msgpack
     # the following are distributed with calibre, but we use upstream instead
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/electron-cash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/electron-cash/default.nix
index 56c1a8168a82..5b4cb82277a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/electron-cash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/electron-cash/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
-    dns
+    dnspython
     ecdsa
     jsonrpclib
     pbkdf2
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum-dash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum-dash/default.nix
index e7a5a1be1979..bde8d5b81e3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum-dash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum-dash/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
-    dns
+    dnspython
     ecdsa
     pbkdf2
     protobuf
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum-ltc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum-ltc/default.nix
index bb41f8665e57..58844500195e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum-ltc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum-ltc/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     qrcode
     ltc_scrypt
     protobuf
-    dns
+    dnspython
     jsonrpclib
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/default.nix
index abe8d0dde84b..8de837991aab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/electrum/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
-    dns
+    dnspython
     ecdsa
     jsonrpclib
     matplotlib
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix
index 7d815c8fad08..611d7904991a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
     webtest bottle threadpool rocket-errbot requests jinja2
-    pyopenssl colorlog Yapsy markdown ansi pygments dns pep8
+    pyopenssl colorlog Yapsy markdown ansi pygments dnspython pep8
     daemonize pygments-markdown-lexer telegram irc slackclient
     sleekxmpp hypchat pytest
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon/default.nix
index 2169689f3d47..f9d7f79164ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pythonOlder, nose, dns
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pythonOlder, nose, dnspython
 ,  chardet, lmtpd, pythondaemon, six, jinja2, mock }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ nose jinja2 mock ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ chardet dns lmtpd pythondaemon six ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ chardet dnspython lmtpd pythondaemon six ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://salmon-mail.readthedocs.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/default.nix
index d64e41f30071..8ff20869b94e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1r6sjapjmbav45xibjzc2a8y1xf4ikz09470ma1kw7iz174wn8z7";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ python pythonPackages.dns ];
+  buildInputs = [ python pythonPackages.dnspython ];
 
   patches = [ ./fix-var-prefix.patch ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.1.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.1.nix
index 6232e4ad95ba..d4a349c5e47d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.1.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
   dontPatchShebangs = false;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pycrypto paramiko jinja pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dns
+    pycrypto paramiko jinja pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dnspython
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional windowsSupport pywinrm;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.2.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.2.nix
index 02392d7ac89f..4ef35fa5d9eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.2.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
   dontPatchShebangs = false;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pycrypto paramiko jinja pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dns
+    pycrypto paramiko jinja pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dnspython
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional windowsSupport pywinrm;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.3.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.3.nix
index 7330b7d0858b..b827bdcc9c31 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.3.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   dontPatchShebangs = false;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
-    pycrypto paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dns
+    pycrypto paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dnspython
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional windowsSupport pywinrm;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.4.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.4.nix
index 9c8df647e593..4f90e80202e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/ansible/2.4.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   dontPatchShebangs = false;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
-    pycrypto paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dns
+    pycrypto paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2 boto six netaddr dnspython
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional windowsSupport pywinrm;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
index b9852ed587c5..e70a7ba9b50c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ python2.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python2.pkgs; [
     argparse
     boto
-    dns
+    dnspython
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/hash-slinger/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/hash-slinger/default.nix
index 4d60b11f977c..fd78d9b2efbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/hash-slinger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/hash-slinger/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "05wn744ydclpnpyah6yfjqlfjlasrrhzj48lqmm5a91nyps5yqyn";
   };
 
-  pythonPath = with pythonPackages; [ dns m2crypto ipaddr python-gnupg
+  pythonPath = with pythonPackages; [ dnspython m2crypto ipaddr python-gnupg
                                       pyunbound ];
 
   buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.wrapPython ];