diff --git a/src/posix/platform/openthread-posix-config.h b/src/posix/platform/openthread-posix-config.h
index 1e85bd5d0..b8407cd08 100644
--- a/src/posix/platform/openthread-posix-config.h
+++ b/src/posix/platform/openthread-posix-config.h
@@ -435,4 +435,13 @@
 #define OPENTHREAD_POSIX_CONFIG_TMP_STORAGE_ENABLE 1
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @def OPENTHREAD_POSIX_CONFIG_RESOLV_CONF_ENABLED_INIT
+ *
+ * Define as 1 to enable reading from resolv.conf on initialization.
+ */
+#ifndef OPENTHREAD_POSIX_CONFIG_RESOLV_CONF_ENABLED_INIT
+#define OPENTHREAD_POSIX_CONFIG_RESOLV_CONF_ENABLED_INIT (!OPENTHREAD_POSIX_CONFIG_ANDROID_ENABLE)
+#endif
+
 #endif // OPENTHREAD_PLATFORM_POSIX_CONFIG_H_
diff --git a/src/posix/platform/resolver.hpp b/src/posix/platform/resolver.hpp
index 94830124d..db63ba1ac 100644
--- a/src/posix/platform/resolver.hpp
+++ b/src/posix/platform/resolver.hpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ private:
     void TryRefreshDnsServerList(void);
     void LoadDnsServerListFromConf(void);
 
-    bool         mIsResolvConfEnabled    = true;
+    bool         mIsResolvConfEnabled    = OPENTHREAD_POSIX_CONFIG_RESOLV_CONF_ENABLED_INIT;
     uint32_t     mUpstreamDnsServerCount = 0;
     otIp6Address mUpstreamDnsServerList[kMaxUpstreamServerCount];
     uint64_t     mUpstreamDnsServerListFreshness = 0;