diff --git a/src/config.yaml b/src/config.yaml
index 49e7d0d..3f387ee 100644
--- a/src/config.yaml
+++ b/src/config.yaml
@@ -67,3 +67,10 @@ options:
     type: boolean
     default: false
     description: Enables host request headers.
+  also-notifies:
+    type: string
+    default:
+    description: |
+      Space delimited list of DNS servers which should be notified on every
+      zone change in addition to the backend servers. List is of the form
+      also_notify_ip:also_notify_port
diff --git a/src/lib/charm/openstack/designate.py b/src/lib/charm/openstack/designate.py
index 0288150..383da71 100644
--- a/src/lib/charm/openstack/designate.py
+++ b/src/lib/charm/openstack/designate.py
@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ class DesignateConfigurationAdapter(
         """
         return self.nameservers.split()
 
+    @property
+    def also_notifies_hosts(self):
+        also_notifies_hosts = []
+        if hookenv.config('also-notifies'):
+            for entry in hookenv.config('also-notifies').split():
+                address, port = entry.split(':')
+                also_notifies_hosts.append({'address': address, 'port': port})
+        return also_notifies_hosts
+
 
 class DesignateAdapters(openstack_adapters.OpenStackAPIRelationAdapters):
     """
diff --git a/src/templates/mitaka/pools.yaml b/src/templates/mitaka/pools.yaml
index 72c60d1..12c37db 100644
--- a/src/templates/mitaka/pools.yaml
+++ b/src/templates/mitaka/pools.yaml
@@ -54,16 +54,13 @@
 {% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if options.also_notifies_hosts %}
   also_notifies:
-{% if dns_backend and dns_backend.pool_config %}
-{% for slave in dns_backend.pool_config %}
-    - host: {{ slave.address }}
-      port: 53
-{% endfor %}
-{% endif %}
-{% if options.pool_config %}
-{% for slave in options.pool_config %}
-    - host: {{ slave.address }}
-      port: 53
+{% for also_notify_host in options.also_notifies_hosts %}
+    - host: {{ also_notify_host.address }}
+      port: {{ also_notify_host.port }}
 {% endfor %}
+# Workaround for https://bugs.launchpad.net/designate/+bug/1758013
+{% else %}
+  also_notifies: []
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_designate.py b/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_designate.py
index 324319d..303f646 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_designate.py
+++ b/unit_tests/test_lib_charm_openstack_designate.py
@@ -194,6 +194,20 @@ class TestDesignateConfigurationAdapter(Helper):
         a = designate.DesignateConfigurationAdapter(relation)
         self.assertEqual(a.rndc_master_ip, 'intip')
 
+    def test_also_notifies_hosts(self):
+        relation = mock.MagicMock
+        test_config = {
+            'also-notifies': '10.0.0.1:53 10.0.0.2:10053',
+        }
+        with mock.patch.object(designate.hookenv, 'config',
+                               side_effect=FakeConfig(test_config)):
+            expect = [{'address': '10.0.0.1',
+                       'port': '53'},
+                      {'address': '10.0.0.2',
+                       'port': '10053'}]
+            a = designate.DesignateConfigurationAdapter(relation)
+            self.assertEqual(a.also_notifies_hosts, expect)
+
 
 class TestDesignateCharm(Helper):