diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index f1462b6b9..63398d1fb 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - feature: global dnsHostsFile attribute added (Forum #78025)
   - feature: 98_DOIFtools: add getter hsvColorGradient, returns a table of
              value, colornumber, RGB values and color bar using Color::hsv2rgb
   - new:     46_TeslaPowerwall2AC: retrieves data from a Tesla Powerwall 2AC
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm b/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
index 5457adf8a..820da7a04 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
@@ -214,6 +214,24 @@ HttpUtils_gethostbyname($$$$)
         if($HU_dnsCache{$host} &&
            $HU_dnsCache{$host}{TS}+$HU_dnsCache{$host}{TTL} > gettimeofday());
 
+  my $dh = AttrVal("global", "dnsHostsFile", "undef");
+  if($dh) {
+    my $fh;
+    if(open($fh, $dh)) {
+      while(my $line = <$fh>) {
+        if($line =~ m/^([^# \t]+).*\b\Q$host\E\b/) {
+          if($1 =~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/ &&        # IP-Address
+             $1<256 && $2<256 && $3<256 && $4<256) {
+            $fn->($hash, undef, pack("CCCC", $1, $2, $3, $4));
+            close($fh);
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      close($fh);
+    }
+  }
+
   # Direct DNS Query via UDP
   my $c = IO::Socket::INET->new(Proto=>'udp', PeerAddr=>"$dnsServer:53");
   return $fn->($hash, "Cant create UDP socket:$!", undef) if(!$c);
diff --git a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
index b87a097f4..5b7559d1f 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame.html
@@ -1428,6 +1428,13 @@ The following local attributes are used by a wider range of devices:
         dynamically.
     </li><br>
 
+    <a name="dnsHostsFile"></a>
+    <li>dnsHostsFile<br>
+        If dnsServer is set, check the contents of the file specified as
+        argument. To use the system hosts file, set it to /etc/hosts on
+        Linux/Unix/OSX and C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on Windows.
+    </li><br>
+
     <a name="dnsServer"></a>
     <li>dnsServer<br>
         Contains the IP address of the DNS Server. If some of the modules or
diff --git a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
index 85e6eee8e..8042727fe 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/commandref_frame_DE.html
@@ -1520,6 +1520,14 @@ Die folgenden lokalen Attribute werden von mehreren Ger&auml;ten verwendet:
         waehrend der Laufzeit per JavaScript geladen.
     </li><br>
 
+    <a name="dnsHostsFile"></a>
+    <li>dnsHostsFile<br>
+        Falls dnsServer gesetzt ist, wird die angegebene Datei nach dem
+        Hostnamen durchsucht. Um die vom System verwendete Datei zu benutzen,
+        ist es unter Linux/Unix/OSX auf /etc/hosts und unter Windows auf
+        C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts zu setzen.
+    </li><br>
+
     <a name="dnsServer"></a>
     <li>dnsServer<br>
         Enth&auml;lt die IP Adresse des DNS Servers. Die von bestimmten Modulen
diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index 20558f799..6c23d8a17 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ my @globalAttrList = qw(
   blockingCallMax
   commandref:modular,full
   configfile
+  dnsHostsFile
   dnsServer
   dupTimeout
   exclude_from_update