diff --git a/mk/e2e.new.mk b/mk/e2e.new.mk
index 41c79e653294..bf45119b521c 100644
--- a/mk/e2e.new.mk
+++ b/mk/e2e.new.mk
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ test/e2e/debug: build/kumactl images docker/build/universal test/e2e/kind/start
 	K8SCLUSTERS="$(K8SCLUSTERS)" \
 	KUMACTLBIN=${BUILD_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/kumactl/kumactl \
 	GINKGO_EDITOR_INTEGRATION=true \
-		ginkgo --failFast ./test/e2e/...
+		ginkgo --failFast $(GOFLAGS) $(LD_FLAGS) ./test/e2e/...
 	$(MAKE) test/e2e/kind/stop
 
 .PHONY: test/e2e
diff --git a/pkg/dns/vips_allocator.go b/pkg/dns/vips_allocator.go
index 2870ccf28b62..dd2386a6c83c 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/vips_allocator.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/vips_allocator.go
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ func (d *VIPsAllocator) createOrUpdateVIPConfigs(meshes ...string) (errs error)
 		return err
 	}
 
+	updateResolver := false
+
 	forEachMesh := func(mesh string, meshed vips.List) error {
 		serviceSet, err := BuildServiceSet(d.rm, mesh)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -106,12 +108,12 @@ func (d *VIPsAllocator) createOrUpdateVIPConfigs(meshes ...string) (errs error)
 		if !updated {
 			return updError
 		}
+		updateResolver = updateResolver || updated
+		global.Append(meshed)
 
 		if err := d.persistence.Set(mesh, meshed); err != nil {
 			return multierr.Append(updError, err)
 		}
-
-		d.resolver.SetVIPs(meshed)
 		return updError
 	}
 
@@ -125,6 +127,10 @@ func (d *VIPsAllocator) createOrUpdateVIPConfigs(meshes ...string) (errs error)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if updateResolver {
+		d.resolver.SetVIPs(global)
+	}
+
 	return errs
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/dns/vips_allocator_test.go b/pkg/dns/vips_allocator_test.go
index 7671b8396541..53022e2fd624 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/vips_allocator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/vips_allocator_test.go
@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ var _ = Describe("VIP Allocator", func() {
 	var rm manager.ResourceManager
 	var cm config_manager.ConfigManager
 	var allocator *dns.VIPsAllocator
+	var r resolver.DNSResolver
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		s := memory.NewStore()
 		rm = manager.NewResourceManager(s)
 		cm = config_manager.NewConfigManager(s)
+		r = resolver.NewDNSResolver("mesh")
 
 		err := rm.Create(context.Background(), &mesh.MeshResource{}, store.CreateByKey("mesh-1", model.NoMesh))
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ var _ = Describe("VIP Allocator", func() {
 		err = rm.Create(context.Background(), &mesh.DataplaneResource{Spec: *dp("web")}, store.CreateByKey("dp-3", "mesh-2"))
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-		allocator, err = dns.NewVIPsAllocator(rm, cm, "240.0.0.0/24", resolver.NewDNSResolver("mesh"))
+		allocator, err = dns.NewVIPsAllocator(rm, cm, "240.0.0.0/24", r)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	})
 
@@ -82,6 +84,12 @@ var _ = Describe("VIP Allocator", func() {
 		vipList, err = persistence.GetByMesh("mesh-2")
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
+		for _, service := range []string{"backend", "frontend", "web"} {
+			ip, err := r.ForwardLookup(service)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(ip).To(HavePrefix("240.0.0"))
+		}
+
 		Expect(vipList).To(HaveLen(1))
 	})