diff --git a/test/core/interface.spec.js b/test/core/interface.spec.js
index 67b9f974b3..44ccf730dd 100644
--- a/test/core/interface.spec.js
+++ b/test/core/interface.spec.js
@@ -1,11 +1,27 @@
-/* eslint-env mocha */
+/* eslint-env mocha, browser */
 'use strict'
 
 const tests = require('interface-ipfs-core')
 const CommonFactory = require('../utils/interface-common-factory')
 const isNode = require('detect-node')
+const dnsFetchStub = require('../utils/dns-fetch-stub')
 
 describe('interface-ipfs-core tests', () => {
+  // ipfs.dns in the browser calls out to https://ipfs.io/api/v0/dns.
+  // The following code stubs self.fetch to return a static CID for calls
+  // to https://ipfs.io/api/v0/dns?arg=ipfs.io.
+  if (!isNode) {
+    const fetch = self.fetch
+
+    before(() => {
+      self.fetch = dnsFetchStub(fetch)
+    })
+
+    after(() => {
+      self.fetch = fetch
+    })
+  }
+
   const defaultCommonFactory = CommonFactory.create()
 
   tests.bitswap(defaultCommonFactory, { skip: !isNode })
diff --git a/test/utils/dns-fetch-stub.js b/test/utils/dns-fetch-stub.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1e24a122c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/dns-fetch-stub.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict'
+
+// Create a fetch stub with a fall through to the provided fetch implementation
+// if the URL doesn't match https://ipfs.io/api/v0/dns?arg=ipfs.io.
+module.exports = (fetch) => {
+  return function () {
+    if (arguments[0].startsWith('https://ipfs.io/api/v0/dns?arg=ipfs.io')) {
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        json: () => Promise.resolve({
+          Path: '/ipfs/QmYNQJoKGNHTpPxCBPh9KkDpaExgd2duMa3aF6ytMpHdao'
+        })
+      })
+    }
+    return fetch.apply(this, arguments)
+  }
+}