diff --git a/IM/connectors/OpenStack.py b/IM/connectors/OpenStack.py
index f29b0e0b3..98ae94be9 100644
--- a/IM/connectors/OpenStack.py
+++ b/IM/connectors/OpenStack.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 from netaddr import IPNetwork, IPAddress
 import os.path
 import tempfile
+import requests
+import base64
 
 try:
     from libcloud.common.exceptions import BaseHTTPError
@@ -495,6 +497,7 @@ def updateVMInfo(self, vm, auth_data):
             self.addAdditionalIP(vm, node.driver)
             self.addRouterInstance(vm, node.driver)
             self.setIPsFromInstance(vm, node)
+            self.add_dns_entries(vm, auth_data)
             self.setVolumesInfo(vm, node)
         else:
             self.log_warn("Error updating the instance %s. VM not found." % vm.id)
@@ -502,6 +505,35 @@ def updateVMInfo(self, vm, auth_data):
 
         return (True, vm)
 
+    def add_dns_entries(self, vm, auth_data):
+        """
+        Add the required entries in the AWS Route53 service
+
+        Arguments:
+           - vm(:py:class:`IM.VirtualMachine`): VM information.
+           - auth_data(:py:class:`dict` of str objects): Authentication data to access cloud provider.
+        """
+        try:
+            dns_entries = self.get_dns_entries(vm)
+            if dns_entries:
+                for hostname, domain, ip in dns_entries:
+                    # Special case for EGI DyDNS
+                    # format of the hostname: dydns:secret@hostname
+                    if hostname.startswith("dydns:") and "@" in hostname:
+                        parts = hostname[6:].split("@")
+                        auth = "%s.%s:%s" % (parts[1], domain[:-1], parts[0])
+                        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic %s" % base64.b64encode(auth.encode()).decode()}
+                        url = "https://nsupdate.fedcloud.eu/nic/update?hostname=%s.%s&myip=%s" % (parts[1],
+                                                                                                  domain[:-1],
+                                                                                                  ip)
+                        resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+                        resp.raise_for_status()
+            return True
+        except Exception as ex:
+            self.error_messages += "Error creating DNS entries %s.\n" % str(ex)
+            self.log_exception("Error creating DNS entries")
+            return False
+
     @staticmethod
     def map_radl_ost_networks(vm, ost_nets):
         """
diff --git a/test/unit/connectors/OpenStack.py b/test/unit/connectors/OpenStack.py
index a694fcf84..ec6c97164 100644
--- a/test/unit/connectors/OpenStack.py
+++ b/test/unit/connectors/OpenStack.py
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ def test_20_launch(self, get_image_data, save_data, get_driver):
         self.assertEqual(driver.ex_create_subnet.call_args_list[5][0][2], "10.0.2.0/24")
 
     @patch('libcloud.compute.drivers.openstack.OpenStackNodeDriver')
-    def test_30_updateVMInfo(self, get_driver):
+    @patch('requests.get')
+    def test_30_updateVMInfo(self, request, get_driver):
         radl_data = """
             network net (outbound = 'yes' and provider_id = 'pool1')
             network net1 (provider_id = 'os-lan' and router='10.0.0.0/16,vrouter1')
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ def test_30_updateVMInfo(self, get_driver):
             cpu.count=1 and
             memory.size=512m and
             net_interface.0.connection = 'net' and
-            net_interface.0.dns_name = 'test' and
+            net_interface.0.dns_name = 'dydns:secret@test.domain.com' and
             net_interface.1.connection = 'net1' and
             disk.0.os.name = 'linux' and
             disk.0.image.url = 'ost://server.com/ami-id' and
@@ -468,6 +469,11 @@ def test_30_updateVMInfo(self, get_driver):
         self.assertTrue(success, msg="ERROR: updating VM info.")
         self.assertEquals(vm.info.systems[0].getValue("net_interface.0.ip"), "8.8.8.8")
         self.assertEquals(vm.info.systems[0].getValue("net_interface.0.ipv6"), "2001:630:12:581:f816:3eff:fe92:2146")
+
+        url = 'https://nsupdate.fedcloud.eu/nic/update?hostname=test.domain.com&myip=8.8.8.8'
+        self.assertEqual(request.call_args_list[0][0][0], url)
+        auth = "Basic dGVzdC5kb21haW4uY29tOnNlY3JldA=="
+        self.assertEqual(request.call_args_list[0][1]['headers']['Authorization'], auth)
         self.assertNotIn("ERROR", self.log.getvalue(), msg="ERROR found in log: %s" % self.log.getvalue())
 
     @patch('libcloud.compute.drivers.openstack.OpenStackNodeDriver')