diff --git a/salt/unbound/forward.conf b/salt/unbound/forward.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fde8d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/unbound/forward.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+forward-zone: 
+        name: "." 
+        # freenom.world: fast and anonymous Public DNS resolver 
+        forward-addr: 80.80.81.81 
+        forward-addr: 80.80.80.80 
diff --git a/salt/unbound/init.sls b/salt/unbound/init.sls
index 023ff51..38a61d5 100644
--- a/salt/unbound/init.sls
+++ b/salt/unbound/init.sls
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ dns-root-data:
   file.managed:
     - source: salt://unbound/root.conf
 
+/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/forward.conf:
+  file.managed:
+    - source: salt://unbound/forward.conf
+
 /etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/verbose.conf:
   file.managed:
     - source: salt://unbound/verbose.conf