diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/releasenotes/notes/add_designate_bind_configuration-358db5e73e573b5b.yaml b/tripleo_ansible/releasenotes/notes/add_designate_bind_configuration-358db5e73e573b5b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f318292be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/releasenotes/notes/add_designate_bind_configuration-358db5e73e573b5b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added ``designate_bind_config`` to configure bind9 backend containers to
+    work with designate worker services.
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/defaults/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88a605b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+designate_named_conf_path: '/var/lib/config-data/ansible-generated/designate/etc/named.conf'
+rndc_allowed_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/meta/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f3e6c223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+galaxy_info:
+  author: OpenStack
+  description: TripleO OpenStack Role -- designate_bind_pool
+  company: Red Hat
+  license: Apache-2.0
+  min_ansible_version: 2.7
+  #
+  # Provide a list of supported platforms, and for each platform a list of versions.
+  # If you don't wish to enumerate all versions for a particular platform, use 'all'.
+  # To view available platforms and versions (or releases), visit:
+  # https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v1/platforms/
+  #
+  platforms:
+    - name: CentOS
+      versions:
+        - 7
+        - 8
+
+  galaxy_tags:
+    - tripleo
+
+
+# List your role dependencies here, one per line. Be sure to remove the '[]' above,
+# if you add dependencies to this list.
+# dependencies:
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/Dockerfile b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90646fff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Molecule managed
+# Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+{% if item.registry is defined %}
+FROM {{ item.registry.url }}/{{ item.image }}
+{% else %}
+FROM {{ item.image }}
+{% endif %}
+
+RUN if [ $(command -v apt-get) ]; then apt-get update && apt-get install -y python sudo bash ca-certificates && apt-get clean; \
+    elif [ $(command -v dnf) ]; then dnf makecache && dnf --assumeyes install sudo python*-devel python*-dnf bash {{ item.pkg_extras | default('') }} && dnf clean all; \
+    elif [ $(command -v yum) ]; then yum makecache fast && yum install -y python sudo yum-plugin-ovl python-setuptools bash {{ item.pkg_extras | default('') }} && sed -i 's/plugins=0/plugins=1/g' /etc/yum.conf && yum clean all; \
+    elif [ $(command -v zypper) ]; then zypper refresh && zypper install -y python sudo bash python-xml {{ item.pkg_extras | default('') }} && zypper clean -a; \
+    elif [ $(command -v apk) ]; then apk update && apk add --no-cache python sudo bash ca-certificates {{ item.pkg_extras | default('') }}; \
+    elif [ $(command -v xbps-install) ]; then xbps-install -Syu && xbps-install -y python sudo bash ca-certificates {{ item.pkg_extras | default('') }} && xbps-remove -O; fi
+
+{% for pkg in item.easy_install | default([]) %}
+# install pip for centos where there is no python-pip rpm in default repos
+RUN easy_install {{ pkg }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "while true; do sleep 10000; done"]
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/converge.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/converge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e4aa1a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - role: "designate_bind_config"
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/molecule.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f448198fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+driver:
+  name: podman
+
+log: true
+
+platforms:
+  - name: ubi8
+    hostname: ubi8
+    image: ubi8/ubi-init
+    registry:
+      url: registry.access.redhat.com
+    dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    pkg_extras: python*setuptools
+    volumes:
+      - /etc/ci/mirror_info.sh:/etc/ci/mirror_info.sh:ro
+      - /etc/pki/rpm-gpg:/etc/pki/rpm-gpg
+    privileged: true
+    environment: &env
+      http_proxy: "{{ lookup('env', 'http_proxy') }}"
+      https_proxy: "{{ lookup('env', 'https_proxy') }}"
+    ulimits: &ulimit
+      - host
+
+provisioner:
+  inventory:
+    hosts:
+      all:
+        hosts:
+          ubi8:
+            ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+  name: ansible
+  log: true
+  env:
+    ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK: yaml
+
+scenario:
+  test_sequence:
+    - destroy
+    - create
+    - prepare
+    - converge
+    - check
+    - verify
+    - destroy
+
+verifier:
+  name: testinfra
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/prepare.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e7049237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+- name: Prepare
+  hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - role: test_deps
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/tasks/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24f1ca127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+- name: ensure target directory exists
+  become: true
+  file:
+      path: "{{ designate_named_conf_path|dirname }}"
+      state: directory
+
+- name: generate named.conf
+  become: true
+  template:
+      src: named.conf.j2
+      dest: "{{ designate_named_conf_path }}"
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/templates/named.conf.j2 b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/templates/named.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..416de4712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/templates/named.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+include "/etc/rndc.key";
+
+options {
+    allow-new-zones yes;
+    minimal-responses yes;
+    directory "/var/named-persistent";
+};
+
+controls {
+    inet {{ external_ip|default(ctlplane_ip)|default('127.0.0.1') }} allow { {{ rndc_allowed_addresses|join(';') }}; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
+};
diff --git a/zuul.d/molecule.yaml b/zuul.d/molecule.yaml
index 3f2b9d676..0d5d388df 100644
--- a/zuul.d/molecule.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/molecule.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       jobs:
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-aide
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-backup_and_restore
+      - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-designate_bind_config
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-login_defs
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-test_deps
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-test_package_action
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
       jobs:
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-aide
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-backup_and_restore
+      - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-designate_bind_config
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-login_defs
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-test_deps
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-test_package_action
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@
       jobs:
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-aide
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-backup_and_restore
+      - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-designate_bind_config
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-login_defs
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-test_deps
       - tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-test_package_action
@@ -188,6 +191,13 @@
     parent: tripleo-ansible-centos-8-base
     vars:
       tripleo_role_name: backup_and_restore
+- job:
+    files:
+    - ^tripleo_ansible/roles/designate_bind_config/.*
+    name: tripleo-ansible-centos-8-molecule-designate_bind_config
+    parent: tripleo-ansible-centos-8-base
+    vars:
+      tripleo_role_name: designate_bind_config
 - job:
     files:
     - ^tripleo_ansible/roles/login_defs/.*