diff --git a/actions/bind b/actions/bind
index 2023929ad..14244bda1 100755
--- a/actions/bind
+++ b/actions/bind
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CONFIG_FILE = '/etc/bind/named.conf.options'
 
 value1 = 'acl goodclients { \n   localnets;\n};\n'
 value2 = '        recursion yes;\n           allow-query { goodclients; };\n\n'
-value3 = '	// 	8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4;\n'
+value3 = '	// 	8.8.8.8; 8.8.4.4;\n'
 value4 = '	//forward first;\n'
 value5 = '  //dnssec-enable yes;\n'
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def set_forwarding(choice):
                    flag = 1
                 if flag == 1:
                    line = '	// '+line
-                if 'forward only' in line:
+                if 'forward first' in line:
                     flag = 0
                 if "0.0.0.0" not in line:
                     f.write(line+'\n')
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ def set(DNS):
     for line in data:
         if 'forwarders {' in line :
             f.write(line+'\n')
-            f.write(DNS+';\n')
+            for dns in DNS.split():
+                f.write(dns+'; ')
+            f.write('\n')
             flag = 1
         elif '};' and flag == 1:
             flag = 0
diff --git a/plinth/modules/bind/__init__.py b/plinth/modules/bind/__init__.py
index bec5e2321..769697fc4 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/bind/__init__.py
+++ b/plinth/modules/bind/__init__.py
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
 Plinth module to configure BIND server
 """
 
+import re
+
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.core.validators import validate_ipv46_address
 
 from plinth import actions
 from plinth import action_utils
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ def get_default():
         set_forwarding = False
     else:
         set_forwarding = True
-    if '//dnssec-enable yes;' in data:
+    if '// dnssec-enable yes;' in data or '//dnssec-enable yes;' in data:
         enable_dnssec = False
     else:
         enable_dnssec = True
@@ -132,7 +135,10 @@ def get_default():
     for line in data:
 
         if flag == 1:
-            dns_set = line[:len(line)-1]
+            if '//' in line:
+                dns_set = ''
+            else:
+                dns_set = re.sub('[;]', '', line)
             flag = 0
         if 'forwarders {' in line:
             flag = 1
@@ -143,3 +149,12 @@ def get_default():
             'dns_set': dns_set
             }
     return conf
+
+
+def validate(IP):
+    for ip in IP.split():
+        try :
+            validate_ipv46_address(ip)
+        except:
+            return False
+    return True
diff --git a/plinth/modules/bind/views.py b/plinth/modules/bind/views.py
index fc1e3ce04..503293510 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/bind/views.py
+++ b/plinth/modules/bind/views.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from plinth import actions
 from plinth.views import ServiceView
 
 
-from . import description, managed_services, get_default
+from . import description, managed_services, get_default, validate
 from .forms import BindForm
 
 
@@ -65,11 +65,20 @@ class BindServiceView(ServiceView): # pylint: disable=too-many-ancestors
             messages.success(self.request,
                              _('Enable DNSSEC configuration updated'))
 
-        if old_config['dns_set'] != data['dns_set']:
-            actions.superuser_run(
-                'bind',
-                ['dns', '--set', data['dns_set']])
-            messages.success(self.request,
-                             _('DNS server configuration updated'))
+
+
+        if old_config['dns_set'] != data['dns_set'] and old_config['dns_set'] is not '':
+            if validate(data['dns_set']) is True:
+                actions.superuser_run(
+                    'bind',
+                    ['dns', '--set', data['dns_set']])
+                messages.success(self.request,
+                                 _('DNS server configuration updated'))
+            else:
+                messages.error(self.request,
+                                 _('Enter a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address.'))
+        elif old_config['dns_set'] is '' and old_config['dns_set'] != data['dns_set']:
+            messages.error(self.request,
+                             _('Enable forwarding to set forwarding DNS servers'))
 
         return super().form_valid(form)