diff --git a/core/dnsserver/address.go b/core/dnsserver/address.go
index 39d656eff..8f544e97a 100644
--- a/core/dnsserver/address.go
+++ b/core/dnsserver/address.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ func Transport(s string) string {
 		return TransportDNS
 	case strings.HasPrefix(s, TransportGRPC+"://"):
 		return TransportGRPC
+	case strings.HasPrefix(s, TransportHTTPS+"://"):
+		return TransportHTTPS
 	}
 	return TransportDNS
 }
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ func normalizeZone(str string) (zoneAddr, error) {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(str, TransportGRPC+"://"):
 		trans = TransportGRPC
 		str = str[len(TransportGRPC+"://"):]
+	case strings.HasPrefix(str, TransportHTTPS+"://"):
+		trans = TransportHTTPS
+		str = str[len(TransportHTTPS+"://"):]
 	}
 
 	host, port, ipnet, err := plugin.SplitHostPort(str)
@@ -75,6 +80,9 @@ func normalizeZone(str string) (zoneAddr, error) {
 		if trans == TransportGRPC {
 			port = GRPCPort
 		}
+		if trans == TransportHTTPS {
+			port = HTTPSPort
+		}
 	}
 
 	return zoneAddr{Zone: dns.Fqdn(host), Port: port, Transport: trans, IPNet: ipnet}, nil
@@ -97,9 +105,10 @@ func SplitProtocolHostPort(address string) (protocol string, ip string, port str
 
 // Supported transports.
 const (
-	TransportDNS  = "dns"
-	TransportTLS  = "tls"
-	TransportGRPC = "grpc"
+	TransportDNS   = "dns"
+	TransportTLS   = "tls"
+	TransportGRPC  = "grpc"
+	TransportHTTPS = "https"
 )
 
 type zoneOverlap struct {
diff --git a/core/dnsserver/https.go b/core/dnsserver/https.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..028b74709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/dnsserver/https.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package dnsserver
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+)
+
+// mimeTypeDOH is the DoH mimetype that should be used.
+const mimeTypeDOH = "application/dns-message"
+
+// pathDOH is the URL path that should be used.
+const pathDOH = "/dns-query"
+
+// postRequestToMsg extracts the dns message from the request body.
+func postRequestToMsg(req *http.Request) (*dns.Msg, error) {
+	defer req.Body.Close()
+
+	buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	m := new(dns.Msg)
+	err = m.Unpack(buf)
+	return m, err
+}
+
+// getRequestToMsg extract the dns message from the GET request.
+func getRequestToMsg(req *http.Request) (*dns.Msg, error) {
+	values := req.URL.Query()
+	b64, ok := values["dns"]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no 'dns' query parameter found")
+	}
+	if len(b64) != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple 'dns' query values found")
+	}
+	return base64ToMsg(b64[0])
+}
+
+func base64ToMsg(b64 string) (*dns.Msg, error) {
+	buf, err := b64Enc.DecodeString(b64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	m := new(dns.Msg)
+	err = m.Unpack(buf)
+
+	return m, err
+}
+
+var b64Enc = base64.RawURLEncoding
diff --git a/core/dnsserver/https_test.go b/core/dnsserver/https_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0ddc4b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/dnsserver/https_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package dnsserver
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+)
+
+func TestPostRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	const ex = "example.org."
+
+	m := new(dns.Msg)
+	m.SetQuestion(ex, dns.TypeDNSKEY)
+
+	out, _ := m.Pack()
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "https://"+ex+pathDOH+"?bla=foo:443", bytes.NewReader(out))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failure to make request: %s", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("content-type", mimeTypeDOH)
+	req.Header.Set("accept", mimeTypeDOH)
+
+	m, err = postRequestToMsg(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failure to get message from request: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if x := m.Question[0].Name; x != ex {
+		t.Errorf("Qname expected %s, got %s", ex, x)
+	}
+	if x := m.Question[0].Qtype; x != dns.TypeDNSKEY {
+		t.Errorf("Qname expected %d, got %d", x, dns.TypeDNSKEY)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	const ex = "example.org."
+
+	m := new(dns.Msg)
+	m.SetQuestion(ex, dns.TypeDNSKEY)
+
+	out, _ := m.Pack()
+	b64 := base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(out)
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "https://"+ex+pathDOH+"?dns="+b64, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failure to make request: %s", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("content-type", mimeTypeDOH)
+	req.Header.Set("accept", mimeTypeDOH)
+
+	m, err = getRequestToMsg(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failure to get message from request: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if x := m.Question[0].Name; x != ex {
+		t.Errorf("Qname expected %s, got %s", ex, x)
+	}
+	if x := m.Question[0].Qtype; x != dns.TypeDNSKEY {
+		t.Errorf("Qname expected %d, got %d", x, dns.TypeDNSKEY)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/dnsserver/register.go b/core/dnsserver/register.go
index 779dc6b5f..ced2519af 100644
--- a/core/dnsserver/register.go
+++ b/core/dnsserver/register.go
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ func (h *dnsContext) MakeServers() ([]caddy.Server, error) {
 			}
 			servers = append(servers, s)
 
+		case TransportHTTPS:
+			s, err := NewServerHTTPS(addr, group)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			servers = append(servers, s)
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -235,6 +241,8 @@ const (
 	TLSPort = "853"
 	// GRPCPort is the default port for DNS-over-gRPC.
 	GRPCPort = "443"
+	// HTTPSPort is the default port for DNS-over-HTTPS.
+	HTTPSPort = "443"
 )
 
 // These "soft defaults" are configurable by
diff --git a/core/dnsserver/server-https.go b/core/dnsserver/server-https.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f460f0ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/dnsserver/server-https.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package dnsserver
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/nonwriter"
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+)
+
+// ServerHTTPS represents an instance of a DNS-over-HTTPS server.
+type ServerHTTPS struct {
+	*Server
+	httpsServer *http.Server
+	listenAddr  net.Addr
+	tlsConfig   *tls.Config
+}
+
+// NewServerHTTPS returns a new CoreDNS GRPC server and compiles all plugins in to it.
+func NewServerHTTPS(addr string, group []*Config) (*ServerHTTPS, error) {
+	s, err := NewServer(addr, group)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// The *tls* plugin must make sure that multiple conflicting
+	// TLS configuration return an error: it can only be specified once.
+	var tlsConfig *tls.Config
+	for _, conf := range s.zones {
+		// Should we error if some configs *don't* have TLS?
+		tlsConfig = conf.TLSConfig
+	}
+
+	sh := &ServerHTTPS{Server: s, tlsConfig: tlsConfig, httpsServer: new(http.Server)}
+	sh.httpsServer.Handler = sh
+
+	return sh, nil
+}
+
+// Serve implements caddy.TCPServer interface.
+func (s *ServerHTTPS) Serve(l net.Listener) error {
+	s.m.Lock()
+	s.listenAddr = l.Addr()
+	s.m.Unlock()
+
+	if s.tlsConfig != nil {
+		l = tls.NewListener(l, s.tlsConfig)
+	}
+	return s.httpsServer.Serve(l)
+}
+
+// ServePacket implements caddy.UDPServer interface.
+func (s *ServerHTTPS) ServePacket(p net.PacketConn) error { return nil }
+
+// Listen implements caddy.TCPServer interface.
+func (s *ServerHTTPS) Listen() (net.Listener, error) {
+
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", s.Addr[len(TransportHTTPS+"://"):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return l, nil
+}
+
+// ListenPacket implements caddy.UDPServer interface.
+func (s *ServerHTTPS) ListenPacket() (net.PacketConn, error) { return nil, nil }
+
+// OnStartupComplete lists the sites served by this server
+// and any relevant information, assuming Quiet is false.
+func (s *ServerHTTPS) OnStartupComplete() {
+	if Quiet {
+		return
+	}
+
+	out := startUpZones(TransportHTTPS+"://", s.Addr, s.zones)
+	if out != "" {
+		fmt.Print(out)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Stop stops the server. It blocks until the server is totally stopped.
+func (s *ServerHTTPS) Stop() error {
+	s.m.Lock()
+	defer s.m.Unlock()
+	if s.httpsServer != nil {
+		s.httpsServer.Shutdown(context.Background())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ServeHTTP is the handler that gets the HTTP request and converts to the dns format, calls the plugin
+// chain, converts it back and write it to the client.
+func (s *ServerHTTPS) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+	msg := new(dns.Msg)
+	var err error
+
+	if r.URL.Path != pathDOH {
+		http.Error(w, "", http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+
+	switch r.Method {
+	case http.MethodPost:
+		msg, err = postRequestToMsg(r)
+	case http.MethodGet:
+		msg, err = getRequestToMsg(r)
+	default:
+		http.Error(w, "", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Create a non-writer with the correct addresses in it.
+	dw := &nonwriter.Writer{Laddr: s.listenAddr}
+	h, p, _ := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+	po, _ := strconv.Atoi(p)
+	ip := net.ParseIP(h)
+	dw.Raddr = &net.TCPAddr{IP: ip, Port: po}
+
+	// We just call the normal chain handler - all error handling is done there.
+	// We should expect a packet to be returned that we can send to the client.
+	s.ServeDNS(context.Background(), dw, msg)
+
+	buf, _ := dw.Msg.Pack()
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", mimeTypeDOH)
+	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "max-age=128") // TODO(issues/1823): implement proper fix.
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(buf)))
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+
+	w.Write(buf)
+}
+
+// Shutdown stops the server (non gracefully).
+func (s *ServerHTTPS) Shutdown() error {
+	if s.httpsServer != nil {
+		s.httpsServer.Shutdown(context.Background())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/plugin/normalize.go b/plugin/normalize.go
index ef6f2eaa0..fbbe5c826 100644
--- a/plugin/normalize.go
+++ b/plugin/normalize.go
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ func (h Host) Normalize() string {
 		s = s[len(TransportDNS+"://"):]
 	case strings.HasPrefix(s, TransportGRPC+"://"):
 		s = s[len(TransportGRPC+"://"):]
+	case strings.HasPrefix(s, TransportHTTPS+"://"):
+		s = s[len(TransportHTTPS+"://"):]
 	}
 
 	// The error can be ignore here, because this function is called after the corefile
@@ -138,7 +140,8 @@ func SplitHostPort(s string) (host, port string, ipnet *net.IPNet, err error) {
 
 // Duplicated from core/dnsserver/address.go !
 const (
-	TransportDNS  = "dns"
-	TransportTLS  = "tls"
-	TransportGRPC = "grpc"
+	TransportDNS   = "dns"
+	TransportTLS   = "tls"
+	TransportGRPC  = "grpc"
+	TransportHTTPS = "https"
 )
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/nonwriter/nonwriter.go b/plugin/pkg/nonwriter/nonwriter.go
index 7819a320f..b157e4242 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/nonwriter/nonwriter.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/nonwriter/nonwriter.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 package nonwriter
 
 import (
+	"net"
+
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 )
 
@@ -9,6 +11,11 @@ import (
 type Writer struct {
 	dns.ResponseWriter
 	Msg *dns.Msg
+
+	// Raddr is the remote's address. This can be optionally set.
+	Raddr net.Addr
+	// Laddr is our address. This can be optionally set.
+	Laddr net.Addr
 }
 
 // New makes and returns a new NonWriter.
@@ -20,4 +27,8 @@ func (w *Writer) WriteMsg(res *dns.Msg) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (w *Writer) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) { return len(buf), nil }
+// RemoteAddr returns the remote address.
+func (w *Writer) RemoteAddr() net.Addr { return w.Raddr }
+
+// LocalAddr returns the local address.
+func (w *Writer) LocalAddr() net.Addr { return w.Laddr }