diff --git a/olm/connect.go b/olm/connect.go
index e828dc9..4a5d0dd 100644
--- a/olm/connect.go
+++ b/olm/connect.go
@@ -273,17 +273,24 @@ func (o *Olm) handleConnect(msg websocket.WSMessage) {
 	})
 
 	if o.tunnelConfig.OverrideDNS {
-		// Set up DNS override to use our DNS proxy
-		if err := dnsOverride.SetupDNSOverride(o.tunnelConfig.InterfaceName, o.dnsProxy.GetProxyIP()); err != nil {
-			logger.Error("Failed to setup DNS override: %v", err)
-			return
-		}
+		// When the host platform already applies DNS natively (NEDNSSettings on
+		// macOS/iOS, scoped to the tunnel session and auto-cleaned by the OS no
+		// matter how the session ends), skip olm's own raw scutil-based override -
+		// there is nothing for it to add and, unlike NEDNSSettings, it has no way
+		// to guarantee cleanup if this process dies uncleanly. See NativeDNSManaged.
+		if !o.tunnelConfig.NativeDNSManaged {
+			// Set up DNS override to use our DNS proxy
+			if err := dnsOverride.SetupDNSOverride(o.tunnelConfig.InterfaceName, o.dnsProxy.GetProxyIP()); err != nil {
+				logger.Error("Failed to setup DNS override: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
 
-		// Start the external watchdog (if configured). The watchdog will
-		// reset DNS if this process dies before it can call
-		// RestoreDNSOverride. This is a no-op when no watchdog
-		// subcommand has been configured on the OlmConfig.
-		o.startDNSWatchdog(o.tunnelConfig.InterfaceName)
+			// Start the external watchdog (if configured). The watchdog will
+			// reset DNS if this process dies before it can call
+			// RestoreDNSOverride. This is a no-op when no watchdog
+			// subcommand has been configured on the OlmConfig.
+			o.startDNSWatchdog(o.tunnelConfig.InterfaceName)
+		}
 
 		network.SetDNSServers([]string{o.dnsProxy.GetProxyIP().String()})
 	}
diff --git a/olm/olm.go b/olm/olm.go
index 8df0abe..041fb3a 100644
--- a/olm/olm.go
+++ b/olm/olm.go
@@ -816,16 +816,20 @@ func (o *Olm) Close() {
 		o.websocket = nil
 	}
 
-	// Restore original DNS configuration
+	// Restore original DNS configuration (skipped when the host platform
+	// manages DNS natively - see NativeDNSManaged - since olm never installed
+	// its own override in that case)
 	// we do this first to avoid any DNS issues if something else gets stuck
-	if err := dnsOverride.RestoreDNSOverride(); err != nil {
-		logger.Error("Failed to restore DNS: %v", err)
-	}
+	if !o.tunnelConfig.NativeDNSManaged {
+		if err := dnsOverride.RestoreDNSOverride(); err != nil {
+			logger.Error("Failed to restore DNS: %v", err)
+		}
 
-	// Stop the watchdog *after* a successful DNS restore so that if we
-	// somehow crash mid-restore the watchdog still has a chance to clean
-	// up. The watchdog itself is a no-op if it was never spawned.
-	o.stopDNSWatchdog()
+		// Stop the watchdog *after* a successful DNS restore so that if we
+		// somehow crash mid-restore the watchdog still has a chance to clean
+		// up. The watchdog itself is a no-op if it was never spawned.
+		o.stopDNSWatchdog()
+	}
 
 	if o.holePunchManager != nil {
 		o.holePunchManager.Stop()
diff --git a/olm/types.go b/olm/types.go
index a51f9e9..afde6cb 100644
--- a/olm/types.go
+++ b/olm/types.go
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ type TunnelConfig struct {
 	OverrideDNS bool
 	TunnelDNS   bool
 
+	// NativeDNSManaged indicates the DNS override is already applied natively by
+	// the host platform (e.g. NEDNSSettings on macOS/iOS), scoped to the tunnel
+	// session and auto-cleaned by the OS regardless of how the session ends. When
+	// true, olm skips installing its own raw scutil-based override (and the
+	// subprocess watchdog that guards it) since there is nothing for it to add
+	// and nothing that can leak.
+	NativeDNSManaged bool
+
 	InitialFingerprint map[string]any
 	InitialPostures    map[string]any