diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ded4d976..2750c7961 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ release 0.14.9
 	* fixed bug where torrents with incorrectly formatted web seed URLs would be
 	  connected multiple times
 	* fixed MinGW support
+	* fixed DHT bootstrapping issue
 
 release 0.14.8
 
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
index 005449760..73feceb89 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			void maybe_update_udp_mapping(int nat, int local_port, int external_port);
 
 			void on_dht_announce(error_code const& e);
+			void on_dht_router_name_lookup(error_code const& e
+				, tcp::resolver::iterator host);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef TORRENT_DISABLE_ENCRYPTION
@@ -695,7 +697,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 			// these are used when starting the DHT
 			// (and bootstrapping it), and then erased
-			std::list<std::pair<std::string, int> > m_dht_router_nodes;
+			std::list<udp::endpoint> m_dht_router_nodes;
 
 			void on_receive_udp(error_code const& e
 				, udp::endpoint const& ep, char const* buf, int len);
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/kademlia/dht_tracker.hpp b/include/libtorrent/kademlia/dht_tracker.hpp
index ee417dcf8..a448c2cdd 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/kademlia/dht_tracker.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/kademlia/dht_tracker.hpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace libtorrent { namespace dht
 
 		void add_node(udp::endpoint node);
 		void add_node(std::pair<std::string, int> const& node);
-		void add_router_node(std::pair<std::string, int> const& node);
+		void add_router_node(udp::endpoint const& node);
 
 		entry state() const;
 
diff --git a/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp b/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
index 34e1064eb..2a7b64efa 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/dht_tracker.cpp
@@ -599,21 +599,10 @@ namespace libtorrent { namespace dht
 		add_node(host->endpoint());
 	}
 
-	void dht_tracker::add_router_node(std::pair<std::string, int> const& node)
+	void dht_tracker::add_router_node(udp::endpoint const& node)
 	{
 		mutex_t::scoped_lock l(m_mutex);
-		char port[7];
-		snprintf(port, sizeof(port), "%d", node.second);
-		udp::resolver::query q(node.first, port);
-		m_host_resolver.async_resolve(q,
-			bind(&dht_tracker::on_router_name_lookup, self(), _1, _2));
-	}
-
-	void dht_tracker::on_router_name_lookup(error_code const& e
-		, udp::resolver::iterator host)
-	{
-		if (e || host == udp::resolver::iterator()) return;
-		m_dht.add_router_node(host->endpoint());
+		m_dht.add_router_node(node);
 	}
 
 	void dht_tracker::on_bootstrap(std::vector<std::pair<node_entry, std::string> > const&)
diff --git a/src/kademlia/node.cpp b/src/kademlia/node.cpp
index fce084b66..06bf032d5 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/node.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/node.cpp
@@ -259,12 +259,22 @@ void node_impl::bootstrap(std::vector<udp::endpoint> const& nodes
 {
 	boost::intrusive_ptr<dht::refresh> r(new dht::refresh(*this, m_id, f));
 
+#ifdef TORRENT_DHT_VERBOSE_LOGGING
+	int count = 0;
+#endif
+
 	for (std::vector<udp::endpoint>::const_iterator i = nodes.begin()
 		, end(nodes.end()); i != end; ++i)
 	{
+#ifdef TORRENT_DHT_VERBOSE_LOGGING
+		++count;
+#endif
 		r->add_entry(node_id(0), *i, traversal_algorithm::result::initial);
 	}
 	
+#ifdef TORRENT_DHT_VERBOSE_LOGGING
+	TORRENT_LOG(node) << "bootstrapping with " << count << " nodes";
+#endif
 	r->start();
 }
 /*
diff --git a/src/kademlia/traversal_algorithm.cpp b/src/kademlia/traversal_algorithm.cpp
index 7861428b8..940da259e 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/traversal_algorithm.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/traversal_algorithm.cpp
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ void traversal_algorithm::add_requests()
 
 void traversal_algorithm::add_router_entries()
 {
+#ifdef TORRENT_DHT_VERBOSE_LOGGING
+	TORRENT_LOG(traversal) << " using router nodes to initiate traversal algorithm. "
+		<< std::distance(m_node.m_table.router_begin(), m_node.m_table.router_end()) << " routers";
+#endif
 	for (routing_table::router_iterator i = m_node.m_table.router_begin()
 		, end(m_node.m_table.router_end()); i != end; ++i)
 	{
diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index cbe41100c..b975e0583 100644
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -3251,12 +3251,11 @@ namespace aux {
 			m_dht_socket.bind(m_dht_settings.service_port);
 		}
 
-		for (std::list<std::pair<std::string, int> >::iterator i = m_dht_router_nodes.begin()
+		for (std::list<udp::endpoint>::iterator i = m_dht_router_nodes.begin()
 			, end(m_dht_router_nodes.end()); i != end; ++i)
 		{
 			m_dht->add_router_node(*i);
 		}
-		std::list<std::pair<std::string, int> >().swap(m_dht_router_nodes);
 
 		m_dht->start(startup_state);
 
@@ -3367,11 +3366,22 @@ namespace aux {
 
 	void session_impl::add_dht_router(std::pair<std::string, int> const& node)
 	{
-		// router nodes should be added before the DHT is started (and bootstrapped)
-		if (m_dht) m_dht->add_router_node(node);
-		else m_dht_router_nodes.push_back(node);
+		char port[7];
+		snprintf(port, sizeof(port), "%d", node.second);
+		tcp::resolver::query q(node.first, port);
+		m_host_resolver.async_resolve(q,
+			bind(&session_impl::on_dht_router_name_lookup, this, _1, _2));
 	}
 
+	void session_impl::on_dht_router_name_lookup(error_code const& e
+		, tcp::resolver::iterator host)
+	{
+		if (e || host == tcp::resolver::iterator()) return;
+		// router nodes should be added before the DHT is started (and bootstrapped)
+		udp::endpoint ep(host->endpoint().address(), host->endpoint().port());
+		if (m_dht) m_dht->add_router_node(ep);
+		m_dht_router_nodes.push_back(ep);
+	}
 #endif
 
 #ifndef TORRENT_DISABLE_ENCRYPTION