diff --git a/swarm/api/ens.go b/swarm/api/ens.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26abe72e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swarm/api/ens.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+package api
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
+)
+
+// Implements an RPC service
+type Ens struct {
+	api *Api
+}
+
+func NewEns(api *Api) *Ens {
+	return &Ens{api}
+}
+
+// Resolves ENS domains to contentHashes.
+// Could use swarm Api.Resolve if we wanted bzz.resolve both domains and hashes.
+func (self *Ens) Resolve(domain string) (string, error) {
+	contentHash, err := self.api.dns.Resolve(domain)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = ErrResolve(err)
+		glog.V(logger.Warn).Infof("DNS error : %v", err)
+	}
+	glog.V(logger.Detail).Infof("host lookup: %v -> %v", err)
+	return contentHash.Hex(), err
+
+}
diff --git a/swarm/swarm.go b/swarm/swarm.go
index 7e38944de0..02c93e2ce2 100644
--- a/swarm/swarm.go
+++ b/swarm/swarm.go
@@ -233,12 +233,19 @@ func (self *Swarm) APIs() []rpc.API {
 			Service:   &Info{self.config, chequebook.ContractParams},
 			Public:    true,
 		},
+		{
+			Namespace: "bzz",
+			Version:   "0.1",
+			Service:   api.NewEns(self.api),
+			Public:    true,
+		},
 		// admin APIs
 		{
 			Namespace: "bzz",
 			Version:   "0.1",
 			Service:   api.NewFileSystem(self.api),
-			Public:    false},
+			Public:    false,
+		},
 		{
 			Namespace: "bzz",
 			Version:   "0.1",