diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 6deb1d7..f7fde72 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -43,11 +43,29 @@ pub struct RadioBrowserAPI {
 
 impl RadioBrowserAPI {
     /// Create a new instance of a radiobrowser api client.
-    /// It will fetch a list of radiobrowser server with get_servers()
+    /// It will fetch a list of radiobrowser server with get_default_servers()
     /// and save it internally.
     pub async fn new() -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
         Ok(RadioBrowserAPI {
-            servers: RadioBrowserAPI::get_servers().await?,
+            servers: RadioBrowserAPI::get_default_servers().await?,
+            current: 0,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new instance of a radiobrowser api client from
+    /// a single dns name. Use this is you want to connect to a single named server.
+    pub async fn new_from_dns_a<P: AsRef<str>>(dnsname: P) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(RadioBrowserAPI {
+            servers: vec![dnsname.as_ref().to_string()],
+            current: 0,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new instance of a radiobrowser api client from
+    /// a dns srv record which may have multiple dns A/AAAA records.
+    pub async fn new_from_dns_srv<P: AsRef<str>>(srvname: P) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(RadioBrowserAPI {
+            servers: RadioBrowserAPI::get_servers_from_dns_srv(srvname).await?,
             current: 0,
         })
     }
@@ -120,8 +138,13 @@ impl RadioBrowserAPI {
         post_api(self.get_current_server(), endpoint, mapjson).await
     }
 
-    pub async fn get_servers() -> Result<Vec<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        trace!("get_servers()");
+    pub async fn get_default_servers() -> Result<Vec<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        trace!("get_default_servers()");
+        RadioBrowserAPI::get_servers_from_dns_srv("_api._tcp.radio-browser.info").await
+    }
+
+    async fn get_servers_from_dns_srv<P: AsRef<str>>(srvname: P) -> Result<Vec<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        trace!("get_servers_from_dns_srv()");
         let resolver = resolver(
             config::ResolverConfig::default(),
             config::ResolverOpts::default(),
@@ -129,7 +152,7 @@ impl RadioBrowserAPI {
         .await?;
         let response = resolver
             .lookup(
-                "_api._tcp.radio-browser.info",
+                srvname.as_ref(),
                 RecordType::SRV,
             )
             .await?;
diff --git a/src/bin/test.rs b/src/bin/test.rs
index 0baf42d..70fa879 100644
--- a/src/bin/test.rs
+++ b/src/bin/test.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::error::Error;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let mut api = RadioBrowserAPI::new()?;
-    let servers = RadioBrowserAPI::get_servers()?;
+    let servers = RadioBrowserAPI::get_default_servers()?;
     println!("Servers: {:?}", servers);
     let status = api.get_server_status()?;
     println!("Status: {:#?}", status);
diff --git a/src/blocking/api.rs b/src/blocking/api.rs
index 4d54229..9340c96 100644
--- a/src/blocking/api.rs
+++ b/src/blocking/api.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ impl RadioBrowserAPI {
             .map(|api| RadioBrowserAPI { api })
     }
 
+    pub fn new_from_dns_a<P: AsRef<str>>(dnsname: P) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        task::block_on(async { crate::RadioBrowserAPI::new_from_dns_a(dnsname).await })
+            .map(|api| RadioBrowserAPI { api })
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_from_dns_srv<P: AsRef<str>>(srvname: P) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        task::block_on(async { crate::RadioBrowserAPI::new_from_dns_srv(srvname).await })
+            .map(|api| RadioBrowserAPI { api })
+    }
+
     pub fn get_server_status(&mut self) -> Result<ApiStatus, Box<dyn Error>> {
         task::block_on(async { self.api.get_server_status().await })
     }
@@ -71,7 +81,7 @@ impl RadioBrowserAPI {
         task::block_on(async { self.api.send(endpoint, mapjson).await })
     }
 
-    pub fn get_servers() -> Result<Vec<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        task::block_on(async { crate::RadioBrowserAPI::get_servers().await })
+    pub fn get_default_servers() -> Result<Vec<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        task::block_on(async { crate::RadioBrowserAPI::get_default_servers().await })
     }
 }