diff --git a/arguments.go b/arguments.go
index 5cd0866..e51a797 100644
--- a/arguments.go
+++ b/arguments.go
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ func parse_flags() {
 	} else {
 		Blacklist_ips = a
 	}
+
+	if hostfile == "" {
+		hostfile = GetHost()
+	}
+
+	if hostfile != "" {
+		record_hosts, err = ReadHosts(hostfile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -83,7 +94,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	flag.StringVar(&bind_addr, "bind", ":53", "the address bind to")
 	flag.StringVar(&default_server, "upstream", "udp:114.114.114.114:53", "the default upstream server to use")
-	flag.StringVar(&logfile, "logfile", "error.log", "the logfile, default stdout")
+	flag.StringVar(&logfile, "logfile", "", "the logfile, default stdout")
 	flag.StringVar(&blacklist_file, "blacklist", "", "the blacklist file")
 	flag.BoolVar(&debug, "debug", false, "output debug log, default false")
+	flag.StringVar(&hostfile, "hosts", "", "load special ip from hosts or /etc/hosts")
 }
diff --git a/hosts.go b/hosts.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e16bdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts.go
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type HostRecord struct {
+	/* RR record */
+	rr dns.RR
+
+	/* type, dns.A or dns.AAAA */
+	t uint16
+}
+
+type Hosts map[string][]HostRecord
+
+/*
+   get special type of record form Hosts
+*/
+func (h Hosts) Get(n string, t uint16) dns.RR {
+	n1 := dns.Fqdn(n)
+	if hr, ok := h[n1]; ok {
+		for _, v := range hr {
+			if v.t == t {
+				return v.rr
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+/*
+   read and parse the hosts file
+*/
+func ReadHosts(fn string) (Hosts, error) {
+	fp, err := os.Open(fn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	defer fp.Close()
+
+	hts := Hosts{}
+
+	bf := bufio.NewReader(fp)
+
+	for {
+		var t uint16
+		bline, _, err := bf.ReadLine()
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		sline := string(bline)
+		sline = strings.Trim(sline, " ")
+
+		/* empty line */
+		if sline == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		/* comment */
+		if sline[0] == '#' {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		/* replace tab to space */
+		sline = strings.Replace(sline, "\t", " ", -1)
+
+		lns := strings.Split(sline, " ")
+
+		if len(lns) < 1 {
+			return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid hosts line: %s", sline))
+		}
+
+		ip := net.ParseIP(lns[0])
+		if ip == nil {
+			return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid ip: %s", lns[0]))
+		}
+
+		if strings.Index(lns[0], ".") != -1 {
+			t = dns.TypeA
+		} else {
+			t = dns.TypeAAAA
+		}
+
+		for _, dn := range lns[1:] {
+
+			dd := dns.Fqdn(strings.Trim(dn, " "))
+
+			/* ignore space */
+			if dd == "." {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			s := fmt.Sprintf("%s 36000 IN %s %s", dd,
+				dns.TypeToString[t], lns[0])
+
+			r, err := dns.NewRR(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			if _, ok := hts[dd]; ok {
+				hts[dd] = append(hts[dd], HostRecord{r, t})
+			} else {
+				hts[dd] = []HostRecord{HostRecord{r, t}}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return hts, nil
+}
+
+/*
+   return the path of hosts file
+*/
+func GetHost() string {
+	var p string
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		p = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("SYSTEMROOT"),
+			"system32/drivers/etc/hosts")
+	} else {
+		p = "/etc/hosts"
+	}
+	return filepath.Clean(p)
+}
diff --git a/hosts_test.go b/hosts_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b84a0dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+	"testing"
+	//"fmt"
+)
+
+func TestReadHosts(t *testing.T) {
+	a, err := ReadHosts("testdata/hosts.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range a {
+		for _, v1 := range v {
+			t.Logf("%s: %s\n", k, v1.rr.String())
+		}
+	}
+	r1 := a.Get("localhost", dns.TypeA)
+	if dnsa, ok := r1.(*dns.A); ok {
+		if dnsa.A.String() != "127.0.0.1" {
+			t.Errorf("get failed a\n")
+		}
+	} else {
+		t.Errorf("type not a\n")
+	}
+	r2 := a.Get("localhost", dns.TypeAAAA)
+	if dnsaa, ok := r2.(*dns.AAAA); ok {
+		if dnsaa.AAAA.String() != "::1" {
+			t.Errorf("get failed aaaa\n")
+		}
+	} else {
+		t.Errorf("type not aaaa\n")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetHost(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Logf("host: %s\n", GetHost())
+}
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 02eec53..daf58ef 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 /*
 gdns is a dns proxy server write by go.
 
@@ -41,6 +39,9 @@ var Blacklist_ips Kv = nil
 
 var debug bool = false
 
+var hostfile string = ""
+var record_hosts Hosts = nil
+
 func in_blacklist(m *dns.Msg) bool {
 	if Blacklist_ips == nil {
 		return false
@@ -68,6 +69,25 @@ func handleRoot(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 
 	var done int
 
+	/*
+	   reply from hosts
+	*/
+	if record_hosts != nil {
+		rr := record_hosts.Get(domain, r.Question[0].Qtype)
+		if rr != nil {
+			msg := new(dns.Msg)
+			msg.SetReply(r)
+			msg.Answer = append(msg.Answer, rr)
+			w.WriteMsg(msg)
+			logger.Debug("query %s %s %s, reply from hosts\n",
+				domain,
+				dns.ClassToString[r.Question[0].Qclass],
+				dns.TypeToString[r.Question[0].Qtype],
+			)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
 		done = 0
 		for _, sv := range Servers {
diff --git a/testdata/hosts.txt b/testdata/hosts.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e447fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/hosts.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
+192.168.1.1 gw
+::1		localhost
+
+
+192.243.112.217        www.ratafee.nl
+   2607:8700:103:9b22:: www.ratafee.nl
+# 127.0.0.1 ccc.com