How do I set my DNS when resolv.conf is being overwritten?

Most of the info I see online says to edit /etc/resolv.conf, but any changes I make there just get overridden. $ cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- # YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 127.0.1.1 It seems that 127.0.1.1 is a local instance of dnsmasq. The dnsmasq docs say to edit /etc/resolv.conf. I tried putting custom nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf.d/base, but the changes didn't show up in /etc/resolv.conf after running sudo resolvconf -u. FYI, I don't want to change DNS on a per-connection basis, I want to set default DNS settings to use for all connections when not otherwise specified. ***UPDATE:*** I answered this question myself: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/163506/67024 I think it's the best solution since: 1. It works. 2. It requires the least amount of changes and 3. It still works in conjunction with dnsmasq's DNS cache, rather than bypassing it.