diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/xray/dns/DnsServerModal.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/xray/dns/DnsServerModal.tsx
index fb20231e6..f5cb64723 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/xray/dns/DnsServerModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/xray/dns/DnsServerModal.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   DnsQueryStrategySchema,
   DnsServerObjectInnerSchema,
   DnsServerObjectSchema,
+  isEncryptedDnsAddress,
   type DnsServerObject,
 } from '@/schemas/dns';
 
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ function valuesToWire(values: DnsServerForm): DnsServerValue {
 
   const out: Record<string, unknown> = {
     address: values.address,
-    port: values.port,
     domains: values.domains.filter(Boolean),
     expectedIPs: values.expectedIPs.filter(Boolean),
     unexpectedIPs: values.unexpectedIPs.filter(Boolean),
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ function valuesToWire(values: DnsServerForm): DnsServerValue {
     serveExpiredTTL: values.serveExpiredTTL,
     timeoutMs: values.timeoutMs,
   };
+  if (!isEncryptedDnsAddress(values.address)) out.port = values.port;
   if (values.tag) out.tag = values.tag;
   if (values.clientIP) out.clientIP = values.clientIP;
   return out as DnsServerValue;
diff --git a/frontend/src/schemas/dns.ts b/frontend/src/schemas/dns.ts
index 3336414cd..12e3f6c21 100644
--- a/frontend/src/schemas/dns.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/schemas/dns.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ const DnsHostValueSchema = z.union([z.string(), z.array(z.string())]);
 export const DnsHostsSchema = z.record(z.string(), DnsHostValueSchema);
 export type DnsHosts = z.infer<typeof DnsHostsSchema>;
 
+export function isEncryptedDnsAddress(address: string): boolean {
+  return /^(https|https\+local|h2c|h2c\+local|quic\+local):\/\//i.test(address);
+}
+
 export const DnsServerObjectInnerSchema = z.object({
   address: z.string(),
-  port: PortSchema.default(53),
+  port: PortSchema.optional(),
   domains: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
   expectedIPs: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
   unexpectedIPs: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
@@ -41,7 +45,12 @@ export const DnsServerObjectSchema = z.preprocess(
     return val;
   },
   DnsServerObjectInnerSchema,
-);
+).transform((v) => {
+  if (v.port === undefined && !isEncryptedDnsAddress(v.address)) {
+    return { ...v, port: 53 };
+  }
+  return v;
+});
 export type DnsServerObject = z.infer<typeof DnsServerObjectSchema>;
 
 export const DnsServerEntrySchema = z.union([z.string(), DnsServerObjectSchema]);
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/dns.test.ts.snap b/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/dns.test.ts.snap
index 8ecafbb0c..38b116f8f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/dns.test.ts.snap
+++ b/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/dns.test.ts.snap
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ exports[`DnsObjectSchema fixtures > parses full byte-stably 1`] = `
       "address": "quic+local://dns.adguard.com",
       "disableCache": true,
       "finalQuery": true,
-      "port": 53,
       "serveExpiredTTL": 60,
       "serveStale": false,
       "timeoutMs": 5000,
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/dns.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/dns.test.ts
index 6d9b894f3..c46737a93 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/dns.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/test/dns.test.ts
@@ -41,3 +41,45 @@ describe('DnsServerObjectSchema fixtures', () => {
     });
   }
 });
+
+describe('DnsServerObjectSchema port defaulting', () => {
+  it('defaults port 53 for a plain address', () => {
+    const parsed = DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: '8.8.8.8' });
+    expect(parsed.port).toBe(53);
+  });
+
+  it('defaults port 53 for a tcp address', () => {
+    const parsed = DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: 'tcp://1.1.1.1' });
+    expect(parsed.port).toBe(53);
+  });
+
+  it('omits port for a DoH (https://) address', () => {
+    const parsed = DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: 'https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query' });
+    expect(parsed.port).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('omits port for a DoHL (https+local://) address', () => {
+    const parsed = DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: 'https+local://dns.google/dns-query' });
+    expect(parsed.port).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('omits port for a DoQ (quic+local://) address', () => {
+    const parsed = DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: 'quic+local://dns.adguard.com' });
+    expect(parsed.port).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('omits port for an h2c and h2c+local address', () => {
+    expect(DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: 'h2c://dns.example.com/dns-query' }).port).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: 'h2c+local://dns.example.com/dns-query' }).port).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('omits port for an uppercase encrypted scheme', () => {
+    const parsed = DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: 'HTTPS://dns.google/dns-query' });
+    expect(parsed.port).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('preserves an explicit port on an encrypted address', () => {
+    const parsed = DnsServerObjectSchema.parse({ address: 'https://dns.google/dns-query', port: 8443 });
+    expect(parsed.port).toBe(8443);
+  });
+});