use Net::DNS::Resolver::Base; my $orig= \&Net::DNS::Resolver::Base::nameservers; local *Net::DNS::Resolver::Base::nameservers= sub { my ($self, @servers)= @_; print "Current nameservers value: " .join(", ", @{$self->{nameservers}//[]}) ."\n"; print "Assigning nameservers: ".join(", ", @servers)."\n" if @servers > 1; $orig->(@_); }; # and then the rest of your program