diff --git a/cmd/mc-router/main.go b/cmd/mc-router/main.go
index 2a14946..2019038 100644
--- a/cmd/mc-router/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mc-router/main.go
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	MetricsBackend       string   `default:"discard" usage:"Backend to use for metrics exposure/publishing: discard,expvar,influxdb"`
 	UseProxyProtocol     bool     `default:"false" usage:"Send PROXY protocol to backend servers"`
 	MetricsBackendConfig MetricsBackendConfig
+
+	SimplifySRV bool `default:"false" usage:"Simplify fully qualified SRV records for mapping"`
 }
 
 var (
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	server.Routes.SimplifySRV(config.SimplifySRV)
+
 	err = metricsBuilder.Start(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("Unable to start metrics reporter")
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index 4cbfd69..a315c27 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ type IRoutes interface {
 	DeleteMapping(serverAddress string) bool
 	CreateMapping(serverAddress string, backend string, waker func(ctx context.Context) error)
 	SetDefaultRoute(backend string)
+	SimplifySRV(srvEnabled bool)
 }
 
 var Routes IRoutes = &routesImpl{}
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ type routesImpl struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
 	mappings     map[string]mapping
 	defaultRoute string
+	simplifySRV  bool
 }
 
 func (r *routesImpl) SetDefaultRoute(backend string) {
@@ -136,10 +138,31 @@ func (r *routesImpl) SetDefaultRoute(backend string) {
 	}).Info("Using default route")
 }
 
+func (r *routesImpl) SimplifySRV(srvEnabled bool) {
+	r.simplifySRV = srvEnabled
+}
+
 func (r *routesImpl) FindBackendForServerAddress(ctx context.Context, serverAddress string) (string, string, func(ctx context.Context) error) {
 	r.RLock()
 	defer r.RUnlock()
 
+	if r.simplifySRV {
+		serverAddress = strings.TrimSuffix(serverAddress, ".")
+		parts := strings.Split(serverAddress, ".")
+		tcpIndex := -1
+		for i, part := range parts {
+			if part == "_tcp" {
+				tcpIndex = i
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if tcpIndex != -1 {
+			parts = parts[tcpIndex+1:]
+		}
+
+		serverAddress = strings.Join(parts, ".")
+	}
+
 	addressParts := strings.Split(serverAddress, "\x00")
 
 	address := strings.ToLower(addressParts[0])