diff --git a/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go b/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
index 125096704..6362b8a7e 100644
--- a/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
+++ b/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
@@ -1837,6 +1837,17 @@ func (b *LocalBackend) authReconfig() {
 			if err != nil {
 				b.logf("[unexpected] non-FQDN route suffix %q", suffix)
 			}
+
+			// Create map entry even if len(resolvers) == 0; Issue 2706.
+			// This lets the control plane send ExtraRecords for which we
+			// can authoritatively answer "name not exists" for when the
+			// control plane also sends this explicit but empty route
+			// making it as something we handle.
+			//
+			// While we're already populating it, might as well size the
+			// slice appropriately.
+			dcfg.Routes[fqdn] = make([]netaddr.IPPort, 0, len(resolvers))
+
 			for _, resolver := range resolvers {
 				res, err := parseResolver(resolver)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/tailcfg/tailcfg.go b/tailcfg/tailcfg.go
index dfc4ba21c..0a2c585fe 100644
--- a/tailcfg/tailcfg.go
+++ b/tailcfg/tailcfg.go
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 //    20: 2021-06-11: MapResponse.LastSeen used even less (https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/2107)
 //    21: 2021-06-15: added MapResponse.DNSConfig.CertDomains
 //    22: 2021-06-16: added MapResponse.DNSConfig.ExtraRecords
-const CurrentMapRequestVersion = 22
+//    23: 2021-08-25: DNSConfig.Routes values may be empty (for ExtraRecords support in 1.14.1+)
+const CurrentMapRequestVersion = 23
 
 type StableID string
 
@@ -837,12 +838,19 @@ type FilterRule struct {
 type DNSConfig struct {
 	// Resolvers are the DNS resolvers to use, in order of preference.
 	Resolvers []dnstype.Resolver `json:",omitempty"`
+
 	// Routes maps DNS name suffixes to a set of DNS resolvers to
 	// use. It is used to implement "split DNS" and other advanced DNS
 	// routing overlays.
-	// Map keys must be fully-qualified DNS name suffixes, with a
-	// trailing dot but no leading dot.
+	//
+	// Map keys are fully-qualified DNS name suffixes; they may
+	// optionally contain a trailing dot but no leading dot.
+	//
+	// If the value is an empty slice, that means the suffix should still
+	// be handled by Tailscale's built-in resolver (100.100.100.100), such
+	// as for the purpose of handling ExtraRecords.
 	Routes map[string][]dnstype.Resolver `json:",omitempty"`
+
 	// FallbackResolvers is like Resolvers, but is only used if a
 	// split DNS configuration is requested in a configuration that
 	// doesn't work yet without explicit default resolvers.