diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 1bd565b760..f633ac533f 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -2439,6 +2439,13 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
         if (connect.size() != 1 || connect[0] != "0") {
             connOptions.m_specified_outgoing = connect;
         }
+        if (!connOptions.m_specified_outgoing.empty() && !connOptions.vSeedNodes.empty()) {
+            LogPrintf("-seednode is ignored when -connect is used\n");
+        }
+
+        if (args.IsArgSet("-dnsseed") && args.GetBoolArg("-dnsseed", DEFAULT_DNSSEED) && args.IsArgSet("-proxy")) {
+            LogPrintf("-dnsseed is ignored when -connect is used and -proxy is specified\n");
+        }
     }
 
     std::string sem_str = args.GetArg("-socketevents", DEFAULT_SOCKETEVENTS);
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 4fcbbfb3c1..a54b17b92a 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -2471,6 +2471,8 @@ void CConnman::ThreadDNSAddressSeed()
         }
 
         LogPrintf("Loading addresses from DNS seed %s\n", seed);
+        // If -proxy is in use, we make an ADDR_FETCH connection to the DNS resolved peer address
+        // for the base dns seed domain in chainparams
         if (HaveNameProxy()) {
             AddAddrFetch(seed);
         } else {
@@ -2493,8 +2495,9 @@ void CConnman::ThreadDNSAddressSeed()
                 }
                 addrman.Add(vAdd, resolveSource);
             } else {
-                // We now avoid directly using results from DNS Seeds which do not support service bit filtering,
-                // instead using them as a addrfetch to get nodes with our desired service bits.
+                // If the seed does not support a subdomain with our desired service bits,
+                // we make an ADDR_FETCH connection to the DNS resolved peer address for the
+                // base dns seed domain in chainparams
                 AddAddrFetch(seed);
             }
         }
@@ -2589,7 +2592,6 @@ void CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections(const std::vector<std::string> connect, CDe
     {
         for (int64_t nLoop = 0;; nLoop++)
         {
-            ProcessAddrFetch();
             for (const std::string& strAddr : connect)
             {
                 CAddress addr(CService(), NODE_NONE);
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_config_args.py b/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
index d176576a4a..28abf73e23 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_config_args.py
@@ -215,11 +215,43 @@ class ConfArgsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         ]):
             self.nodes[0].setmocktime(start + 65)
 
+    def test_connect_with_seednode(self):
+        self.log.info('Test -connect with -seednode')
+        seednode_ignored = ['-seednode is ignored when -connect is used\n']
+        dnsseed_ignored = ['-dnsseed is ignored when -connect is used and -proxy is specified\n']
+        addcon_thread_started = ['addcon thread start\n']
+        self.stop_node(0)
+
+        # When -connect is supplied, expanding addrman via getaddr calls to ADDR_FETCH(-seednode)
+        # nodes is irrelevant and -seednode is ignored.
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=seednode_ignored):
+            self.start_node(0, extra_args=['-connect=fakeaddress1', '-seednode=fakeaddress2'])
+
+        # With -proxy, an ADDR_FETCH connection is made to a peer that the dns seed resolves to.
+        # ADDR_FETCH connections are not used when -connect is used.
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=dnsseed_ignored):
+            self.restart_node(0, extra_args=['-connect=fakeaddress1', '-dnsseed=1', '-proxy=1.2.3.4'])
+
+        # If the user did not disable -dnsseed, but it was soft-disabled because they provided -connect,
+        # they shouldn't see a warning about -dnsseed being ignored.
+        with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=addcon_thread_started,
+                unexpected_msgs=dnsseed_ignored):
+            self.restart_node(0, extra_args=['-connect=fakeaddress1', '-proxy=1.2.3.4'])
+
+        # We have to supply expected_msgs as it's a required argument
+        # The expected_msg must be something we are confident will be logged after the unexpected_msg
+        # These cases test for -connect being supplied but only to disable it
+        for connect_arg in ['-connect=0', '-noconnect']:
+            with self.nodes[0].assert_debug_log(expected_msgs=addcon_thread_started,
+                    unexpected_msgs=seednode_ignored):
+                self.restart_node(0, extra_args=[connect_arg, '-seednode=fakeaddress2'])
+
     def run_test(self):
         self.test_log_buffer()
         self.test_args_log()
         self.test_seed_peers()
         self.test_networkactive()
+        self.test_connect_with_seednode()
 
 
         self.test_config_file_parser()