diff --git a/contrib/integration/testtxn/main_test.go b/contrib/integration/testtxn/main_test.go
index e2258ed7e20..3259d5f9462 100644
--- a/contrib/integration/testtxn/main_test.go
+++ b/contrib/integration/testtxn/main_test.go
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ func TestCountIndexConcurrentTxns(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err,
 		"the txn2 should be aborted due to concurrent update on the count index of	<0x01>")
 
-	// retry the mutatiton
+	// retry the mutation
 	txn3 := dg.NewTxn()
 	_, err = txn3.Mutate(ctxb, &mu)
 	x.Check(err)
diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/alpha/run.go b/dgraph/cmd/alpha/run.go
index 3984c297b18..77cfa58bdd8 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/alpha/run.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/alpha/run.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ they form a Raft group and provide synchronous replication.
 	flag.String("my", "",
 		"IP_ADDRESS:PORT of this Dgraph Alpha, so other Dgraph Alphas can talk to this.")
 	flag.StringP("zero", "z", fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", x.PortZeroGrpc),
-		"IP_ADDRESS:PORT of a Dgraph Zero.")
+		"Comma separated list of Dgraph zero addresses of the form IP_ADDRESS:PORT.")
 	flag.Uint64("idx", 0,
 		"Optional Raft ID that this Dgraph Alpha will use to join RAFT groups.")
 	flag.Int("max_retries", -1,
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func run() {
 		NumPendingProposals: Alpha.Conf.GetInt("pending_proposals"),
 		Tracing:             Alpha.Conf.GetFloat64("trace"),
 		MyAddr:              Alpha.Conf.GetString("my"),
-		ZeroAddr:            Alpha.Conf.GetString("zero"),
+		ZeroAddr:            strings.Split(Alpha.Conf.GetString("zero"), ","),
 		RaftId:              cast.ToUint64(Alpha.Conf.GetString("idx")),
 		WhiteListedIPRanges: ips,
 		MaxRetries:          Alpha.Conf.GetInt("max_retries"),
diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/reduce.go b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/reduce.go
index 1ee488471a9..d7eaa3ba1c6 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/reduce.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/reduce.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (r *reducer) run() error {
 func (r *reducer) createBadger(i int) *badger.DB {
 	if r.opt.BadgerKeyFile != "" {
 		// Need to set zero addr in WorkerConfig before checking the license.
-		x.WorkerConfig.ZeroAddr = r.opt.ZeroAddr
+		x.WorkerConfig.ZeroAddr = []string{r.opt.ZeroAddr}
 
 		if !worker.EnterpriseEnabled() {
 			// Crash since the enterprise license is not enabled..
diff --git a/worker/groups.go b/worker/groups.go
index aa5ef180746..7896dfd675c 100644
--- a/worker/groups.go
+++ b/worker/groups.go
@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ func StartRaftNodes(walStore *badger.DB, bindall bool) {
 	}
 
 	x.AssertTruef(len(x.WorkerConfig.ZeroAddr) > 0, "Providing dgraphzero address is mandatory.")
-	x.AssertTruef(x.WorkerConfig.ZeroAddr != x.WorkerConfig.MyAddr,
-		"Dgraph Zero address and Dgraph address (IP:Port) can't be the same.")
+	for _, zeroAddr := range x.WorkerConfig.ZeroAddr {
+		x.AssertTruef(zeroAddr != x.WorkerConfig.MyAddr,
+			"Dgraph Zero address %s and Dgraph address (IP:Port) %s can't be the same.",
+			zeroAddr, x.WorkerConfig.MyAddr)
+	}
 
 	if x.WorkerConfig.RaftId == 0 {
 		id, err := raftwal.RaftId(walStore)
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ func StartRaftNodes(walStore *badger.DB, bindall bool) {
 	}
 	var connState *pb.ConnectionState
 	var err error
+
 	for { // Keep on retrying. See: https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/issues/2289
 		pl := gr.connToZeroLeader()
 		if pl == nil {
@@ -646,14 +650,19 @@ func (g *groupi) connToZeroLeader() *conn.Pool {
 	// No leader found. Let's get the latest membership state from Zero.
 	delay := connBaseDelay
 	maxHalfDelay := time.Second
-	for { // Keep on retrying. See: https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/issues/2289
+	for i := 0; ; i++ { // Keep on retrying. See: https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/issues/2289
 		time.Sleep(delay)
 		if delay <= maxHalfDelay {
 			delay *= 2
 		}
+
+		zAddrList := x.WorkerConfig.ZeroAddr
+		// Pick addresses in round robin manner.
+		addr := zAddrList[i%len(zAddrList)]
+
 		pl := g.AnyServer(0)
 		if pl == nil {
-			pl = conn.GetPools().Connect(x.WorkerConfig.ZeroAddr)
+			pl = conn.GetPools().Connect(addr)
 		}
 		if pl == nil {
 			glog.V(1).Infof("No healthy Zero server found. Retrying...")
diff --git a/x/config.go b/x/config.go
index a43de03e3ad..cdd85acf27f 100644
--- a/x/config.go
+++ b/x/config.go
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ type WorkerOptions struct {
 	Tracing float64
 	// MyAddr stores the address and port for this alpha.
 	MyAddr string
-	// ZeroAddr stores the address and port for the zero instance associated with this alpha.
-	ZeroAddr string
+	// ZeroAddr stores the list of address:port for the zero instances associated with this alpha.
+	// Alpha would communicate via only one zero address from the list. All
+	// the other addresses serve as fallback.
+	ZeroAddr []string
 	// RaftId represents the id of this alpha instance for participating in the RAFT
 	// consensus protocol.
 	RaftId uint64