diff --git a/provider/google/google.go b/provider/google/google.go
index 3502d6474..a3222ad59 100644
--- a/provider/google/google.go
+++ b/provider/google/google.go
@@ -445,6 +445,12 @@ func newRecord(ep *endpoint.Endpoint) *dns.ResourceRecordSet {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if ep.RecordType == endpoint.RecordTypeNS {
+		for i, nsRecord := range ep.Targets {
+			targets[i] = provider.EnsureTrailingDot(nsRecord)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// no annotation results in a Ttl of 0, default to 300 for backwards-compatibility
 	var ttl int64 = googleRecordTTL
 	if ep.RecordTTL.IsConfigured() {