diff --git a/provider/digitalocean/digital_ocean.go b/provider/digitalocean/digital_ocean.go
index c9164010f..20cfcefa0 100644
--- a/provider/digitalocean/digital_ocean.go
+++ b/provider/digitalocean/digital_ocean.go
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ func (p *DigitalOceanProvider) Records(ctx context.Context) ([]*endpoint.Endpoin
 					name = zone.Name
 				}
 
-				ep := endpoint.NewEndpoint(name, r.Type, r.Data)
+				ep := endpoint.NewEndpointWithTTL(name, r.Type, endpoint.TTL(r.TTL), r.Data)
+
 				endpoints = append(endpoints, ep)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/provider/digitalocean/digital_ocean_test.go b/provider/digitalocean/digital_ocean_test.go
index ab53ca49c..d16be2471 100644
--- a/provider/digitalocean/digital_ocean_test.go
+++ b/provider/digitalocean/digital_ocean_test.go
@@ -333,6 +333,17 @@ func TestDigitalOceanMakeDomainEditRequest(t *testing.T) {
 		Data: "bar.example.com.",
 		TTL:  digitalOceanRecordTTL,
 	}, r3)
+
+	// Ensure that custom TTLs can be set
+	customTTL := 600
+	r4 := makeDomainEditRequest("example.com", "foo.example.com", endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME,
+		"bar.example.com.", customTTL)
+	assert.Equal(t, &godo.DomainRecordEditRequest{
+		Type: endpoint.RecordTypeCNAME,
+		Name: "foo",
+		Data: "bar.example.com.",
+		TTL:  customTTL,
+	}, r4)
 }
 
 func TestDigitalOceanApplyChanges(t *testing.T) {