diff --git a/designate/tests/test_central/test_service.py b/designate/tests/test_central/test_service.py
index 0ec647ad1..03217c919 100644
--- a/designate/tests/test_central/test_service.py
+++ b/designate/tests/test_central/test_service.py
@@ -533,6 +533,37 @@ class CentralServiceTest(designate.tests.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(exceptions.OverQuota, exc.exc_info[0])
 
+    def test_create_zone_custom_ttl(self):
+        self.config(default_ttl=30)
+
+        values = dict(
+            name='example.com.',
+            email='info@example.com',
+            type='PRIMARY',
+            ttl=90,
+        )
+
+        zone = self.central_service.create_zone(
+            self.admin_context, zone=objects.Zone.from_dict(values)
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(90, zone.ttl)
+
+    def test_create_zone_override_default_ttl(self):
+        self.config(default_ttl=30)
+
+        values = dict(
+            name='example.com.',
+            email='info@example.com',
+            type='PRIMARY'
+        )
+
+        zone = self.central_service.create_zone(
+            self.admin_context, zone=objects.Zone.from_dict(values)
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(30, zone.ttl)
+
     def test_create_subzone(self):
         # Create the Parent Zone using fixture 0
         parent_zone = self.create_zone(fixture=0)
diff --git a/designate/tests/test_storage/test_storage.py b/designate/tests/test_storage/test_storage.py
index 43363da98..ca087a94a 100644
--- a/designate/tests/test_storage/test_storage.py
+++ b/designate/tests/test_storage/test_storage.py
@@ -681,6 +681,36 @@ class SqlalchemyStorageTest(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(exceptions.DuplicateZone, exc.exc_info[0])
 
+    def test_create_zone_standard_ttl(self):
+        values = self.get_zone_fixture()
+        new_zone = self.storage.create_zone(
+            self.admin_context, zone=objects.Zone.from_dict(values)
+        )
+
+        # default fallback ttl is 3600 when no ttl value is provided.
+        self.assertEqual(3600, new_zone.ttl)
+
+    def test_create_zone_custom_ttl(self):
+        self.config(default_ttl=60)
+
+        values = self.get_zone_fixture()
+        values['ttl'] = 30
+        new_zone = self.storage.create_zone(
+            self.admin_context, zone=objects.Zone.from_dict(values)
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(30, new_zone.ttl)
+
+    def test_create_zone_override_default_ttl(self):
+        self.config(default_ttl=60)
+
+        values = self.get_zone_fixture()
+        new_zone = self.storage.create_zone(
+            self.admin_context, zone=objects.Zone.from_dict(values)
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(60, new_zone.ttl)
+
     def test_find_zones(self):
         self.config(quota_zones=20)