diff --git a/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb b/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
index 7aad48e..b63d298 100644
--- a/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet_bind/provider/nsupdate.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def update(&block)
         yield file
         file.write "send\n"
         file.close
+        Puppet.debug(IO.read(file.path))
         if keyed?
           nsupdate('-y', tsig_param, file.path)
         elsif keyfile?
@@ -110,7 +111,9 @@ def maybe_unspace(type, datum)
       end
 
       def rrdata_adds
-        resource[:ensure] === :absent ? [] : newdata - rrdata
+        adds = resource[:ensure] === :absent ? [] : newdata - rrdata
+        adds = newdata if (@properties[:ttl] && adds.empty?)
+        adds
       end
 
       def rrdata_deletes