diff --git a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record.go b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record.go
index 40ff3730aa16..794787eae6ad 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record.go
@@ -132,16 +132,11 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanRecordRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Update response data for records with domain value
 	if t := rec.Type; t == "CNAME" || t == "MX" || t == "NS" || t == "SRV" {
-		// Append dot to response if resource value is absolute
-		if value := d.Get("value").(string); strings.HasSuffix(value, ".") {
-			rec.Data += "."
-			// If resource value ends with current domain, make response data absolute
-			if strings.HasSuffix(value, domain+".") {
-				rec.Data += domain + "."
-			}
+		if rec.Data == "@" {
+			rec.Data = domain
 		}
+		rec.Data += "."
 	}
 
 	d.Set("name", rec.Name)
diff --git a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record_test.go b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record_test.go
index af4066ca44d5..bb62db2408c1 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record_test.go
@@ -164,6 +164,64 @@ func TestAccDigitalOceanRecord_ExternalHostnameValue(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccDigitalOceanRecord_MX(t *testing.T) {
+	var record godo.DomainRecord
+	domain := fmt.Sprintf("foobar-test-terraform-%s.com", acctest.RandString(10))
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: fmt.Sprintf(
+					testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordConfig_mx, domain),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordExists("digitalocean_record.foo_record", &record),
+					testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordAttributesHostname("foobar."+domain, &record),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"digitalocean_record.foo_record", "name", "terraform"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"digitalocean_record.foo_record", "domain", domain),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"digitalocean_record.foo_record", "value", "foobar."+domain+"."),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"digitalocean_record.foo_record", "type", "MX"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestAccDigitalOceanRecord_MX_at(t *testing.T) {
+	var record godo.DomainRecord
+	domain := fmt.Sprintf("foobar-test-terraform-%s.com", acctest.RandString(10))
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: fmt.Sprintf(
+					testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordConfig_mx_at, domain),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordExists("digitalocean_record.foo_record", &record),
+					testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordAttributesHostname("@", &record),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"digitalocean_record.foo_record", "name", "terraform"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"digitalocean_record.foo_record", "domain", domain),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"digitalocean_record.foo_record", "value", domain+"."),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"digitalocean_record.foo_record", "type", "MX"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 	client := testAccProvider.Meta().(*godo.Client)
 
@@ -298,6 +356,36 @@ resource "digitalocean_record" "foobar" {
   type  = "CNAME"
 }`
 
+const testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordConfig_mx_at = `
+resource "digitalocean_domain" "foobar" {
+  name       = "%s"
+  ip_address = "192.168.0.10"
+}
+
+resource "digitalocean_record" "foo_record" {
+  domain = "${digitalocean_domain.foobar.name}"
+
+  name  = "terraform"
+  value = "${digitalocean_domain.foobar.name}."
+  type  = "MX"
+  priority = "10"
+}`
+
+const testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordConfig_mx = `
+resource "digitalocean_domain" "foobar" {
+  name       = "%s"
+  ip_address = "192.168.0.10"
+}
+
+resource "digitalocean_record" "foo_record" {
+  domain = "${digitalocean_domain.foobar.name}"
+
+  name  = "terraform"
+  value = "foobar.${digitalocean_domain.foobar.name}."
+  type  = "MX"
+  priority = "10"
+}`
+
 const testAccCheckDigitalOceanRecordConfig_external_cname = `
 resource "digitalocean_domain" "foobar" {
   name       = "%s"