diff --git a/libcloud/dns/drivers/digitalocean.py b/libcloud/dns/drivers/digitalocean.py
index ef24b94719..e393b05ad7 100644
--- a/libcloud/dns/drivers/digitalocean.py
+++ b/libcloud/dns/drivers/digitalocean.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     'DigitalOceanDNSDriver'
 ]
 
+import json
+
 from libcloud.utils.py3 import httplib
 
 from libcloud.common.digitalocean import DigitalOcean_v2_BaseDriver
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ def create_zone(self, domain, type='master', ttl=None, extra=None):
         except Exception:
             params['ip_address'] = '127.0.0.1'
 
-        res = self.connection.request('/v2/domains', params=params,
+        res = self.connection.request('/v2/domains', data=json.dumps(params),
                                       method='POST')
 
         return Zone(id=res.object['domain']['name'],
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ def create_record(self, name, zone, type, data, extra=None):
                 params['ttl'] = extra['ttl']
 
         res = self.connection.request('/v2/domains/%s/records' % zone.id,
-                                      params=params,
+                                      data=json.dumps(params),
                                       method='POST')
 
         return Record(id=res.object['domain_record']['id'],
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ def update_record(self, record, name=None, type=None,
 
         res = self.connection.request('/v2/domains/%s/records/%s' %
                                       (record.zone.id, record.id),
-                                      params=params,
+                                      data=json.dumps(params),
                                       method='PUT')
 
         return Record(id=res.object['domain_record']['id'],