diff --git a/octodns/provider/yaml.py b/octodns/provider/yaml.py
index 287fd3b..7c9a915 100644
--- a/octodns/provider/yaml.py
+++ b/octodns/provider/yaml.py
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ class YamlProvider(BaseProvider):
             if record.ttl == self.default_ttl:
                 # ttl is the default, we don't need to store it
                 del d['ttl']
+            if record._octodns:
+                d['octodns'] = record._octodns
             data[record.name].append(d)
 
         # Flatten single element lists
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_provider_yaml.py b/tests/test_octodns_provider_yaml.py
index 46363ed..8f1b4d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_provider_yaml.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_provider_yaml.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ class TestYamlProvider(TestCase):
             # There should be no changes after the round trip
             reloaded = Zone('unit.tests.', [])
             target.populate(reloaded)
+            self.assertDictEqual(
+                {'included': ['test']},
+                filter(
+                    lambda x: x.name == 'included', reloaded.records
+                )[0]._octodns)
+
             self.assertFalse(zone.changes(reloaded, target=source))
 
             # A 2nd sync should still create everything