diff --git a/components/schemas/dns/records/RecordIncludes.yml b/components/schemas/dns/records/RecordIncludes.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7579469b..00000000
--- a/components/schemas/dns/records/RecordIncludes.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-title: RecordIncludes
-description: All includable resources linkable to the given records. 
-type: object 
-properties: 
-  creators: 
-    "$ref": "../../includes/CreatorInclude.yml" 
-  containers: 
-    "$ref": "../../includes/ContainersIncludes.yml"
-  "containers:identifiers":
-    $ref: ../../includes/IdentifierIncludes.yml
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diff --git a/platform/paths/dns/records/includes/RecordIncludeParam.yml b/platform/paths/dns/records/includes/RecordIncludeParam.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e1d6edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/paths/dns/records/includes/RecordIncludeParam.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: include
+in: query
+required: false
+description:
+  A comma separated list of include values. Included resources will show
+  up under the root document's `include` field, with the key being the id of the included
+  resource. In the case of applying an include to a collection of resources, if two
+  resources share the same include, it will only appear once in the return.
+schema:
+  type: array
+  items:
+    type: string
+    enum:
+      - creators
+      - containers
+      - containers:identifiers
+      - virtual-machines
+      - virtual-machines:identifiers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/paths/dns/records/includes/RecordIncludes.yml b/platform/paths/dns/records/includes/RecordIncludes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..122aa26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/paths/dns/records/includes/RecordIncludes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+title: RecordIncludes
+description: All includable resources linkable to the given records.
+type: object
+properties:
+  creators:
+    $ref: ../../../../../components/schemas/includes/CreatorInclude.yml
+  containers:
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties:
+      $ref: ../../../../../components/schemas/containers/Container.yml
+  "containers:identifiers":
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties:
+      $ref: ../../../../../components/schemas/ID.yml
+  virtual-machines:
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties:
+      $ref: ../../../../../components/schemas/vms/VirtualMachine.yml
+  virtual-machines:identifiers:
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties:
+      $ref: ../../../../../components/schemas/ID.yml
diff --git a/platform/paths/dns/records/record.yml b/platform/paths/dns/records/record.yml
index 9f2812f6..fd50c2ef 100644
--- a/platform/paths/dns/records/record.yml
+++ b/platform/paths/dns/records/record.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ patch:
       required: true
       schema:
         type: string
+    - $ref: includes/RecordIncludeParam.yml
   requestBody:
     description: Parameters for updating a DNS Zone Record. The name value cannot be updated and is omitted from the properties.
     content:
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ patch:
             properties:
               data:
                 $ref: ../../../../components/schemas/dns/records/Record.yml
+              includes:
+                $ref: includes/RecordIncludes.yml
     default:
       $ref: ../../../../components/responses/errors/DefaultError.yml
 
diff --git a/platform/paths/dns/records/records.yml b/platform/paths/dns/records/records.yml
index 0e510a69..30c6fb65 100644
--- a/platform/paths/dns/records/records.yml
+++ b/platform/paths/dns/records/records.yml
@@ -11,21 +11,7 @@ get:
       required: true
       schema:
         type: string
-    - name: include
-      in: query
-      required: false
-      description:
-        A comma separated list of include values. Included resources will show
-        up under the root document's `include` field, with the key being the id of the included
-        resource. In the case of applying an include to a collection of resources, if two
-        resources share the same include, it will only appear once in the return.
-      schema:
-        type: array
-        items:
-          type: string
-          enum:
-            - creators
-            - containers
+    - $ref: includes/RecordIncludeParam.yml
     - name: filter
       in:
         query
@@ -60,7 +46,7 @@ get:
                 items:
                   $ref: ../../../../components/schemas/dns/records/Record.yml
               includes:
-                $ref: ../../../../components/schemas/dns/records/RecordIncludes.yml
+                $ref: includes/RecordIncludes.yml
     default:
       $ref: ../../../../components/responses/errors/DefaultError.yml
 
@@ -77,6 +63,7 @@ post:
       required: true
       schema:
         type: string
+    - $ref: includes/RecordIncludeParam.yml
   requestBody:
     description: Parameters for creating a new DNS Zone Record.
     content:
@@ -105,5 +92,7 @@ post:
             properties:
               data:
                 $ref: ../../../../components/schemas/dns/records/Record.yml
+              includes:
+                $ref: includes/RecordIncludes.yml
     default:
       $ref: ../../../../components/responses/errors/DefaultError.yml