diff --git a/droplets.go b/droplets.go
index ddc9fc3..0366da7 100644
--- a/droplets.go
+++ b/droplets.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ type DropletMultiCreateRequest struct {
 type DropletBackupPolicyRequest struct {
 	Plan    string `json:"plan,omitempty"`
 	Weekday string `json:"weekday,omitempty"`
-	Hour    int    `json:"hour,omitempty"`
+	Hour    int    `json:"hour"` // Avoid using omitempty to ensure zero values are included in the JSON output.
 }
 
 func (d DropletCreateRequest) String() string {
diff --git a/droplets_test.go b/droplets_test.go
index 4b68f5d..8ec0a85 100644
--- a/droplets_test.go
+++ b/droplets_test.go
@@ -321,9 +321,11 @@ func TestDroplets_Create(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Tags:    []string{"one", "two"},
 		VPCUUID: "880b7f98-f062-404d-b33c-458d545696f6",
+		Backups: true,
 		BackupPolicy: &DropletBackupPolicyRequest{
 			Plan:    "weekly",
 			Weekday: "MON",
+			Hour:    0,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -334,7 +336,6 @@ func TestDroplets_Create(t *testing.T) {
 			"size":               "size",
 			"image":              float64(1),
 			"ssh_keys":           nil,
-			"backups":            false,
 			"ipv6":               false,
 			"private_networking": false,
 			"monitoring":         false,
@@ -344,7 +345,8 @@ func TestDroplets_Create(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"tags":          []interface{}{"one", "two"},
 			"vpc_uuid":      "880b7f98-f062-404d-b33c-458d545696f6",
-			"backup_policy": map[string]interface{}{"plan": "weekly", "weekday": "MON"},
+			"backups":       true,
+			"backup_policy": map[string]interface{}{"plan": "weekly", "weekday": "MON", "hour": float64(0)},
 		}
 		jsonBlob := `
 {