diff --git a/designateclient/cli/records.py b/designateclient/cli/records.py
index 48e92e7..6e276ca 100644
--- a/designateclient/cli/records.py
+++ b/designateclient/cli/records.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class CreateRecordCommand(base.CreateCommand):
         if parsed_args.ttl is not None:
             record.ttl = parsed_args.ttl
 
-        if parsed_args.priority:
+        if parsed_args.priority is not None:
             record.priority = parsed_args.priority
 
         if parsed_args.description:
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class UpdateRecordCommand(base.UpdateCommand):
 
         if parsed_args.no_priority:
             record.priority = None
-        elif parsed_args.priority:
+        elif parsed_args.priority is not None:
             record.priority = parsed_args.priority
 
         if parsed_args.no_description:
diff --git a/designateclient/resources/schemas/v1/record.json b/designateclient/resources/schemas/v1/record.json
index 7487500..cecc9fd 100644
--- a/designateclient/resources/schemas/v1/record.json
+++ b/designateclient/resources/schemas/v1/record.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         "priority": {
             "type": ["integer", "null"],
             "description": "DNS Record Priority",
-            "minimum": 1,
+            "minimum": 0,
             "maximum": 65535
         },
         "ttl": {