diff --git a/management/dns_update.py b/management/dns_update.py
index 9925840f..331ab764 100755
--- a/management/dns_update.py
+++ b/management/dns_update.py
@@ -222,7 +222,11 @@ def build_zone(domain, all_domains, additional_records, env, is_zone=True):
 	for qname, rtype, value, explanation in defaults:
 		if value is None or value.strip() == "": continue # skip IPV6 if not set
 		if not is_zone and qname == "www": continue # don't create any default 'www' subdomains on what are themselves subdomains
-		if not has_rec(qname, rtype) and not has_rec(qname, "CNAME"):
+		# Set the default record, but not if:
+		# (1) there is not a user-set record of the same type already
+		# (2) there is not a CNAME record already, since you can't set both and who knows what takes precedence
+		# (2) there is not an A record already (if this is an A record this is a dup of (1), and if this is an AAAA record then don't set a default AAAA record if the user sets a custom A record, since the default wouldn't make sense and it should not resolve if the user doesn't provide a new AAAA record)
+		if not has_rec(qname, rtype) and not has_rec(qname, "CNAME") and not has_rec(qname, "A"):
 			records.append((qname, rtype, value, explanation))
 
 	# Append the DKIM TXT record to the zone as generated by OpenDKIM.