diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 39bed29..87698dc 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ class bind (
     $rndc                  = undef,
     $statistics_port       = undef,
     $auth_nxdomain         = false,
-    $include_local         = false,
     $include_default_zones = true,
+    $include_local         = false,
 ) inherits bind::defaults {
 
     File {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class bind (
         content => template('bind/named.conf.erb'),
     }
 
-    if $default_zones_source {
+    if $include_default_zones and $default_zones_source {
         file { $default_zones_include:
             source => $default_zones_source,
         }
diff --git a/manifests/view.pp b/manifests/view.pp
index dfab715..ca0c09b 100644
--- a/manifests/view.pp
+++ b/manifests/view.pp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ define bind::view (
 ) {
     $confdir = $::bind::confdir
     $default_zones_include = $::bind::default_zones_include
+    $include_default_zones = $::bind::include_default_zones
 
     concat::fragment { "bind-view-${name}":
         order   => $order,
diff --git a/templates/view.erb b/templates/view.erb
index 661c2c3..0adf904 100644
--- a/templates/view.erb
+++ b/templates/view.erb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ view "<%= @name %>" {
 	};
 <%-   end -%>
 <%- end -%>
-<%- if @default_zones_include -%>
+<%- if @include_default_zones and @default_zones_include -%>
 	include "<%= @default_zones_include %>";
 <%- end -%>