diff --git a/octodns/manager.py b/octodns/manager.py
index 104e445..a991b4b 100644
--- a/octodns/manager.py
+++ b/octodns/manager.py
@@ -294,8 +294,30 @@ class Manager(object):
             for processor in processors:
                 plan = processor.process_plan(plan, sources=sources,
                                               target=target)
-            if plan:
-                plans.append((target, plan))
+            if not plan:
+                continue
+
+            # Multi value PTR check
+            for change in plan.changes:
+                record = change.new
+                if not record:
+                    # Delete - doesn't need to be checked
+                    continue
+
+                if record._type == 'PTR' and len(record.values) > 1 and not \
+                   target.SUPPORTS_MUTLIVALUE_PTR:
+                    self.log.warn('target=%s does not support multi-value PTR '
+                                  'record %s; using %s as its only answer',
+                                  target, record.fqdn, record.value)
+                    # Make a new copy of the record so as to not change a
+                    # potentially shared object
+                    change.new = Record.new(record.zone, record.name, {
+                        'type': record._type,
+                        'ttl': record.ttl,
+                        'value': record.value,
+                    }, source=record.source, lenient=lenient)
+
+            plans.append((target, plan))
 
         # Return the zone as it's the desired state
         return plans, zone
diff --git a/octodns/provider/azuredns.py b/octodns/provider/azuredns.py
index c75ef4b..20a9d7b 100644
--- a/octodns/provider/azuredns.py
+++ b/octodns/provider/azuredns.py
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ class AzureProvider(BaseProvider):
     '''
     SUPPORTS_GEO = False
     SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC = True
+    SUPPORTS_MUTLIVALUE_PTR = True
     SUPPORTS = set(('A', 'AAAA', 'CAA', 'CNAME', 'MX', 'NS', 'PTR', 'SRV',
                     'TXT'))
 
diff --git a/octodns/provider/ns1.py b/octodns/provider/ns1.py
index 9209ede..3bd0b54 100644
--- a/octodns/provider/ns1.py
+++ b/octodns/provider/ns1.py
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ class Ns1Provider(BaseProvider):
     '''
     SUPPORTS_GEO = True
     SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC = True
+    SUPPORTS_MUTLIVALUE_PTR = True
     SUPPORTS = set(('A', 'AAAA', 'ALIAS', 'CAA', 'CNAME', 'MX', 'NAPTR',
                     'NS', 'PTR', 'SPF', 'SRV', 'TXT', 'URLFWD'))
 
diff --git a/octodns/record/__init__.py b/octodns/record/__init__.py
index 2e17948..77663a5 100644
--- a/octodns/record/__init__.py
+++ b/octodns/record/__init__.py
@@ -1285,10 +1285,7 @@ class PtrRecord(_ValuesMixin, Record):
     # multi-value PTR records.
     @property
     def value(self):
-        if len(self.values) == 1:
-            return self.data['value']
-
-        raise AttributeError("Multi-value PTR record has no attribute 'value'")
+        return self.values[0]
 
 
 class SshfpValue(EqualityTupleMixin):
diff --git a/octodns/source/base.py b/octodns/source/base.py
index 79b5a2a..6094726 100644
--- a/octodns/source/base.py
+++ b/octodns/source/base.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
 
 class BaseSource(object):
 
+    SUPPORTS_MUTLIVALUE_PTR = False
+
     def __init__(self, id):
         self.id = id
         if not getattr(self, 'log', False):
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_record.py b/tests/test_octodns_record.py
index 2d8e000..886dbfb 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_record.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_record.py
@@ -2755,16 +2755,6 @@ class TestRecordValidation(TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(['PTR value "foo.bar" missing trailing .'],
                           ctx.exception.reasons)
 
-        # multi-value requesting single-value
-        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError) as ctx:
-            Record.new(self.zone, '', {
-                'type': 'PTR',
-                'ttl': 600,
-                'values': ['foo.com.', 'bar.net.'],
-            }).value
-        self.assertEquals("Multi-value PTR record has no attribute 'value'",
-                          text_type(ctx.exception))
-
     def test_SSHFP(self):
         # doesn't blow up
         Record.new(self.zone, '', {