diff --git a/rate_limiting.go b/rate_limiting.go
index 253c44b1fe..e3eb3e2e7b 100644
--- a/rate_limiting.go
+++ b/rate_limiting.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type RateLimit struct {
 	Threshold   int                     `json:"threshold"`
 	Period      int                     `json:"period"`
 	Action      RateLimitAction         `json:"action"`
-	Correlate   RateLimitCorrelate      `json:"correlate"`
+	Correlate   *RateLimitCorrelate     `json:"correlate,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // RateLimitTrafficMatcher contains the rules that will be used to apply a rate limit to traffic
diff --git a/rate_limiting_example_test.go b/rate_limiting_example_test.go
index a1f47a9ab6..52b1db5555 100644
--- a/rate_limiting_example_test.go
+++ b/rate_limiting_example_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var exampleNewRateLimit = cloudflare.RateLimit{
 		Mode:    "ban",
 		Timeout: 60,
 	},
-	Correlate: cloudflare.RateLimitCorrelate{
+	Correlate: &cloudflare.RateLimitCorrelate{
 		By: "nat",
 	},
 }
diff --git a/rate_limiting_test.go b/rate_limiting_test.go
index fac36052fc..50c9d099dc 100644
--- a/rate_limiting_test.go
+++ b/rate_limiting_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ var expectedRateLimitStruct = RateLimit{
 		Mode:    "ban",
 		Timeout: 60,
 	},
-	Correlate: RateLimitCorrelate{
+	Correlate: &RateLimitCorrelate{
 		By: "nat",
 	},
 }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ var expectedRateLimitStructUpdated = RateLimit{
 		Mode:    "ban",
 		Timeout: 60,
 	},
-	Correlate: RateLimitCorrelate{
+	Correlate: &RateLimitCorrelate{
 		By: "nat",
 	},
 }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func TestCreateRateLimit(t *testing.T) {
 			Mode:    "ban",
 			Timeout: 60,
 		},
-		Correlate: RateLimitCorrelate{
+		Correlate: &RateLimitCorrelate{
 			By: "nat",
 		},
 	}