diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index baae18f..aac9f0c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
 
 const log = logger('ipns')
 const ID_MULTIHASH_CODE = identity.code
+const DEFAULT_TTL_NS = 60 * 60 * 1e+9 // 1 Hour or 3600 Seconds
 
 export const namespace = '/ipns/'
 export const namespaceLength = namespace.length
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ export interface IDKeys {
 }
 
 export interface CreateOptions {
+  ttlNs?: number | bigint
   v1Compatible?: boolean
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +142,8 @@ export interface CreateV2Options {
 }
 
 const defaultCreateOptions: CreateOptions = {
-  v1Compatible: true
+  v1Compatible: true,
+  ttlNs: DEFAULT_TTL_NS
 }
 
 /**
@@ -167,10 +170,9 @@ export async function create (peerId: PeerId, value: CID | PeerId | string, seq:
   // Validity in ISOString with nanoseconds precision and validity type EOL
   const expirationDate = new NanoDate(Date.now() + Number(lifetime))
   const validityType = IpnsEntry.ValidityType.EOL
-  const [ms, ns] = lifetime.toString().split('.')
-  const lifetimeNs = (BigInt(ms) * BigInt(100000)) + BigInt(ns ?? '0')
+  const ttlNs = BigInt(options.ttlNs != null ? options.ttlNs : DEFAULT_TTL_NS)
 
-  return _create(peerId, value, seq, validityType, expirationDate.toString(), lifetimeNs, options)
+  return _create(peerId, value, seq, validityType, expirationDate.toString(), ttlNs, options)
 }
 
 /**
@@ -195,9 +197,7 @@ export async function createWithExpiration (peerId: PeerId, value: CID | PeerId
 export async function createWithExpiration (peerId: PeerId, value: CID | PeerId | string, seq: number | bigint, expiration: string, options: CreateOptions = defaultCreateOptions): Promise<IPNSRecord> {
   const expirationDate = NanoDate.fromString(expiration)
   const validityType = IpnsEntry.ValidityType.EOL
-
-  const ttlMs = expirationDate.toDate().getTime() - Date.now()
-  const ttlNs = (BigInt(ttlMs) * BigInt(100000)) + BigInt(expirationDate.getNano())
+  const ttlNs = BigInt(options.ttlNs != null ? options.ttlNs : DEFAULT_TTL_NS)
 
   return _create(peerId, value, seq, validityType, expirationDate.toString(), ttlNs, options)
 }
diff --git a/test/index.spec.ts b/test/index.spec.ts
index 307c0b2..1800945 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.ts
+++ b/test/index.spec.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ describe('ipns', function () {
 
   it('should create an ipns record (V1+V2) correctly', async () => {
     const sequence = 0
+    const ttl = BigInt(60 * 60 * 1e+9)
     const validity = 1000000
 
     const record = await ipns.create(peerId, contentPath, sequence, validity)
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ describe('ipns', function () {
     expect(record.validityType).to.equal(IpnsEntry.ValidityType.EOL)
     expect(record.validity).to.exist()
     expect(record.sequence).to.equal(BigInt(0))
-    expect(record.ttl).to.equal(BigInt(validity * 100000))
+    expect(record.ttl).to.equal(ttl)
     expect(record.signatureV1).to.exist()
     expect(record.signatureV2).to.exist()
     expect(record.data).to.exist()
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ describe('ipns', function () {
     expect(pb.validityType).to.equal(IpnsEntry.ValidityType.EOL)
     expect(pb.validity).to.exist()
     expect(pb.sequence).to.equal(BigInt(sequence))
-    expect(pb.ttl).to.equal(BigInt(validity * 100000))
+    expect(pb.ttl).to.equal(ttl)
     expect(pb.signatureV1).to.exist()
     expect(pb.signatureV2).to.exist()
     expect(pb.data).to.exist()
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ describe('ipns', function () {
 
   it('should create an ipns record (V2) correctly', async () => {
     const sequence = 0
+    const ttl = BigInt(60 * 60 * 1e+9)
     const validity = 1000000
 
     const record = await ipns.create(peerId, contentPath, sequence, validity, { v1Compatible: false })
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ describe('ipns', function () {
     expect(record.validityType).to.equal(IpnsEntry.ValidityType.EOL)
     expect(record.validity).to.exist()
     expect(record.sequence).to.equal(BigInt(0))
-    expect(record.ttl).to.equal(BigInt(validity * 100000))
+    expect(record.ttl).to.equal(ttl)
     expect(record.signatureV2).to.exist()
     expect(record).to.not.have.property('signatureV1')
     expect(record.data).to.exist()
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ describe('ipns', function () {
     expect(data.ValidityType).to.equal(IpnsEntry.ValidityType.EOL)
     expect(data.Validity).to.exist()
     expect(data.Sequence).to.equal(BigInt(sequence))
-    expect(data.TTL).to.equal(BigInt(validity * 100000))
+    expect(data.TTL).to.equal(ttl)
   })
 
   it('should be able to create a record (V1+V2) with a fixed expiration', async () => {
@@ -130,6 +132,43 @@ describe('ipns', function () {
     expect(data.Validity).to.equalBytes(uint8ArrayFromString(expiration))
   })
 
+  it('should be able to create a record (V1+V2) with a fixed ttl', async () => {
+    const sequence = 0
+    const ttl = BigInt(0.6e+12)
+    const validity = 1000000
+
+    const record = await ipns.create(peerId, contentPath, sequence, validity, {
+      ttlNs: ttl
+    })
+    const marshalledRecord = ipns.marshal(record)
+
+    await ipnsValidator(peerIdToRoutingKey(peerId), marshalledRecord)
+
+    const pb = IpnsEntry.decode(marshalledRecord)
+    const data = parseCborData(pb.data ?? new Uint8Array(0))
+    expect(data.TTL).to.equal(ttl)
+  })
+
+  it('should be able to create a record (V2) with a fixed ttl', async () => {
+    const sequence = 0
+    const ttl = BigInt(1.6e+12)
+    const validity = 1000000
+
+    const record = await ipns.create(peerId, contentPath, sequence, validity, {
+      ttlNs: ttl,
+      v1Compatible: false
+    })
+    const marshalledRecord = ipns.marshal(record)
+
+    await ipnsValidator(peerIdToRoutingKey(peerId), marshalledRecord)
+
+    const pb = IpnsEntry.decode(marshalledRecord)
+    expect(pb).to.not.have.property('ttl')
+
+    const data = parseCborData(pb.data ?? new Uint8Array(0))
+    expect(data.TTL).to.equal(ttl)
+  })
+
   it('should create an ipns record (V1+V2) and validate it correctly', async () => {
     const sequence = 0
     const validity = 1000000