diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service.go
index 81fae26f..58d77e6a 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service.go
@@ -333,6 +333,34 @@ func (r *partitionResource) updatePartition(request *restful.Request, response *
 		newPartition.BootConfiguration.CommandLine = *requestPayload.PartitionBootConfiguration.CommandLine
 	}
 
+	if requestPayload.DNSServers != nil {
+		newPartition.DNSServers = metal.DNSServers{}
+		for _, s := range requestPayload.DNSServers {
+			newPartition.DNSServers = append(newPartition.DNSServers, metal.DNSServer{
+				IP: s.IP,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if requestPayload.NTPServers != nil {
+		newPartition.NTPServers = metal.NTPServers{}
+		for _, s := range requestPayload.NTPServers {
+			newPartition.NTPServers = append(newPartition.NTPServers, metal.NTPServer{
+				Address: s.Address,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := newPartition.DNSServers.Validate(); err != nil {
+		r.sendError(request, response, httperrors.BadRequest(err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := newPartition.NTPServers.Validate(); err != nil {
+		r.sendError(request, response, httperrors.BadRequest(err))
+		return
+	}
+
 	err = r.ds.UpdatePartition(oldPartition, &newPartition)
 	if err != nil {
 		r.sendError(request, response, httperrors.BadRequest(err))
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service_test.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service_test.go
index 06a03275..1d57dab2 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service_test.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/partition-service_test.go
@@ -224,6 +224,17 @@ func TestUpdatePartition(t *testing.T) {
 		PartitionBootConfiguration: &v1.PartitionBootConfiguration{
 			ImageURL: &downloadableFile,
 		},
+		NTPServers: []v1.NTPServer{
+			{
+				Address: "ntp.address1",
+			},
+			{
+				Address: "ntp.address2",
+			},
+			{
+				Address: "ntp.address3",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	js, err := json.Marshal(updateRequest)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -246,6 +257,17 @@ func TestUpdatePartition(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, testdata.Partition2.Description, *result.Description)
 	require.Equal(t, mgmtService, *result.MgmtServiceAddress)
 	require.Equal(t, downloadableFile, *result.PartitionBootConfiguration.ImageURL)
+	require.Equal(t, []v1.NTPServer{
+		{
+			Address: "ntp.address1",
+		},
+		{
+			Address: "ntp.address2",
+		},
+		{
+			Address: "ntp.address3",
+		},
+	}, result.NTPServers)
 }
 
 func TestPartitionCapacity(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/partition.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/partition.go
index 0e5d3cec..fc0c7e96 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/partition.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/v1/partition.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ type PartitionBase struct {
 	MgmtServiceAddress         *string           `json:"mgmtserviceaddress" description:"the address to the management service of this partition" optional:"true"`
 	PrivateNetworkPrefixLength *int              `json:"privatenetworkprefixlength" description:"the length of private networks for the machine's child networks in this partition, default 22" optional:"true" minimum:"16" maximum:"30"`
 	Labels                     map[string]string `json:"labels" description:"free labels that you associate with this partition" optional:"true"`
-	DNSServers                 []DNSServer       `json:"dns_servers" description:"the dns servers for this partition" optional:"true"`
-	NTPServers                 []NTPServer       `json:"ntp_servers" description:"the ntp servers for this partition" optional:"true"`
+	DNSServers                 []DNSServer       `json:"dns_servers,omitempty" description:"the dns servers for this partition" optional:"true"`
+	NTPServers                 []NTPServer       `json:"ntp_servers,omitempty" description:"the ntp servers for this partition" optional:"true"`
 }
 
 type PartitionBootConfiguration struct {
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ type PartitionUpdateRequest struct {
 	MgmtServiceAddress         *string                     `json:"mgmtserviceaddress" description:"the address to the management service of this partition" optional:"true"`
 	PartitionBootConfiguration *PartitionBootConfiguration `json:"bootconfig" description:"the boot configuration of this partition" optional:"true"`
 	Labels                     map[string]string           `json:"labels" description:"free labels that you associate with this partition" optional:"true"`
+	DNSServers                 []DNSServer                 `json:"dns_servers" description:"the dns servers for this partition"`
+	NTPServers                 []NTPServer                 `json:"ntp_servers" description:"the ntp servers for this partition"`
 }
 
 type PartitionResponse struct {
diff --git a/spec/metal-api.json b/spec/metal-api.json
index 79df1274..721eea9f 100644
--- a/spec/metal-api.json
+++ b/spec/metal-api.json
@@ -4311,6 +4311,13 @@
           "description": "a description for this entity",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "dns_servers": {
+          "description": "the dns servers for this partition",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.DNSServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
         "id": {
           "description": "the unique ID of this entity",
           "type": "string"
@@ -4329,10 +4336,19 @@
         "name": {
           "description": "a readable name for this entity",
           "type": "string"
+        },
+        "ntp_servers": {
+          "description": "the ntp servers for this partition",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1.NTPServer"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
         }
       },
       "required": [
-        "id"
+        "dns_servers",
+        "id",
+        "ntp_servers"
       ]
     },
     "v1.PowerMetric": {