diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06e8c55e..687643db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## unreleased
 
 - #310 Add BillingHistory service and List endpoint - @rbutler
+- #316 load balancers: add new enable_backend_keepalive field - @anitgandhi
 
 ## [v1.32.0] - 2020-03-04
 
diff --git a/load_balancers.go b/load_balancers.go
index b5c1731b..86e9776f 100644
--- a/load_balancers.go
+++ b/load_balancers.go
@@ -28,22 +28,23 @@ type LoadBalancersService interface {
 // LoadBalancer represents a DigitalOcean load balancer configuration.
 // Tags can only be provided upon the creation of a Load Balancer.
 type LoadBalancer struct {
-	ID                  string           `json:"id,omitempty"`
-	Name                string           `json:"name,omitempty"`
-	IP                  string           `json:"ip,omitempty"`
-	Algorithm           string           `json:"algorithm,omitempty"`
-	Status              string           `json:"status,omitempty"`
-	Created             string           `json:"created_at,omitempty"`
-	ForwardingRules     []ForwardingRule `json:"forwarding_rules,omitempty"`
-	HealthCheck         *HealthCheck     `json:"health_check,omitempty"`
-	StickySessions      *StickySessions  `json:"sticky_sessions,omitempty"`
-	Region              *Region          `json:"region,omitempty"`
-	DropletIDs          []int            `json:"droplet_ids,omitempty"`
-	Tag                 string           `json:"tag,omitempty"`
-	Tags                []string         `json:"tags,omitempty"`
-	RedirectHttpToHttps bool             `json:"redirect_http_to_https,omitempty"`
-	EnableProxyProtocol bool             `json:"enable_proxy_protocol,omitempty"`
-	VPCUUID             string           `json:"vpc_uuid,omitempty"`
+	ID                     string           `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Name                   string           `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	IP                     string           `json:"ip,omitempty"`
+	Algorithm              string           `json:"algorithm,omitempty"`
+	Status                 string           `json:"status,omitempty"`
+	Created                string           `json:"created_at,omitempty"`
+	ForwardingRules        []ForwardingRule `json:"forwarding_rules,omitempty"`
+	HealthCheck            *HealthCheck     `json:"health_check,omitempty"`
+	StickySessions         *StickySessions  `json:"sticky_sessions,omitempty"`
+	Region                 *Region          `json:"region,omitempty"`
+	DropletIDs             []int            `json:"droplet_ids,omitempty"`
+	Tag                    string           `json:"tag,omitempty"`
+	Tags                   []string         `json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	RedirectHttpToHttps    bool             `json:"redirect_http_to_https,omitempty"`
+	EnableProxyProtocol    bool             `json:"enable_proxy_protocol,omitempty"`
+	EnableBackendKeepalive bool             `json:"enable_backend_keepalive,omitempty"`
+	VPCUUID                string           `json:"vpc_uuid,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // String creates a human-readable description of a LoadBalancer.
@@ -59,15 +60,16 @@ func (l LoadBalancer) URN() string {
 // Modifying the returned LoadBalancerRequest will not modify the original LoadBalancer.
 func (l LoadBalancer) AsRequest() *LoadBalancerRequest {
 	r := LoadBalancerRequest{
-		Name:                l.Name,
-		Algorithm:           l.Algorithm,
-		ForwardingRules:     append([]ForwardingRule(nil), l.ForwardingRules...),
-		DropletIDs:          append([]int(nil), l.DropletIDs...),
-		Tag:                 l.Tag,
-		RedirectHttpToHttps: l.RedirectHttpToHttps,
-		EnableProxyProtocol: l.EnableProxyProtocol,
-		HealthCheck:         l.HealthCheck,
-		VPCUUID:             l.VPCUUID,
+		Name:                   l.Name,
+		Algorithm:              l.Algorithm,
+		ForwardingRules:        append([]ForwardingRule(nil), l.ForwardingRules...),
+		DropletIDs:             append([]int(nil), l.DropletIDs...),
+		Tag:                    l.Tag,
+		RedirectHttpToHttps:    l.RedirectHttpToHttps,
+		EnableProxyProtocol:    l.EnableProxyProtocol,
+		EnableBackendKeepalive: l.EnableBackendKeepalive,
+		HealthCheck:            l.HealthCheck,
+		VPCUUID:                l.VPCUUID,
 	}
 
 	if l.HealthCheck != nil {
@@ -129,18 +131,19 @@ func (s StickySessions) String() string {
 
 // LoadBalancerRequest represents the configuration to be applied to an existing or a new load balancer.
 type LoadBalancerRequest struct {
-	Name                string           `json:"name,omitempty"`
-	Algorithm           string           `json:"algorithm,omitempty"`
-	Region              string           `json:"region,omitempty"`
-	ForwardingRules     []ForwardingRule `json:"forwarding_rules,omitempty"`
-	HealthCheck         *HealthCheck     `json:"health_check,omitempty"`
-	StickySessions      *StickySessions  `json:"sticky_sessions,omitempty"`
-	DropletIDs          []int            `json:"droplet_ids,omitempty"`
-	Tag                 string           `json:"tag,omitempty"`
-	Tags                []string         `json:"tags,omitempty"`
-	RedirectHttpToHttps bool             `json:"redirect_http_to_https,omitempty"`
-	EnableProxyProtocol bool             `json:"enable_proxy_protocol,omitempty"`
-	VPCUUID             string           `json:"vpc_uuid,omitempty"`
+	Name                   string           `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Algorithm              string           `json:"algorithm,omitempty"`
+	Region                 string           `json:"region,omitempty"`
+	ForwardingRules        []ForwardingRule `json:"forwarding_rules,omitempty"`
+	HealthCheck            *HealthCheck     `json:"health_check,omitempty"`
+	StickySessions         *StickySessions  `json:"sticky_sessions,omitempty"`
+	DropletIDs             []int            `json:"droplet_ids,omitempty"`
+	Tag                    string           `json:"tag,omitempty"`
+	Tags                   []string         `json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	RedirectHttpToHttps    bool             `json:"redirect_http_to_https,omitempty"`
+	EnableProxyProtocol    bool             `json:"enable_proxy_protocol,omitempty"`
+	EnableBackendKeepalive bool             `json:"enable_backend_keepalive,omitempty"`
+	VPCUUID                string           `json:"vpc_uuid,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // String creates a human-readable description of a LoadBalancerRequest.
diff --git a/load_balancers_test.go b/load_balancers_test.go
index 16d9a43a..b31de3ee 100644
--- a/load_balancers_test.go
+++ b/load_balancers_test.go
@@ -829,9 +829,10 @@ func TestLoadBalancers_AsRequest(t *testing.T) {
 		Region: &Region{
 			Slug: "lon1",
 		},
-		RedirectHttpToHttps: true,
-		EnableProxyProtocol: true,
-		VPCUUID:             "880b7f98-f062-404d-b33c-458d545696f6",
+		RedirectHttpToHttps:    true,
+		EnableProxyProtocol:    true,
+		EnableBackendKeepalive: true,
+		VPCUUID:                "880b7f98-f062-404d-b33c-458d545696f6",
 	}
 	lb.DropletIDs = make([]int, 1, 2)
 	lb.DropletIDs[0] = 12345
@@ -867,10 +868,11 @@ func TestLoadBalancers_AsRequest(t *testing.T) {
 			CookieName:       "nomnom",
 			CookieTtlSeconds: 32,
 		},
-		DropletIDs:          []int{12345},
-		RedirectHttpToHttps: true,
-		EnableProxyProtocol: true,
-		VPCUUID:             "880b7f98-f062-404d-b33c-458d545696f6",
+		DropletIDs:             []int{12345},
+		RedirectHttpToHttps:    true,
+		EnableProxyProtocol:    true,
+		EnableBackendKeepalive: true,
+		VPCUUID:                "880b7f98-f062-404d-b33c-458d545696f6",
 	}
 
 	r := lb.AsRequest()