diff --git a/plugins/modules/route53.py b/plugins/modules/route53.py
index 43b17a44f5b..84a8dc997fb 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/route53.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/route53.py
@@ -424,6 +424,17 @@ def get_zone_id_by_name(route53, module, zone_name, want_private, want_vpc_id):
     return None
 
 
+def get_hosted_zone_nameservers(route53, zone_id):
+    hosted_zone_name = route53.get_hosted_zone(aws_retry=True, Id=zone_id)['HostedZone']['Name']
+    resource_records_sets = _list_record_sets(route53, HostedZoneId=zone_id)
+
+    nameservers_records = list(
+        filter(lambda record: record['Name'] == hosted_zone_name and record['Type'] == 'NS', resource_records_sets)
+    )[0]['ResourceRecords']
+
+    return [ns_record['Value'] for ns_record in nameservers_records]
+
+
 def main():
     argument_spec = dict(
         state=dict(type='str', required=True, choices=['absent', 'create', 'delete', 'get', 'present'], aliases=['command']),
@@ -565,7 +576,7 @@ def main():
             ns = aws_record.get('values', [])
         else:
             # Retrieve name servers associated to the zone.
-            ns = route53.get_hosted_zone(aws_retry=True, Id=zone_id)['DelegationSet']['NameServers']
+            ns = get_hosted_zone_nameservers(route53, zone_id)
 
         module.exit_json(changed=False, set=aws_record, nameservers=ns)
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/route53/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/route53/tasks/main.yml
index de332a7ba0c..a770eba2f28 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/route53/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/route53/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@
         - qdn is not failed
         - qdn is changed
 
+  - name: Get A record using 'get' method of route53 module
+    route53:
+      state: get
+      zone: "{{ zone_one }}"
+      record: "qdn_test.{{ zone_one }}"
+      type: A
+    register: get_result
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - get_result.nameservers|length > 0
+        - get_result.set.Name == "qdn_test.{{ zone_one }}"
+        - get_result.set.ResourceRecords[0].Value == "1.2.3.4"
+        - get_result.set.Type == "A"
+
   - name: Create same A record using zone non-qualified domain
     route53:
       state: present