diff --git a/lib/datastore/request.js b/lib/datastore/request.js
index d4556472e1d..44f86dbf70a 100644
--- a/lib/datastore/request.js
+++ b/lib/datastore/request.js
@@ -260,7 +260,15 @@ DatastoreRequest.prototype.save = function(entities, callback) {
           data.value = entity.valueToProperty(data.value);
 
           if (util.is(data.excludeFromIndexes, 'boolean')) {
-            data.value.indexed = !data.excludeFromIndexes;
+            var indexed = !data.excludeFromIndexes;
+
+            if (util.is(data.value.list_value, 'array')) {
+              data.value.list_value =
+                data.value.list_value.map(util.propAssign('indexed', indexed));
+            } else {
+              data.value.indexed = indexed;
+            }
+
             delete data.excludeFromIndexes;
           }
 
diff --git a/test/datastore/request.js b/test/datastore/request.js
index a80e6a92c64..0ca2d091896 100644
--- a/test/datastore/request.js
+++ b/test/datastore/request.js
@@ -268,6 +268,27 @@ describe('Request', function() {
       }, assert.ifError);
     });
 
+    it('should allow setting the indexed value on arrays', function(done) {
+      request.makeReq_ = function(method, req) {
+        var property = req.mutation.upsert[0].property[0];
+
+        property.value.list_value.forEach(function(value) {
+          assert.strictEqual(value.indexed, false);
+        });
+
+        done();
+      };
+
+      request.save({
+        key: key,
+        data: [{
+          name: 'name',
+          value: ['one', 'two', 'three'],
+          excludeFromIndexes: true
+        }]
+      }, assert.ifError);
+    });
+
     describe('transactions', function() {
       beforeEach(function() {
         // Trigger transaction mode.