diff --git a/modules/entity/entity.controller.inc b/modules/entity/entity.controller.inc
index 8a34207..b441acb 100644
--- a/modules/entity/entity.controller.inc
+++ b/modules/entity/entity.controller.inc
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ class DrupalDefaultEntityController implements DrupalEntityControllerInterface {
       $entities = $passed_ids;
     }
 
+    // Store the entity type in each entity.
+    foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+      $entity->entity_type = $this->entityType;
+    }
+
     return $entities;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/entity/tests/entity_crud_hook_test.test b/modules/entity/tests/entity_crud_hook_test.test
index 3f18fc8..a63d02d 100644
--- a/modules/entity/tests/entity_crud_hook_test.test
+++ b/modules/entity/tests/entity_crud_hook_test.test
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ class EntityCrudHookTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_entity_load called for type comment');
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_comment_load called');
 
+    // Check that the entity type is set correctly.
+    $this->assertEqual($comment->entity_type, 'comment', t('Entity type is set to %type', array('%type' => 'comment')));
+
     $_SESSION['entity_crud_hook_test'] = array();
     $comment->subject = 'New subject';
     comment_save($comment);
@@ -137,6 +140,9 @@ class EntityCrudHookTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_entity_load called for type file');
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_file_load called');
 
+    // Check that the entity type is set correctly.
+    $this->assertEqual($file->entity_type, 'file', t('Entity type is set to %type', array('%type' => 'file')));
+
     $_SESSION['entity_crud_hook_test'] = array();
     $file->filename = 'new.entity_crud_hook_test.file';
     file_save($file);
@@ -183,6 +189,9 @@ class EntityCrudHookTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_entity_load called for type node');
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_node_load called');
 
+    // Check that the entity type is set correctly.
+    $this->assertEqual($node->entity_type, 'node', t('Entity type is set to %type', array('%type' => 'node')));
+
     $_SESSION['entity_crud_hook_test'] = array();
     $node->title = 'New title';
     node_save($node);
@@ -231,6 +240,9 @@ class EntityCrudHookTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_entity_load called for type taxonomy_term');
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_taxonomy_term_load called');
 
+    // Check that the entity type is set correctly.
+    $this->assertEqual($term->entity_type, 'taxonomy_term', t('Entity type is set to %type', array('%type' => 'taxonomy_term')));
+
     $_SESSION['entity_crud_hook_test'] = array();
     $term->name = 'New name';
     taxonomy_term_save($term);
@@ -271,6 +283,9 @@ class EntityCrudHookTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_entity_load called for type taxonomy_vocabulary');
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_taxonomy_vocabulary_load called');
 
+    // Check that the entity type is set correctly.
+    $this->assertEqual($vocabulary->entity_type, 'taxonomy_vocabulary', t('Entity type is set to %type', array('%type' => 'taxonomy_vocabulary')));
+
     $_SESSION['entity_crud_hook_test'] = array();
     $vocabulary->name = 'New name';
     taxonomy_vocabulary_save($vocabulary);
@@ -313,6 +328,9 @@ class EntityCrudHookTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_entity_load called for type user');
     $this->assertHookMessage('entity_crud_hook_test_user_load called');
 
+    // Check that the entity type is set correctly.
+    $this->assertEqual($account->entity_type, 'user', t('Entity type is set to %type', array('%type' => 'user')));
+
     $_SESSION['entity_crud_hook_test'] = array();
     $edit['name'] = 'New name';
     $account = user_save($account, $edit);