diff --git a/deploy_services_client.client.inc b/deploy_services_client.client.inc
index 00ca01f..6681007 100644
--- a/deploy_services_client.client.inc
+++ b/deploy_services_client.client.inc
@@ -225,17 +225,29 @@ class DeployServicesClient {
     $entity_to_send = reset($entities_to_send);
 
     // Bail out if we don't have a status property.
-    if (!isset($entity_to_send->status)) {
+    if (!isset($entity_to_send->status) && $entity->type() != 'menu_link') {
       throw new DeployServiceException(t('Entity of type "@type" with UUID "@uuid" did not have a "status" property and could not be unpublished.', array(
         '@type' => $entity->type(),
         '@uuid' => $entity->uuid->value(),
       )));
     }
+    else if (!isset($entity_to_send->hidden) && $entity->type() == 'menu_link') {
+      throw new DeployServiceException(t('Entity of type "@type" with UUID "@uuid" did not have a "hidden" property and could not be unpublished.', array(
+        '@type' => $entity->type(),
+        '@uuid' => $entity->uuid->value(),
+      )));
+    }
 
-    // Set the status to unpublished and send the request.
+    // Set the status to unpublished / hidden (menu_link) and send the request.
     // @todo: We'd like to return something here to indicate success or
     //   failure, but it's not clear what to return.
-    $entity_to_send->status = 0;
+    if ($entity->type() == 'menu_link') {
+      $entity_to_send->hidden = 1;
+    }
+    else {
+      $entity_to_send->status = 0;
+    }
+
     $json_data = drupal_json_encode($entity_to_send);
     $this->entityRequest($entity, 'PUT', $json_data);
   }
diff --git a/deploy_services_client.module b/deploy_services_client.module
index 2faf8a6..58b3469 100644
--- a/deploy_services_client.module
+++ b/deploy_services_client.module
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ function deploy_services_client_unpublish_entity_from_endpoint(EntityMetadataWra
     // @todo: If the unpublish method can be changed to have a return value, we
     //   should return that, rather than assuming the entity was always
     //   unpublished successfully.
+   $client->unpublish($entity);
+   $success = TRUE;
+  }
+  else if (($entity_data = $client->get($entity)) && !empty($entity_data['hidden']) && $entity->type() == 'menu_link') {
     $client->unpublish($entity);
     $success = TRUE;
   }