diff --git a/lib/datastore/request.js b/lib/datastore/request.js
index d4556472e1d..2576ee414d7 100644
--- a/lib/datastore/request.js
+++ b/lib/datastore/request.js
@@ -260,10 +260,17 @@ DatastoreRequest.prototype.save = function(entities, callback) {
           data.value = entity.valueToProperty(data.value);
 
           if (util.is(data.excludeFromIndexes, 'boolean')) {
-            data.value.indexed = !data.excludeFromIndexes;
+            
+            if(util.is(data.value.list_value, 'array')){
+              
+              for(var listValueIndex in data.value.list_value){
+                data.value.list_value[listValueIndex]['indexed'] = !data.excludeFromIndexes
+              }
+            } else {
+              data.value.indexed = !data.excludeFromIndexes;
+            }
             delete data.excludeFromIndexes;
           }
-
           return data;
         });
       } else {