diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link_content/menu_link_content.install b/core/modules/menu_link_content/menu_link_content.install
index 6086ac08f5..d59cfc484d 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link_content/menu_link_content.install
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link_content/menu_link_content.install
@@ -5,9 +5,23 @@
  * Install, update and uninstall functions for the menu_link_content module.
  */
 
+use Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition;
+
 /**
  * Implements hook_update_last_removed().
  */
 function menu_link_content_update_last_removed() {
   return 8601;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_update_N().
+ */
+function menu_link_content_update_8602() {
+  $new_menu_storage_definition = BaseFieldDefinition::create('entity_reference')
+    ->setLabel(t('Menu'))
+    ->setDescription(t('The menu this link is part of.'));
+  $entityUpdateManager = \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager();
+
+  $entityUpdateManager->installFieldStorageDefinition('menu', 'menu_link_content', 'menu_link_content', $new_menu_storage_definition);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/Entity/MenuLinkContent.php b/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/Entity/MenuLinkContent.php
index 90ff62eaea..3c48a79bb5 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/Entity/MenuLinkContent.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/Entity/MenuLinkContent.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition;
 use Drupal\link\LinkItemInterface;
 use Drupal\menu_link_content\MenuLinkContentInterface;
+use Drupal\system\MenuInterface;
 
 /**
  * Defines the menu link content entity class.
@@ -83,6 +84,14 @@ public function setInsidePlugin() {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
+  public function setMenu(MenuInterface $menu) {
+    $this->set('menu', $menu->id());
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function getTitle() {
     return $this->get('title')->value;
   }
@@ -104,6 +113,13 @@ public function getMenuName() {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
+  public function getMenu() {
+    return $this->get('menu')->entity;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function getDescription() {
     return $this->get('description')->value;
   }
@@ -168,6 +184,7 @@ public function getPluginDefinition() {
     }
 
     $definition['title'] = $this->getTitle();
+    $definition['menu'] = $this->getMenu();
     $definition['description'] = $this->getDescription();
     $definition['weight'] = $this->getWeight();
     $definition['id'] = $this->getPluginId();
@@ -323,6 +340,10 @@ public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
       ->setDefaultValue('tools')
       ->setSetting('is_ascii', TRUE);
 
+    $fields['menu'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('entity_reference')
+      ->setLabel(t('Menu'))
+      ->setDescription(t('The menu this link is part of.'));
+
     $fields['link'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('link')
       ->setLabel(t('Link'))
       ->setDescription(t('The location this menu link points to.'))
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/MenuLinkContentInterface.php b/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/MenuLinkContentInterface.php
index 583d162097..5acdb518d0 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/MenuLinkContentInterface.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/MenuLinkContentInterface.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityChangedInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityPublishedInterface;
+use Drupal\system\MenuInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\RevisionLogInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -18,6 +19,16 @@
   public function setInsidePlugin();
 
   /**
+   * Sets the menu entity of the custom menu link.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\system\MenuInterface $menu
+   *   The menu entity.
+   *
+   * @return $this
+   */
+  public function setMenu(MenuInterface $menu);
+
+  /**
    * Gets the title of the menu link.
    *
    * @return string
@@ -42,6 +53,14 @@ public function getUrlObject();
   public function getMenuName();
 
   /**
+   * Gets the menu entity of the custom menu link.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\system\MenuInterface
+   *   The menu entity.
+   */
+  public function getMenu();
+
+  /**
    * Gets the description of the menu link for the UI.
    *
    * @return string