diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/MenuLinkItem.php b/core/modules/menu_link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/MenuLinkItem.php
index c1e1c8a..44591ed 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/MenuLinkItem.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/MenuLinkItem.php
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
  *         "title", "description", "weight"
  *       }
  *     },
+ *     "menu_name-parent" = {
+ *       "label" = @Translation("Menu name and parent"),
+ *       "translatable" = FALSE,
+ *       "columns" = {
+ *         "menu_name", "parent"
+ *       }
+ *     },
  *   },
  *   list_class = "\Drupal\menu_link\Plugin\Field\MenuLinkItemList",
  * )
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/src/Tests/MenuLinkApiTest.php b/core/modules/menu_link/src/Tests/MenuLinkApiTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a5e64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/src/Tests/MenuLinkApiTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\menu_link\Tests\MenuLinkApiTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\menu_link\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTestMul;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldConfig;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig;
+use Drupal\language\Entity\ConfigurableLanguage;
+use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests menu link entity saving.
+ *
+ * @group menu_link
+ */
+class MenuLinkApiTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  public static $modules = ['menu_link', 'entity_test', 'field', 'language', 'user', 'system', 'content_translation'];
+
+  /**
+   * The field storage.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig
+   */
+  protected $fieldStorage;
+
+  /**
+   * @var \Drupal\field\Entity\FieldConfig
+   */
+  protected $field;
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->installEntitySchema('entity_test_mul');
+    $this->installSchema('content_translation', 'content_translation');
+
+    $this->fieldStorage = FieldStorageConfig::create([
+      'field_name' => 'field_menu',
+      'entity_type' => 'entity_test_mul',
+      'type' => 'menu_link',
+    ]);
+    $this->fieldStorage->save();
+    $this->field = FieldConfig::create([
+      'field_name' => 'field_menu',
+      'entity_type' => 'entity_test_mul',
+      'bundle' => 'entity_test_mul',
+      'label' => 'menu',
+      'required' => TRUE,
+    ]);
+
+
+    \Drupal::state()->set('entity_test_mul.bundles', ['entity_test_mul' => ['translatable' => TRUE]]);
+
+    $groups = [
+      'menu_name-parent' => 0,
+    ];
+    $this->field->setThirdPartySetting('content_translation', 'translation_sync', $groups);
+    $this->field->save();
+  }
+
+  public function testTranslationSaving() {
+    \Drupal::state()->set('entity_test_mul.bundles', ['entity_test_mul' => ['translatable' => TRUE]]);
+    \Drupal::service('content_translation.manager')->setEnabled('entity_test_mul', 'entity_test_mul', TRUE);
+    \Drupal::entityManager()->clearCachedBundles();
+
+    // Add an additional language.
+    ConfigurableLanguage::createFromLangcode('fr')->save();
+
+    $entity = EntityTestMul::create(['bundle' => 'entity_test']);
+    $entity->save();
+
+    $entity->field_menu->title = 'Menu link title';
+    $entity->field_menu->description = 'test description';
+    $entity->field_menu->menu_name = 'admin';
+    $entity->field_menu->parent = 'system.admin';
+
+    $entity_translation = $entity->getTranslation('fr');
+    $entity_translation->save();
+
+    // Ensure that values are synched between the translation and the original.
+    $entity_translation->field_menu->parent = 'system.admin_content';
+    $entity_translation->save();
+
+    $entity = EntityTestMul::load($entity->id());
+    $entity_translation = $entity->getTranslation('fr');
+
+    debug($entity->field_menu->parent);
+    debug($entity_translation->field_menu->parent);
+  }
+
+}