diff --git a/lib/datastore/dataset.js b/lib/datastore/dataset.js
index ed0e71b3db8..bd332d3380e 100644
--- a/lib/datastore/dataset.js
+++ b/lib/datastore/dataset.js
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ function Dataset(options) {
  *
  * You may also specify a configuration object to define a namespace and path.
  *
+ * Once you have created a Key object, all properties (namespace, path, and id)
+ * are read-only. You can access them from the returned Key object: `key.id`,
+ * `key.namespace`, and `key.path` will return their respective components.
+ *
  * @example
  * var key;
  *
diff --git a/lib/datastore/entity.js b/lib/datastore/entity.js
index c73c042836c..df035e25f24 100644
--- a/lib/datastore/entity.js
+++ b/lib/datastore/entity.js
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ var SIGN_TO_ORDER = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Build a Datastore Key object.
+ * Build a Datastore Key object. Keys components should only be specified during
+ * instantiation. They are read-only via properties on the returned Key object.
  *
  * @constructor
  * @param {object} - Configuration object.
@@ -74,10 +75,25 @@ var SIGN_TO_ORDER = {
  *   namespace: 'ns',
  *   path: ['Company', 123]
  * });
+ *
+ * // key.id = 123
+ * // key.namespace = 'ns'
+ * // key.path = ['Company', 123]
  */
 function Key(options) {
   this.namespace_ = options.namespace;
   this.path_ = options.path;
+  this.id_ = options.path[options.path.length - 1];
+
+  Object.defineProperties(this,
+      ['namespace', 'path', 'id'].reduce(function(acc, key) {
+        acc[key] = {
+          value: this[key + '_'],
+          writable: false
+        };
+        return acc;
+      }.bind(this), {})
+  );
 }
 
 module.exports.Key = Key;
diff --git a/test/datastore/entity.js b/test/datastore/entity.js
index f3a789b3677..4e520280737 100644
--- a/test/datastore/entity.js
+++ b/test/datastore/entity.js
@@ -120,6 +120,28 @@ var queryFilterProto = {
   group_by: []
 };
 
+describe('Key', function() {
+  var path = ['Kind', 23];
+  var id = path[path.length  - 1];
+  var key = new entity.Key({
+    path: ['Kind', 23]
+  });
+
+  it('should expose internal Key values', function() {
+    assert.strictEqual(key.namespace, undefined);
+    assert.deepEqual(key.path, path);
+    assert.equal(key.id, id);
+  });
+
+  it('should protect internal Key values', function() {
+    ['namespace', 'path', 'id'].forEach(function(property) {
+      assert.throws(function() {
+        key[property] = 'overriden value';
+      }, /Cannot assign/);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe('registerKind', function() {
   it('should be able to register valid field metadata', function(done) {
     entity.registerKind('namespace', 'kind', blogPostMetadata);