diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/AssetsController.php b/app/controllers/admin/AssetsController.php
index 6c2474dd21..32df7dce2a 100755
--- a/app/controllers/admin/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/AssetsController.php
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class AssetsController extends AdminController
         	$assets->RTD();
         } elseif (Input::get('Undeployable')) {
         	$assets->Undeployable();
+        } elseif (Input::get('Archived')) {
+        	$assets->Archived();
         } elseif (Input::get('Deployed')) {
         	$assets->Deployed();
         }
diff --git a/app/database/seeds/StatuslabelsSeeder.php b/app/database/seeds/StatuslabelsSeeder.php
index 6531b778dc..5ec3bf2cd8 100755
--- a/app/database/seeds/StatuslabelsSeeder.php
+++ b/app/database/seeds/StatuslabelsSeeder.php
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ class StatuslabelsSeeder extends Seeder
             'notes' => ''
         );
 
+        $status[] = array(
+            'name'      => 'Archived',
+            'created_at' => $date->modify('-10 day'),
+            'updated_at' => $date->modify('-3 day'),
+            'user_id' => 1,
+            'deleted_at' 		=> NULL,
+            'deployable'	=> 0,
+            'pending'	=> 0,
+            'archived' => 1,
+            'notes' => 'These assets are permanently undeployable'
+        );
+
 
         $status[] = array(
             'name'      => 'Out for Diagnostics',
diff --git a/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php b/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
index fb79abd560..81bbfd3fdd 100644
--- a/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
                     <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?Pending=true') }}" {{{ (Request::query('Pending') ? ' class="active"' : '') }}} >@lang('general.pending')</a></li>
                     <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?Undeployable=true') }}" {{{ (Request::query('Undeployable') ? ' class="active"' : '') }}} >@lang('general.undeployable')</a></li>
                     <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware') }}">@lang('general.list_all')</a></li>
+                    <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?Archived=true') }}" {{{ (Request::query('Archived') ? ' class="active"' : '') }}} >@lang('admin/hardware/general.archived')</a></li>
                     <li class="divider">&nbsp;</li>
                     <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware/models') }}" {{{ (Request::is('hardware/models*') ? ' class="active"' : '') }}} >@lang('general.asset_models')</a></li>
                     <li><a href="{{ URL::to('admin/settings/categories') }}" {{{ (Request::is('admin/settings/categories*') ? ' class="active"' : '') }}} >@lang('general.categories')</a></li>