diff --git a/modules/custom-status/custom-status.php b/modules/custom-status/custom-status.php
index c76af258..e6be914c 100644
--- a/modules/custom-status/custom-status.php
+++ b/modules/custom-status/custom-status.php
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ function install() {
 					'position' => 5,
 				),
 			),
+			array(
+				'term' => __( 'Expired', 'edit-flow' ),
+				'args' => array(
+					'slug' => 'expired',
+					'description' => __( 'Post has expired, and it has to bew updated an editor.', 'edit-flow' ),
+					'position' => 6,
+				),
+			),
 		);
 
 		// Okay, now add the default statuses to the db if they don't already exist
@@ -202,6 +210,20 @@ function upgrade( $previous_version ) {
 			// Custom status descriptions become base64_encoded, instead of maybe json_encoded.
 			$this->upgrade_074_term_descriptions( self::taxonomy_key );
 		}
+		// Upgrade path to v0.9.9
+		if ( version_compare( $previous_version, '0.9.9', '<' ) ) {
+			$expiry_custom_status = array(
+				'term' => __( 'Expired', 'edit-flow' ),
+				'args' => array(
+					'slug' => 'expired',
+					'description' => __( 'Post has expired, and it has to bew updated an editor.', 'edit-flow' ),
+					'position' => 6,
+				),
+			);
+
+			if( !term_exists( $expiry_custom_status['term'], self::taxonomy_key ) )
+				$this->add_custom_status( $expiry_custom_status['term'], $expiry_custom_status['args'] );
+		}
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/editorial-metadata/editorial-metadata.php b/modules/editorial-metadata/editorial-metadata.php
index df86e8d7..9822e44b 100644
--- a/modules/editorial-metadata/editorial-metadata.php
+++ b/modules/editorial-metadata/editorial-metadata.php
@@ -560,14 +560,20 @@ function save_meta_box( $id, $post ) {
 	}
 
 	function unpublish_post_task( $post_id ) {
+		$post_status_to_set = 'pending';
+
+		if ( $this->module_enabled( 'custom-status' ) ) {
+			$post_status_to_set	= 'expired';
+		}
+
 		// Bistro ToDo: Cancel the scheduled task to change the status of the post to pending_review.
 		$success_value = wp_update_post( array(
             'ID'          => $post_id,
-            'post_status' => 'pending'
+            'post_status' => $post_status_to_set
         ), true );
 
 		if ( is_wp_error( $success_value ) ) {
-			error_log( 'Error updating post status to pending: ' . $success_value->get_error_message() );
+			error_log( 'Error updating post status to ' . $post_status_to_set . ': ' . $success_value->get_error_message() );
 		}
 	}