diff --git a/js/EnabledComponentAPIMixin.js b/js/EnabledComponentAPIMixin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4f32aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/EnabledComponentAPIMixin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright 2020, University of Colorado Boulder
+
+/**
+ * PhET-iO API mixin EnabledComponent
+ *
+ * @author Michael Kauzmann (PhET Interactive Simulations)
+ */
+
+import PropertyAPI from '../../axon/js/PropertyAPI.js';
+import PropertyIO from '../../axon/js/PropertyIO.js';
+import merge from '../../phet-core/js/merge.js';
+import BooleanIO from '../../tandem/js/types/BooleanIO.js';
+import sun from './sun.js';
+
+const EnabledComponentAPIMixin = Type => {
+  return class extends Type {
+
+    /**
+     * @param {Object} [options]
+     */
+    constructor( options ) {
+      assert && assert( arguments.length === 0 || arguments.length === 1, '0 or 1 args expected' );
+
+      options = merge( {
+        enabledPropertyOptions: {
+          phetioFeatured: true,
+          phetioType: PropertyIO( BooleanIO )
+        }
+      }, options );
+
+      super( options );
+
+      this.enabledProperty = new PropertyAPI( options.enabledPropertyOptions );
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+sun.register( 'EnabledComponentAPIMixin', EnabledComponentAPIMixin );
+export default EnabledComponentAPIMixin;
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diff --git a/js/EnabledPhetioObject.js b/js/EnabledPhetioObject.js
index 961da6a0..7c53f01f 100644
--- a/js/EnabledPhetioObject.js
+++ b/js/EnabledPhetioObject.js
@@ -49,11 +49,15 @@ const EnabledPhetioObject = {
 
         // This phet-io support only applies to instances of PhetioObject
         if ( !ownsEnabledProperty ) {
-          assert && Tandem.PHET_IO_ENABLED && Tandem.errorOnFailedValidation() && this.isPhetioInstrumented() &&
-          assert( !!options.enabledProperty.phetioFeatured === !!this.phetioFeatured,
-            'provided enabledProperty must be phetioFeatured if this checkbox is' );
+
+          if ( Tandem.PHET_IO_ENABLED && Tandem.errorOnFailedValidation() && this.isPhetioInstrumented() ) {
+
+            assert && assert( options.enabledProperty.isPhetioInstrumented(), 'provided enabledProperty must be instrumented if this PhetioObject is.' );
+            assert && this.phetioFeatured && assert( options.enabledProperty.phetioFeatured, 'provided enabledProperty must be phetioFeatured if this PhetioObject is.' );
+          }
 
           // If enabledProperty was passed in, PhET-iO wrappers like Studio needs to know about that linkage
+          // This is supported in API.js types because in practice LinkedElementIO defer to their linked PhetioObject.
           this.enabledProperty.isPhetioInstrumented() && this.addLinkedElement( options.enabledProperty, {
             tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( EnabledComponent.ENABLED_PROPERTY_TANDEM_NAME )
           } );
diff --git a/js/SliderAPI.js b/js/SliderAPI.js
index 93948402..df016274 100644
--- a/js/SliderAPI.js
+++ b/js/SliderAPI.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import merge from '../../phet-core/js/merge.js';
 import DragListenerAPI from '../../scenery/js/listeners/DragListenerAPI.js';
 import NodeAPI from '../../scenery/js/nodes/NodeAPI.js';
+import EnabledComponentAPIMixin from './EnabledComponentAPIMixin.js';
 import SliderIO from './SliderIO.js';
 import sun from './sun.js';
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class TrackAPI extends NodeAPI {
   }
 }
 
-class SliderAPI extends NodeAPI {
+class SliderAPI extends EnabledComponentAPIMixin( NodeAPI ) {
 
   /**
    * @param {Object} [options]
@@ -52,15 +53,7 @@ class SliderAPI extends NodeAPI {
 
     super( options );
 
-    this.track = new TrackAPI( {
-
-      // TODO: this is now part of the API, but how to we tell phetioAPITest to test this arbitrarily deep tandem override for Slider, https://github.com/phetsims/phet-io/issues/1657
-      dragListenerOptions: {
-        pressActionOptions: {
-          phetioFeature: true
-        }
-      }
-    } );
+    this.track = new TrackAPI();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/js/SliderTests.js b/js/SliderTests.js
index 21d48ea8..c157e71e 100644
--- a/js/SliderTests.js
+++ b/js/SliderTests.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * @author Michael Kauzmann (PhET Interactive Simulations)
  */
 
+import BooleanProperty from '../../axon/js/BooleanProperty.js';
 import Property from '../../axon/js/Property.js';
 import Range from '../../dot/js/Range.js';
 import phetioAPITest from '../../tandem/js/phetioAPITest.js';
@@ -17,5 +18,14 @@ import SliderAPI from './SliderAPI.js';
 QUnit.module( 'Slider' );
 
 QUnit.test( 'Slider PhET-iO API validation', assert => {
-  phetioAPITest( assert, new SliderAPI(), 'slider', tandem => new HSlider( new Property( 0 ), new Range( 0, 10 ), { tandem: tandem } ) );
+  phetioAPITest( assert, new SliderAPI(), 'slider',
+    tandem => new HSlider( new Property( 0 ), new Range( 0, 10 ), { tandem: tandem } ) );
+} );
+
+QUnit.test( 'Slider PhET-iO API validation, provided enabledProperty', assert => {
+  phetioAPITest( assert, new SliderAPI(), 'slider',
+    tandem => new HSlider( new Property( 0 ), new Range( 0, 10 ), {
+      tandem: tandem,
+      enabledProperty: new BooleanProperty( false, { tandem: tandem.createTandem( 'otherEnabledProperty' ), phetioFeatured: true } )
+    } ) );
 } );
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