diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/SystemConfigForm.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/SystemConfigForm.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d468605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/SystemConfigForm.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\system\SystemConfigForm.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\system;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormInterface;
+
+
+/**
+ * Base class for implementing system configuration forms.
+ */
+abstract class SystemConfigForm implements FormInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Drupal\Core\Form\FormInterface::getFormID().
+   */
+  public abstract function getFormID();
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Drupal\Core\Form\FormInterface::buildForm().
+   */
+  public function buildForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
+    $form['actions']['#type'] = 'actions';
+    $form['actions']['submit'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'submit',
+      '#value' => t('Save configuration'),
+      '#button_type' => 'primary',
+    );
+
+    // By default, render the form using theme_system_settings_form().
+    $form['#theme'] = 'system_settings_form';
+
+    return $form;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Drupal\Core\Form\FormInterface::validateForm().
+   */
+  public function validateForm(array &$form, array &$form_state) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Drupal\Core\Form\FormInterface::submitForm().
+   */
+  public function submitForm(array &$form, array &$form_state) {
+    drupal_set_message(t('The configuration options have been saved.'));
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Form/SystemConfigFormTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Form/SystemConfigFormTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d361d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Form/SystemConfigFormTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\system\Tests\Form\SystemConfigFormTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Form;
+
+use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
+use Drupal\form_test\SystemConfigFormTestForm;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the SystemConfigForm base class.
+ */
+class SystemConfigFormTest extends WebTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('form_test');
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'SystemConfigmForm tests',
+      'description' => 'Tests the SystemConfigForm base class.',
+      'group' => 'Form API',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the SystemConfigForm base class.
+   */
+  function testSystemConfigForm() {
+    $this->drupalGet('form-test/system-config-form');
+    $element = $this->xpath('//div[@id = :id]/input[contains(@class, :class)]', array(':id' => 'edit-actions', ':class' => 'button-primary'));
+    $this->assertTrue($element, 'The primary action submit button was found.');
+    $this->drupalPost(NULL, array(), t('Save configuration'));
+    $this->assertText(t('The configuration options have been saved.'));
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/form_test/form_test.module b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/form_test/form_test.module
index f85fd6d..fe5d999 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/form_test/form_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/form_test/form_test.module
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\form_test\Callbacks;
 use Drupal\form_test\FormTestObject;
+use Drupal\form_test\SystemConfigFormTestForm;
 use Drupal\Core\Datetime\DrupalDateTime;
 
 /**
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@ function form_test_menu() {
     'access callback' => TRUE,
     'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
   );
+  $items['form-test/system-config-form'] = array(
+    'title' => 'Form object builder test',
+    'page callback' => 'form_test_system_config_form',
+    'access callback' => TRUE,
+    'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
+  );
   $items['form-test/validate-required'] = array(
     'title' => 'Form #required validation',
     'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
@@ -377,6 +384,13 @@ function form_test_object_builder() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Page callback: Displays a form built from SystemConfigForm.
+ */
+function form_test_system_config_form() {
+  return drupal_get_form(new SystemConfigFormTestForm());
+}
+
+/**
  * Form submit handler to return form values as JSON.
  */
 function _form_test_submit_values_json($form, &$form_state) {
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/form_test/lib/Drupal/form_test/SystemConfigFormTestForm.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/form_test/lib/Drupal/form_test/SystemConfigFormTestForm.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d95b42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/form_test/lib/Drupal/form_test/SystemConfigFormTestForm.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\form_test\SystemConfigFormTestForm.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\form_test;
+
+use Drupal\system\SystemConfigForm;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the SystemConfigForm base class.
+ */
+class SystemConfigFormTestForm extends SystemConfigForm {
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Form\FormInterface::getFormID().
+   */
+  public function getFormID() {
+    return 'form_test_system_config_test_form';
+  }
+
+}