diff --git a/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/FileStatusMap.php b/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/FileStatusMap.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43da305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/FileStatusMap.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\file\FileStatusMap.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\file;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a static utility class to declare a file status value to label map
+ * used to list options for a file status field or to lookup the status label
+ * for a specific status value.
+ */
+class FileStatusMap {
+  /**
+   * @see core/includes/file.inc
+   * Mirrored here for testability and encapsulation reasons.
+   */
+  const FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT = 1;
+
+  /**
+   * Looks up the label for the given status value.
+   *
+   * @param int $value
+   *   The status value for which to lookup the label.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The label for the given status value or 'Unknown' if no label was found.
+   */
+  public static function getLabel($value) {
+    $map = FileStatusMap::getValueToLabelMap();
+    return isset($map[$value]) ? $map[$value] : t('Unknown');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a map of status labels keyed by status values.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   An associative array (map) of possible status values with their
+   *   corresponding labels.
+   */
+  public static function getValueToLabelMap() {
+    return array(
+      0 => t('Temporary'),
+      // @see core/includes/file.inc
+      FileStatusMap::FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT => t('Permanent'),
+    );
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Plugin/views/field/Status.php b/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Plugin/views/field/Status.php
index cced9ea..4f4a0c6 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Plugin/views/field/Status.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Plugin/views/field/Status.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\file\Plugin\views\field;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
+use Drupal\file\FileStatusMap;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\FieldPluginBase;
 
 /**
@@ -20,17 +21,7 @@
 class Status extends FieldPluginBase {
 
   function render($values) {
-    $value = $this->getValue($values);
-    return $this->getFileStatusLabel($value);
-  }
-
-  private function getFileStatusLabel($value) {
-    $valueToLabelMap = array(
-      0 => t('Temporary'),
-      FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT => t('Permanent'),
-    );
-
-    return isset($value) && isset($valueToLabelMap[$value]) ? $valueToLabelMap[$value] : t('Unknown');
+    return FileStatusMap::getLabel($this->getValue($values));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Plugin/views/filter/Status.php b/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Plugin/views/filter/Status.php
index 487efe8..2627b1c 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Plugin/views/filter/Status.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Plugin/views/filter/Status.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\file\Plugin\views\filter;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
+use Drupal\file\FileStatusMap;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\filter\InOperator;
 
 /**
@@ -21,10 +22,7 @@ class Status extends InOperator {
 
   public function getValueOptions() {
     if (!isset($this->value_options)) {
-      $this->value_options = array(
-        0 => t('Temporary'),
-        FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT => t('Permanent'),
-      );
+      $this->value_options = FileStatusMap::getValueToLabelMap();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/file/tests/Drupal/file/Tests/FileStatusMapTest.php b/core/modules/file/tests/Drupal/file/Tests/FileStatusMapTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd4ea76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/file/tests/Drupal/file/Tests/FileStatusMapTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\file\Tests\FileStatusMapTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\file\Tests {
+
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+use Drupal\file\FileStatusMap;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for file status map utility methods.
+ *
+ * @group File API
+ */
+class FileStatusMapTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'FileStatusMap tests',
+      'description' => 'Tests the FileStatusMap utility class.',
+      'group' => 'File API',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests if the FileStatusMap::FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT equals the expected
+   * value.
+   */
+  public function testFileStatusPermanentConstant() {
+    $this->assertEquals(1, FileStatusMap::FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT, "The FileStatusMap::FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT const doesn't equal 1 as expected");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests if the FileStatusMap::getValueToLabelMap() method returns the map
+   * as expected.
+   */
+  public function testGetValueToLabelMap() {
+    $expectedMap = array(
+      0 => t('Temporary'),
+      FileStatusMap::FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT => t('Permanent'),
+    );
+
+    $this->assertEquals($expectedMap, FileStatusMap::getValueToLabelMap(), "The FileStatusMap::getValueToLabelMap() method doesn't return the same map as expected.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests if the FileStatusMap::getLabel() method returns the correct labels
+   * for a given set of test status values.
+   */
+  public function testGetLabel() {
+    $this->assertEquals(t('Temporary'), FileStatusMap::getLabel(0), "The FileStatusMap::getLabel() method doesn't return 'Temporary' as the label for a status value of 0 as expected.");
+    $this->assertEquals(t('Permanent'), FileStatusMap::getLabel(FileStatusMap::FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT), "The FileStatusMap::getLabel() method doesn't return 'Permanent' as the label for a status value of FileStatusMap::FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT as expected.");
+    $this->assertEquals(t('Unknown'), FileStatusMap::getLabel(-1), "The FileStatusMap::getLabel() method doesn't return 'Unknown' as the label for a status value of -1 as expected.");
+  }
+}
+
+}
+
+// @todo Remove this once t() is converted to a service.
+namespace {
+  if (!function_exists('t')) {
+    function t($string) {
+      return $string;
+    }
+  }
+}