diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/Tests/CommentValidationTest.php b/core/modules/comment/src/Tests/CommentValidationTest.php
index 61457f4..c22e15b 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Tests/CommentValidationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Tests/CommentValidationTest.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class CommentValidationTest extends EntityUnitTestBase {
    */
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
     $this->installEntitySchema('comment');
     $this->installSchema('comment', array('comment_entity_statistics'));
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRecreateTest.php b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRecreateTest.php
index 964128f..30dfd7d 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRecreateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRecreateTest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
     $this->installEntitySchema('node');
+    $this->installConfig(array('field'));
 
     $this->copyConfig($this->container->get('config.storage'), $this->container->get('config.storage.staging'));
 
@@ -85,12 +86,12 @@ public function testRecreateEntity() {
     $content_type->save();
 
     $this->configImporter->reset();
-    // A node type, a field storage, a field, an entity view display and an
-    // entity form display will be recreated.
+    // A node type, a field, an entity view display and an entity form display
+    // will be recreated.
     $creates = $this->configImporter->getUnprocessedConfiguration('create');
     $deletes = $this->configImporter->getUnprocessedConfiguration('delete');
-    $this->assertEqual(5, count($creates), 'There are 5 configuration items to create.');
-    $this->assertEqual(5, count($deletes), 'There are 5 configuration items to delete.');
+    $this->assertEqual(4, count($creates), 'There are 4 configuration items to create.');
+    $this->assertEqual(4, count($deletes), 'There are 4 configuration items to delete.');
     $this->assertEqual(0, count($this->configImporter->getUnprocessedConfiguration('update')), 'There are no configuration items to update.');
     $this->assertIdentical($creates, array_reverse($deletes), 'Deletes and creates contain the same configuration names in opposite orders due to dependencies.');
 
diff --git a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRenameValidationTest.php b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRenameValidationTest.php
index 7dc7cd6..14ce9fd 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRenameValidationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRenameValidationTest.php
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
 
     $this->installEntitySchema('user');
     $this->installEntitySchema('node');
+    $this->installConfig(array('field'));
 
     // Set up the ConfigImporter object for testing.
     $storage_comparer = new StorageComparer(
diff --git a/core/modules/editor/src/Tests/EditorFileUsageTest.php b/core/modules/editor/src/Tests/EditorFileUsageTest.php
index fb62a09..1a6d844 100644
--- a/core/modules/editor/src/Tests/EditorFileUsageTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/editor/src/Tests/EditorFileUsageTest.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class EditorFileUsageTest extends EntityUnitTestBase {
 
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
     $this->installEntitySchema('file');
     $this->installSchema('node', array('node_access'));
     $this->installSchema('file', array('file_usage'));
diff --git a/core/modules/field/config/schema/field.schema.yml b/core/modules/field/config/schema/field.schema.yml
index 862f40a..184dc2f 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/config/schema/field.schema.yml
+++ b/core/modules/field/config/schema/field.schema.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ field.storage.*.*:
           sequence:
             - type: ignore
               label: 'Index'
+    persist_with_no_fields:
+      type: boolean
+      label: 'Persist field storage with no fields'
 
 field.field.*.*.*:
   type: field_config_base
diff --git a/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldConfig.php b/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldConfig.php
index ec75234..87f4400 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldConfig.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldConfig.php
@@ -215,11 +215,12 @@ public static function postDelete(EntityStorageInterface $storage, array $fields
       return;
     }
 
-    // Delete field storages that have no more fields.
+    // Delete the associated field storages if they are not used anymore and are
+    // not persistent.
     $storages_to_delete = array();
     foreach ($fields as $field) {
       $storage_definition = $field->getFieldStorageDefinition();
-      if (!$field->deleted && empty($field->noFieldDelete) && !$field->isUninstalling() && count($storage_definition->getBundles()) == 0) {
+      if (!$field->deleted && empty($field->noFieldDelete) && !$field->isUninstalling() && $storage_definition->isDeletable()) {
         // Key by field UUID to avoid deleting the same storage twice.
         $storages_to_delete[$storage_definition->uuid()] = $storage_definition;
       }
diff --git a/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldStorageConfig.php b/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldStorageConfig.php
index 29794c7..6b89e38 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldStorageConfig.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldStorageConfig.php
@@ -134,6 +134,21 @@ class FieldStorageConfig extends ConfigEntityBase implements FieldStorageConfigI
   public $locked = FALSE;
 
   /**
+   * Flag indicating whether the field storage should be deleted when orphaned.
+   *
+   * By default field storages for configurable fields are removed when there
+   * are no remaining fields using them. If multiple modules provide bundles
+   * which need to use the same field storage then setting this to TRUE will
+   * preserve the field storage regardless of what happens to the bundles. The
+   * classic use case for this is node body field storage since Book, Forum, the
+   * Standard profile and bundle (node type) creation through the UI all use
+   * same field storage.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  protected $persist_with_no_fields = FALSE;
+
+  /**
    * The custom storage indexes for the field data storage.
    *
    * This set of indexes is merged with the "default" indexes specified by the
@@ -733,4 +748,13 @@ public static function loadByName($entity_type_id, $field_name) {
     return \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('field_storage_config')->load($entity_type_id . '.' . $field_name);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function isDeletable() {
+    // The field storage is not deleted, is configured to be removed when there
+    // are no fields and the field storage has no bundles.
+    return !$this->deleted && !$this->persist_with_no_fields && count($this->getBundles()) == 0;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/field/src/FieldStorageConfigInterface.php b/core/modules/field/src/FieldStorageConfigInterface.php
index 4f4eb04..de0406b 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/src/FieldStorageConfigInterface.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/src/FieldStorageConfigInterface.php
@@ -31,4 +31,12 @@ public function getBundles();
    */
   public function isLocked();
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if the field storage can be deleted.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if the field storage can be deleted.
+   */
+  public function isDeletable();
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/config/install/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import.yml b/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/config/install/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import.yml
index 33fdf52..01e9b2a 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/config/install/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import.yml
+++ b/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/config/install/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ dependencies:
   module:
     - entity_test
     - text
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/config/install/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_2.yml b/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/config/install/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_2.yml
index 69874a4..7ba8659 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/config/install/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_2.yml
+++ b/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/config/install/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_2.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ dependencies:
   module:
     - entity_test
     - text
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/staging/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_staging.yml b/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/staging/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_staging.yml
index 495049a..4477f26 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/staging/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_staging.yml
+++ b/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/staging/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_staging.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ dependencies:
   module:
     - entity_test
     - text
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/staging/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_staging_2.yml b/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/staging/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_staging_2.yml
index 6b8ef2c..5460ecc 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/staging/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_staging_2.yml
+++ b/core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test_config/staging/field.storage.entity_test.field_test_import_staging_2.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ dependencies:
   module:
     - entity_test
     - text
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/modules/field_ui/src/FieldOverview.php b/core/modules/field_ui/src/FieldOverview.php
index 290d655..c780936 100644
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/src/FieldOverview.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/src/FieldOverview.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
+use Drupal\field\FieldStorageConfigInterface;
 use Drupal\field_ui\OverviewBase;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig;
@@ -218,15 +219,14 @@ public function buildForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state, $entity_t
       );
     }
 
-    // Additional row: re-use existing field.
-    $existing_fields = $this->getExistingFieldOptions();
+    // Additional row: re-use existing field storages.
+    $existing_fields = $this->getExistingFieldStorageOptions();
     if ($existing_fields) {
       // Build list of options.
       $existing_field_options = array();
       foreach ($existing_fields as $field_name => $info) {
-        $text = $this->t('@type: @field (@label)', array(
+        $text = $this->t('@type: @field', array(
           '@type' => $info['type_label'],
-          '@label' => $info['label'],
           '@field' => $info['field'],
         ));
         $existing_field_options[$field_name] = Unicode::truncate($text, 80, FALSE, TRUE);
@@ -485,45 +485,31 @@ public function submitForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns an array of existing fields to be added to a bundle.
+   * Returns an array of existing field storages that can be added to a bundle.
    *
    * @return array
-   *   An array of existing fields keyed by field name.
+   *   An array of existing field storages keyed by name.
    */
-  protected function getExistingFieldOptions() {
+  protected function getExistingFieldStorageOptions() {
     $options = array();
-
-    // Collect candidate fields: all fields of field storages for this
-    // entity type that are not already present in the current bundle.
-    $field_map = \Drupal::entityManager()->getFieldMap();
-    $field_ids = array();
-    if (!empty($field_map[$this->entity_type])) {
-      foreach ($field_map[$this->entity_type] as $field_name => $data) {
-        if (!in_array($this->bundle, $data['bundles'])) {
-          $bundle = reset($data['bundles']);
-          $field_ids[] = $this->entity_type . '.' . $bundle . '.' . $field_name;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Load the fields and build the list of options.
-    if ($field_ids) {
-      $field_types = $this->fieldTypeManager->getDefinitions();
-      $fields = $this->entityManager->getStorage('field_config')->loadMultiple($field_ids);
-      foreach ($fields as $field) {
-        // Do not show:
-        // - locked fields,
-        // - fields that should not be added via user interface.
-        $field_type = $field->getType();
-        $field_storage = $field->getFieldStorageDefinition();
-        if (empty($field_storage->locked) && empty($field_types[$field_type]['no_ui'])) {
-          $options[$field->getName()] = array(
-            'type' => $field_type,
-            'type_label' => $field_types[$field_type]['label'],
-            'field' => $field->getName(),
-            'label' => $field->getLabel(),
-          );
-        }
+    // Load the field_storages and build the list of options.
+    $field_types = $this->fieldTypeManager->getDefinitions();
+    foreach ($this->entityManager->getFieldStorageDefinitions($this->entity_type) as $field_name => $field_storage) {
+      // Do not show:
+      // - non-configurable field storages,
+      // - locked field_storages,
+      // - field_storages that should not be added via user interface,
+      // - field_storages that already have a field in the bundle.
+      $field_type = $field_storage->getType();
+      if ($field_storage instanceof FieldStorageConfigInterface
+        && !$field_storage->isLocked()
+        && empty($field_types[$field_type]['no_ui'])
+        && !in_array($this->bundle, $field_storage->getBundles(), TRUE)) {
+        $options[$field_name] = array(
+          'type' => $field_type,
+          'type_label' => $field_types[$field_type]['label'],
+          'field' => $field_name,
+        );
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/EntityDisplayTest.php b/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/EntityDisplayTest.php
index 5150f58..e6effec 100644
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/EntityDisplayTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/EntityDisplayTest.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class EntityDisplayTest extends KernelTestBase {
 
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
+    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
     $this->installConfig(array('field'));
   }
 
@@ -268,8 +269,6 @@ public function testBaseFieldComponent() {
    * Tests renaming and deleting a bundle.
    */
   public function testRenameDeleteBundle() {
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
-
     // Create a node bundle, display and form display object.
     entity_create('node_type', array('type' => 'article'))->save();
     entity_get_display('node', 'article', 'default')->save();
diff --git a/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/EntityFormDisplayTest.php b/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/EntityFormDisplayTest.php
index 768c142..057d575 100644
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/EntityFormDisplayTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/EntityFormDisplayTest.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class EntityFormDisplayTest extends KernelTestBase {
 
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    $this->installConfig(array('field'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/ManageFieldsTest.php b/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/ManageFieldsTest.php
index 2379899..be5226d 100644
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/ManageFieldsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/ManageFieldsTest.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ function testCRUDFields() {
     $this->cardinalitySettings();
     $this->fieldListAdminPage();
     $this->deleteField();
+    $this->addPersistentFieldStorage();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -226,6 +227,30 @@ protected function deleteField() {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Tests that persistent field storage appears in the field UI.
+   */
+  protected function addPersistentFieldStorage() {
+    $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::loadByName('node', $this->field_name);
+    // Persist the field storage even if there are no fields.
+    $field_storage->set('persist_with_no_fields', TRUE)->save();
+    // Delete all instances of the field.
+    foreach ($field_storage->getBundles() as $node_type) {
+      // Delete all the body field instances.
+      $this->drupalPostForm('admin/structure/types/manage/' . $node_type . '/fields/node.' . $node_type . '.' . $this->field_name, array(), t('Delete field'));
+      $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, array(), t('Delete'));
+    }
+    // Check "Re-use existing field" appears.
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/types/manage/page/fields');
+    $this->assertRaw(t('Re-use existing field'), '"Re-use existing field" was found.');
+    // Add a new field for the orphaned storage.
+    $edit = array(
+      'fields[_add_existing_field][label]' => $this->randomMachineName(),
+      'fields[_add_existing_field][field_name]' => $this->field_name,
+    );
+    $this->fieldUIAddExistingField("admin/structure/types/manage/page", $edit);
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Asserts field settings are as expected.
    *
    * @param $bundle
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.storage.taxonomy_term.forum_container.yml b/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.storage.taxonomy_term.forum_container.yml
index abf4e8e..b442e27 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.storage.taxonomy_term.forum_container.yml
+++ b/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.storage.taxonomy_term.forum_container.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ dependencies:
   module:
     - options
     - taxonomy
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/EntityTest.php b/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/EntityTest.php
index 47aa4d3..a115146 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/EntityTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/EntityTest.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ protected function setUp() {
     \Drupal::service('router.builder')->rebuild();
     $this->installSchema('system', array('sequences'));
     $this->installSchema('comment', array('comment_entity_statistics'));
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
     $this->installEntitySchema('comment');
     $this->installEntitySchema('taxonomy_term');
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/NormalizerTestBase.php b/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/NormalizerTestBase.php
index e7b59d6..58852ac 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/NormalizerTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/NormalizerTestBase.php
@@ -64,6 +64,25 @@ protected function setUp() {
     $this->installSchema('system', array('url_alias', 'router'));
     $this->installEntitySchema('user');
     $this->installEntitySchema('entity_test');
+    // If the concrete test sub-class installs node.module, ensure that the node
+    // entity schema is created before the field configurations are installed,
+    // because the node entity tables need to be created before the body field
+    // storage tables. This prevents trying to create the body field tables
+    // twice.
+    $class = get_class($this);
+    while ($class) {
+      if (property_exists($class, 'modules')) {
+        // Only check the modules, if the $modules property was not inherited.
+        $rp = new \ReflectionProperty($class, 'modules');
+        if ($rp->class == $class) {
+          if (in_array('node', $class::$modules, TRUE)) {
+            $this->installEntitySchema('node');
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      $class = get_parent_class($class);
+    }
     $this->installConfig(array('field', 'language'));
 
     // Add German as a language.
diff --git a/core/modules/node/config/install/field.storage.node.body.yml b/core/modules/node/config/install/field.storage.node.body.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b75885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/config/install/field.storage.node.body.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  module:
+    - node
+    - text
+id: node.body
+field_name: body
+entity_type: node
+type: text_with_summary
+settings: {  }
+module: text
+locked: false
+cardinality: 1
+translatable: true
+indexes: {  }
+persist_with_no_fields: true
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index afb229a..1aa4a2a 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -328,14 +328,6 @@ function node_add_body_field(NodeTypeInterface $type, $label = 'Body') {
    // Add or remove the body field, as needed.
   $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::loadByName('node', 'body');
   $field = FieldConfig::loadByName('node', $type->id(), 'body');
-  if (empty($field_storage)) {
-    $field_storage = entity_create('field_storage_config', array(
-      'field_name' => 'body',
-      'entity_type' => 'node',
-      'type' => 'text_with_summary',
-    ));
-    $field_storage->save();
-  }
   if (empty($field)) {
     $field = entity_create('field_config', array(
       'field_storage' => $field_storage,
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Condition/NodeConditionTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Condition/NodeConditionTest.php
index bbba619..548f180 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Condition/NodeConditionTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Condition/NodeConditionTest.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class NodeConditionTest extends EntityUnitTestBase {
 
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
 
     // Create the node bundles required for testing.
     $type = entity_create('node_type', array('type' => 'page', 'name' => 'page'));
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeBodyFieldStorageTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeBodyFieldStorageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4c56ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeBodyFieldStorageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\node\Tests\NodeBodyFieldStorageTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\node\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Field\Entity\BaseFieldOverride;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldConfig;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig;
+use Drupal\node\Entity\Node;
+use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
+use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\system\Tests\Entity\EntityUnitTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests node body field storage.
+ *
+ * @group node
+ */
+class NodeBodyFieldStorageTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('user', 'system', 'field', 'node', 'text', 'filter', 'entity_reference');
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    $this->installSchema('system', 'sequences');
+    // Necessary for module uninstall.
+    $this->installSchema('user', 'users_data');
+    $this->installEntitySchema('user');
+    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
+    $this->installConfig(array('field'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests node body field storage persistence even if there are no instances.
+   */
+  public function testFieldOverrides() {
+    $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::loadByName('node', 'body');
+    $this->assertTrue($field_storage, 'Node body field storage exists.');
+    NodeType::create(['name' => 'Ponies', 'type' => 'ponies'])->save();
+    $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::loadByName('node', 'body');
+    $this->assertTrue(count($field_storage->getBundles()) == 1, 'Node body field storage is being used on the new node type.');
+    $field = FieldConfig::loadByName('node', 'ponies', 'body');
+    $field->delete();
+    $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::loadByName('node', 'body');
+    $this->assertTrue(count($field_storage->getBundles()) == 0, 'Node body field storage exists after deleting the only instance of a field.');
+    \Drupal::moduleHandler()->uninstall(array('node'));
+    $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::loadByName('node', 'body');
+    $this->assertFalse($field_storage, 'Node body field storage does not exist after uninstalling the Node module.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeFieldOverridesTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeFieldOverridesTest.php
index b5d13b4..2472abe 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeFieldOverridesTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeFieldOverridesTest.php
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class NodeFieldOverridesTest extends EntityUnitTestBase {
    */
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
     $this->installConfig(array('user'));
     $this->user = $this->createUser();
     \Drupal::service('current_user')->setAccount($this->user);
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeTokenReplaceTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeTokenReplaceTest.php
index 8103866..7c0dfe7 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeTokenReplaceTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeTokenReplaceTest.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class NodeTokenReplaceTest extends TokenReplaceUnitTestBase {
    */
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
     $this->installConfig(array('filter'));
 
     $node_type = entity_create('node_type', array('type' => 'article', 'name' => 'Article'));
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeValidationTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeValidationTest.php
index 3c5e2dd..ef11740 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeValidationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeValidationTest.php
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class NodeValidationTest extends EntityUnitTestBase {
    */
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
 
     // Create a node type for testing.
     $type = entity_create('node_type', array('type' => 'page', 'name' => 'page'));
diff --git a/core/modules/options/tests/options_config_install_test/config/install/field.storage.node.field_options_float.yml b/core/modules/options/tests/options_config_install_test/config/install/field.storage.node.field_options_float.yml
index daf5c75..f355b2e 100644
--- a/core/modules/options/tests/options_config_install_test/config/install/field.storage.node.field_options_float.yml
+++ b/core/modules/options/tests/options_config_install_test/config/install/field.storage.node.field_options_float.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ locked: false
 cardinality: 1
 translatable: true
 indexes: {  }
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php
index c862e2e..537697f 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ class EntityCrudHookTest extends EntityUnitTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
     $this->installEntitySchema('comment');
 
     $this->installSchema('user', array('users_data'));
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityFieldTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityFieldTest.php
index 49d5a34..369da19 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityFieldTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityFieldTest.php
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ class EntityFieldTest extends EntityUnitTestBase  {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
-
     $this->installEntitySchema('entity_test_rev');
     $this->installEntitySchema('entity_test_mul');
     $this->installEntitySchema('entity_test_mulrev');
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityUnitTestBase.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityUnitTestBase.php
index c1dc0ff..d2dc925 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityUnitTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityUnitTestBase.php
@@ -47,6 +47,26 @@ protected function setUp() {
     $this->installEntitySchema('user');
     $this->installEntitySchema('entity_test');
 
+    // If the concrete test sub-class installs node.module, ensure that the node
+    // entity schema is created before the field configurations are installed,
+    // because the node entity tables need to be created before the body field
+    // storage tables. This prevents trying to create the body field tables
+    // twice.
+    $class = get_class($this);
+    while ($class) {
+      if (property_exists($class, 'modules')) {
+        // Only check the modules, if the $modules property was not inherited.
+        $rp = new \ReflectionProperty($class, 'modules');
+        if ($rp->class == $class) {
+          if (in_array('node', $class::$modules, TRUE)) {
+            $this->installEntitySchema('node');
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      $class = get_parent_class($class);
+    }
+
     $this->installConfig(array('field'));
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Entity/ViewEntityDependenciesTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Entity/ViewEntityDependenciesTest.php
index f08cbca..d3c19bb 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Entity/ViewEntityDependenciesTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Entity/ViewEntityDependenciesTest.php
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ class ViewEntityDependenciesTest extends ViewUnitTestBase {
   public static $modules = ['node', 'comment', 'user', 'field', 'text', 'entity_reference'];
 
   /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    // Install the necessary dependencies for node type creation to work.
+    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
+    $this->installConfig(array('field'));
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Tests the calculateDependencies method.
    */
   public function testCalculateDependencies() {
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.node.field_image.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.node.field_image.yml
index 34265d8..2e98e52 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.node.field_image.yml
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.node.field_image.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ dependencies:
   module:
     - node
     - image
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.node.field_tags.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.node.field_tags.yml
index 2eca1d0..60c4546 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.node.field_tags.yml
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.node.field_tags.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ dependencies:
   module:
     - node
     - taxonomy
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.user.user_picture.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.user.user_picture.yml
index 2987390..e4d4960 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.user.user_picture.yml
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/install/field.storage.user.user_picture.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ dependencies:
   module:
     - image
     - user
+persist_with_no_fields: false