diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install
index 4279cde..e75e659 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 use Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup;
 
 /**
  * Add 'revision_translation_affected' field to 'block_content' entities.
@@ -61,3 +62,28 @@ function block_content_update_8003() {
   \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()
     ->installFieldStorageDefinition('revision_user', 'block_content', 'block_content', $revision_user);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Add and populate publishing status fields.
+ */
+function block_content_update_8004() {
+  $entity_type =   \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()->getEntityType('block_content');
+  $entity_type->set('revision_data_table', 'block_content_field_revision');
+  \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()->updateEntityType($entity_type);
+
+  $status = BaseFieldDefinition::create('boolean')
+    ->setLabel(new TranslatableMarkup('Publishing status'))
+    ->setDescription(new TranslatableMarkup('A boolean indicating the published state.'))
+    ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
+    ->setTranslatable(TRUE)
+    ->setDefaultValue(TRUE);
+
+  \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()
+    ->installFieldStorageDefinition('status', 'block_content', 'block_content', $status);
+
+  $entity_type = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getDefinition('block_content');
+  $data_table = $entity_type->getDataTable();
+  $revision_data_table = $entity_type->getRevisionDataTable();
+  \Drupal::database()->update($data_table)->fields(['status' => 1])->execute();
+  \Drupal::database()->update($revision_data_table)->fields(['status' => 1])->execute();
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/src/Entity/BlockContent.php b/core/modules/block_content/src/Entity/BlockContent.php
index 13af342..61a7a49 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/src/Entity/BlockContent.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/src/Entity/BlockContent.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityChangedTrait;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityPublishedTrait;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
  *   base_table = "block_content",
  *   revision_table = "block_content_revision",
  *   data_table = "block_content_field_data",
+ *   revision_data_table = "block_content_field_revision",
  *   links = {
  *     "canonical" = "/block/{block_content}",
  *     "delete-form" = "/block/{block_content}/delete",
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@
 class BlockContent extends ContentEntityBase implements BlockContentInterface {
 
   use EntityChangedTrait;
+  use EntityPublishedTrait;
 
   /**
    * The theme the block is being created in.
@@ -153,6 +156,7 @@ public function delete() {
   public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
     /** @var \Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition[] $fields */
     $fields = parent::baseFieldDefinitions($entity_type);
+    $fields += static::publishedBaseFieldDefinitions($entity_type);
 
     $fields['id']->setLabel(t('Custom block ID'))
       ->setDescription(t('The custom block ID.'));