diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
index 7c0a458..d54f7c7 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\SafeMarkup;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\Plugin\DataType\EntityReference;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldType\StatusItem;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\Language;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
@@ -815,6 +816,30 @@ public function isNewTranslation() {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
+  public function isArchived() {
+    $status_key = $this->getEntityType()->getKey('status');
+    if ($this->hasField($status_key)) {
+      $status = $this->$status_key->getValue();
+      if ($status[0]['value'] == -1) {
+        return TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setArchived($archived) {
+    $status_key = $this->getEntityType()->getKey('status');
+    if ($this->hasField($status_key) && $archived) {
+      $this->set($status_key, -1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function addTranslation($langcode, array $values = array()) {
     // Make sure we do not attempt to create a translation if an invalid
     // language is specified or the entity cannot be translated.
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityInterface.php
index 0c3f04b..8aba3b7 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityInterface.php
@@ -53,4 +53,11 @@ public function setRevisionTranslationAffected($affected);
    */
   public function isRevisionTranslationAffected();
 
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the entity is archived.
+   * 
+   * @return bool
+   *   True is the entity is archived, FALSE otherwise.
+   */
+  public function isArchived();
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/StatusItem.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/StatusItem.php
index 054067b..dfc3770 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/StatusItem.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/StatusItem.php
@@ -14,4 +14,12 @@
  */
 class StatusItem extends IntegerItem {
 
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public function __get($name) {
+    $value = parent::__get($name);
+    return $value;
+  }
+
 }