diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install
index 4279cde..17ef8df 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 +62,24 @@ 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() {
+  $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();
+}
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