diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/src/Tests/Update/BlockContentUpdateTest.php b/core/modules/block_content/src/Tests/Update/BlockContentUpdateTest.php
index e69de29..5557b77 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/src/Tests/Update/BlockContentUpdateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/src/Tests/Update/BlockContentUpdateTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\block_content\Tests\Update;
+
+use Drupal\system\Tests\Update\UpdatePathTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that block content settings are properly updated during database updates.
+ *
+ * @group block_content
+ */
+class BlockContentUpdateTest extends UpdatePathTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setDatabaseDumpFiles() {
+    $this->databaseDumpFiles = [
+      __DIR__ . '/../../../../system/tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8-rc1.bare.standard.php.gz',
+    ];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests adding a status field to the block content entuty type.
+   *
+   * @see block_content_update_8004()
+   */
+  public function testStatusField() {
+    // Check that the 'status' field does not exist prior to the update.
+    $field = \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()->getFieldStorageDefinition('status', 'block_content');
+    $this->assertIdentical(NULL, $field);
+
+    // Run updates.
+    $this->runUpdates();
+
+    // Check that the field exists and has the correct label.
+    $updated_field = \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()->getFieldStorageDefinition('status', 'block_content');
+    $this->assertEqual('Publishing status', $updated_field->getLabel());
+  }
+
+}