diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
index b5fccbd..99701b4 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
@@ -1132,6 +1132,12 @@ public static function baseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
         ->setLabel(new TranslatableMarkup('Revision ID'))
         ->setReadOnly(TRUE)
         ->setSetting('unsigned', TRUE);
+
+      $fields['archived'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('boolean')
+        ->setLabel(new TranslatableMarkup('Archive flag'))
+        ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
+        ->setTranslatable(TRUE)
+        ->setCardinality(1);
     }
     if ($entity_type->hasKey('langcode')) {
       $fields[$entity_type->getKey('langcode')] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('language')
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install
index 4279cde..fb8e5e5 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/block_content.install
@@ -61,3 +61,18 @@ function block_content_update_8003() {
   \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()
     ->installFieldStorageDefinition('revision_user', 'block_content', 'block_content', $revision_user);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Add 'archived' field to 'block_content' entities.
+ */
+function block_content_update_8004() {
+  $archived = BaseFieldDefinition::create('boolean')
+    ->setLabel(t('Archive flag'))
+    ->setDescription(t('Indicates if the entity is archived or not.'))
+    ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
+    ->setTranslatable(TRUE)
+    ->setDefaultValue(FALSE)
+    ->setCardinality(1);
+  \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()
+    ->installFieldStorageDefinition('archived', 'block_content', 'block_content', $archived);
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.install b/core/modules/node/node.install
index c754880..1f69519 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.install
@@ -218,3 +218,18 @@ function node_update_8003() {
     $manager->updateFieldStorageDefinition($manager->getFieldStorageDefinition($field_name, 'node'));
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Add 'archived' field to 'node' entities.
+ */
+function node_update_8004() {
+  $archived = BaseFieldDefinition::create('boolean')
+    ->setLabel(t('Archive flag'))
+    ->setDescription(t('Indicates if the entity is archived or not.'))
+    ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
+    ->setTranslatable(TRUE)
+    ->setDefaultValue(FALSE)
+    ->setCardinality(1);
+  \Drupal::entityDefinitionUpdateManager()
+    ->installFieldStorageDefinition('archived', 'node', 'node', $archived);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/modules/serialization/src/Tests/EntitySerializationTest.php b/core/modules/serialization/src/Tests/EntitySerializationTest.php
index 00ea14f..157a424 100644
--- a/core/modules/serialization/src/Tests/EntitySerializationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/serialization/src/Tests/EntitySerializationTest.php
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ public function testNormalize() {
       'revision_id' => array(
         array('value' => 1),
       ),
+      'archived' => array(
+        array('value' => FALSE),
+      ),
       'default_langcode' => array(
         array('value' => TRUE),
       ),