--- /dev/null
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\views\Functional\Handler;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\views\Functional\ViewTestBase;
+use Drupal\views\Views;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the http_status_code area handler.
+ *
+ * @group views
+ * @see \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\HTTPStatusCode
+ */
+class AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest extends ViewTestBase {
+
+ /**
+ * Views used by this test.
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+ public static $testViews = ['test_http_status_code'];
+
+ /**
+ * Modules to enable.
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+ public static $modules = ['node'];
+
+ /**
+ * Tests the area handler.
+ */
+ public function testHTTPStatusCodeHandler() {
+ $this->drupalGet('test-http-status-code');
+ $this->assertResponse(200);
+
+ // Change the HTTP status code to 418.
+ $view = Views::getView('test_http_status_code');
+ $display = &$view->storage->getDisplay('default');
+ $display['display_options']['empty']['http_status_code']['status_code'] = 418;
+ $view->save();
+
+ // Test that the HTTP response is "I'm a teapot".
+ $this->drupalGet('test-http-status-code');
+ $this->assertResponse(418);
+ }
+
+}