diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/002_archiving.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/002_archiving.pl
index c675c0886c..8db7e47d13 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/002_archiving.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/002_archiving.pl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use PostgresNode;
 use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 3;
+use Test::More tests => 4;
 use File::Copy;
 
 # Initialize primary node, doing archives
@@ -75,3 +75,42 @@ ok( !-f "$node_standby2_data/pg_wal/RECOVERYHISTORY",
 	"RECOVERYHISTORY removed after promotion");
 ok( !-f "$node_standby2_data/pg_wal/RECOVERYXLOG",
 	"RECOVERYXLOG removed after promotion");
+
+# Check that archive recovery can be paused or resumed expectedly.
+my $node_standby3 = get_new_node('standby3');
+$node_standby3->init_from_backup($node_primary, $backup_name,
+	has_restoring => 1);
+$node_standby3->start;
+
+# Archive recovery is not yet paused.
+is($node_standby3->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT pg_get_wal_replay_pause_state()"),
+	'not paused', 'pg_get_wal_replay_pause_state() reports not paused');
+
+# Request to pause archive recovery and wait until it's actually paused.
+$node_standby3->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT pg_wal_replay_pause()");
+$node_primary->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"INSERT INTO tab_int VALUES (generate_series(2001,2010))");
+$node_standby3->poll_query_until('postgres',
+	"SELECT pg_get_wal_replay_pause_state() = 'paused'")
+	or die "Timed out while waiting for archive recovery to be paused";
+
+# Request to resume archive recovery and wait until it's actually resumed.
+$node_standby3->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT pg_wal_replay_resume()");
+$node_standby3->poll_query_until('postgres',
+	"SELECT pg_get_wal_replay_pause_state() = 'not paused'")
+	or die "Timed out while waiting for archive recovery to be resumed";
+
+# Check that the paused state ends and promotion continues if a promotion
+# is triggered while recovery is paused.
+$node_standby3->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT pg_wal_replay_pause()");
+$node_primary->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"INSERT INTO tab_int VALUES (generate_series(2011,2020))");
+$node_standby3->poll_query_until('postgres',
+	"SELECT pg_get_wal_replay_pause_state() = 'paused'")
+  or die "Timed out while waiting for archive recovery to be paused";
+
+$node_standby3->promote;
+$node_standby3->poll_query_until('postgres',
+	"SELECT NOT pg_is_in_recovery()")
+  or die "Timed out while waiting for promotion to finish";