diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
index 1551eaab29..266e693abc 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 from wagtail.tests.models import SimplePage, EventPage, EventPageCarouselItem, StandardIndex, BusinessIndex, BusinessChild, BusinessSubIndex
 from wagtail.tests.utils import unittest, WagtailTestUtils
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page, PageRevision
-from wagtail.wagtailcore.signals import page_published
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.signals import page_published, page_unpublished
 from wagtail.wagtailusers.models import UserProfile
 
 
@@ -796,6 +796,15 @@ class TestPageDelete(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
 
     def test_page_delete_post(self):
+        # Connect a mock signal handler to page_unpublished signal
+        signal_fired = [False]
+        signal_page = [None]
+        def page_unpublished_handler(sender, instance, **kwargs):
+            signal_fired[0] = True
+            signal_page[0] = instance
+        page_unpublished.connect(page_unpublished_handler)
+
+        # Post
         post_data = {'hello': 'world'} # For some reason, this test doesn't work without a bit of POST data
         response = self.client.post(reverse('wagtailadmin_pages_delete', args=(self.child_page.id, )), post_data)
 
@@ -805,6 +814,11 @@ class TestPageDelete(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
         # Check that the page is gone
         self.assertEqual(Page.objects.filter(path__startswith=self.root_page.path, slug='hello-world').count(), 0)
 
+        # Check that the page_unpublished signal was fired
+        self.assertTrue(signal_fired[0])
+        self.assertEqual(signal_page[0], self.child_page)
+        self.assertEqual(signal_page[0], signal_page[0].specific)
+
 
 class TestPageSearch(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -954,6 +968,14 @@ class TestPageUnpublish(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
         """
         This posts to the unpublish view and checks that the page was unpublished
         """
+        # Connect a mock signal handler to page_unpublished signal
+        signal_fired = [False]
+        signal_page = [None]
+        def page_unpublished_handler(sender, instance, **kwargs):
+            signal_fired[0] = True
+            signal_page[0] = instance
+        page_unpublished.connect(page_unpublished_handler)
+
         # Post to the unpublish page
         response = self.client.post(reverse('wagtailadmin_pages_unpublish', args=(self.page.id, )), {
             'foo': "Must post something or the view won't see this as a POST request",
@@ -965,6 +987,11 @@ class TestPageUnpublish(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
         # Check that the page was unpublished
         self.assertFalse(SimplePage.objects.get(id=self.page.id).live)
 
+        # Check that the page_unpublished signal was fired
+        self.assertTrue(signal_fired[0])
+        self.assertEqual(signal_page[0], self.page)
+        self.assertEqual(signal_page[0], signal_page[0].specific)
+
 
 class TestApproveRejectModeration(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
     def setUp(self):