diff --git a/core/modules/node/config/views.view.frontpage.yml b/core/modules/node/config/views.view.frontpage.yml
index 8b0cda6fc875..fb2e3c9b21ca 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/config/views.view.frontpage.yml
+++ b/core/modules/node/config/views.view.frontpage.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ display:
           admin_label: ''
           label: ''
           empty: '1'
-          title: 'Welcome to Drupal'
+          title: 'Welcome to [site:name]'
           plugin_id: title
       exposed_form:
         type: basic
@@ -105,12 +105,6 @@ display:
           links: '1'
         type: node
       sorts:
-        created:
-          field: created
-          id: created
-          order: DESC
-          table: node
-          plugin_id: date
         sticky:
           admin_label: ''
           expose:
@@ -119,10 +113,16 @@ display:
           field: sticky
           group_type: group
           id: sticky
-          order: ASC
+          order: DESC
           relationship: none
           table: node
           plugin_id: boolean
+        created:
+          field: created
+          id: created
+          order: DESC
+          table: node
+          plugin_id: date
       style:
         type: default
       title: ''
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/FrontpageTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/FrontpageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f638dbea0e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/FrontpageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\node\Tests\Views\FrontPageTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\node\Tests\Views;
+
+use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestBase;
+use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the default frontpage provided by views.
+ */
+class FrontPageTest extends ViewTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * The entity storage controller for nodes.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\node\NodeStorageController
+   */
+  protected $nodeStorageController;
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('node');
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Node: Frontpage view',
+      'description' => 'Tests the default frontpage provided by views.',
+      'group' => 'Views module integration',
+    );
+  }
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->nodeStorageController = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.entity')->getStorageController('node');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the frontpage.
+   */
+  public function testFrontPage() {
+    $site_name = $this->randomName();
+    $this->container->get('config.factory')
+      ->get('system.site')
+      ->set('name', $site_name)
+      ->save();
+
+    $view = views_get_view('frontpage');
+    $view->setDisplay('page_1');
+    $this->executeView($view);
+    $view->preview();
+
+    $this->assertEqual($view->getTitle(), format_string('Welcome to @site_name', array('@site_name' => $site_name)), 'The welcome title is used for the empty view.');
+    $view->destroy();
+
+    // Create some nodes on the frontpage view. Add more than 10 nodes in order
+    // to enable paging.
+    $expected = array();
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 20; $i++) {
+      $values = array();
+      $values['type'] = 'article';
+      $values['title'] = $this->randomName();
+      $values['promote'] = TRUE;
+      $values['status'] = TRUE;
+      // Test descending sort order.
+      $values['created'] = REQUEST_TIME - $i;
+      // Test the sticky order.
+      if ($i == 5) {
+        $values['sticky'] = TRUE;
+        $node = $this->nodeStorageController->create($values);
+        $node->save();
+        // Put the sticky on at the front.
+        array_unshift($expected, array('nid' => $node->id()));
+      }
+      else {
+        $values['sticky'] = FALSE;
+        $node = $this->nodeStorageController->create($values);
+        $node->save();
+        array_push($expected, array('nid' => $node->id()));
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Create some nodes which aren't on the frontpage, either because they
+    // aren't promoted or because they aren't published.
+    $not_expected_nids = array();
+
+    $values = array();
+    $values['type'] = 'article';
+    $values['title'] = $this->randomName();
+    $values['status'] = TRUE;
+    $values['promote'] = FALSE;
+    $node = $this->nodeStorageController->create($values);
+    $node->save();
+    $not_expected_nids[] = $node->id();
+
+    $values['promote'] = TRUE;
+    $values['status'] = FALSE;
+    $values['title'] = $this->randomName();
+    $node = $this->nodeStorageController->create($values);
+    $node->save();
+    $not_expected_nids[] = $node->id();
+
+    $values['promote'] = TRUE;
+    $values['sticky'] = TRUE;
+    $values['status'] = FALSE;
+    $values['title'] = $this->randomName();
+    $node = $this->nodeStorageController->create($values);
+    $node->save();
+    $not_expected_nids[] = $node->id();
+
+    $column_map = array('nid' => 'nid');
+
+    $view->setDisplay('page_1');
+    $this->executeView($view);
+    $this->assertIdenticalResultset($view, array_slice($expected, 0, 10), $column_map, 'Ensure that the right nodes are displayed on the frontpage.');
+    $this->assertNotInResultSet($view, $not_expected_nids, 'Ensure no unexpected node is in the result.');
+    $view->destroy();
+
+    $view->setDisplay('page_1');
+    $view->setCurrentPage(1);
+    $this->executeView($view);
+    $this->assertIdenticalResultset($view, array_slice($expected, 10, 10), $column_map, 'Ensure that the right nodes are displayed on second page of the frontpage.');
+    $this->assertNotInResultSet($view, $not_expected_nids, 'Ensure no unexpected node is in the result.');
+    $view->destroy();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Verifies that an amount of nids aren't in the result.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\views\ViewExecutable $view
+   *   An executed View.
+   * @param array $not_expected_nids
+   *   An array of nids which should not be part of the resultset.
+   * @param string $message
+   *   (optional) A custom message to display with the assertion.
+   */
+  protected function assertNotInResultSet(ViewExecutable $view, array $not_expected_nids, $message = '') {
+    $found_nids = array_filter($view->result, function ($row) use ($not_expected_nids) {
+      return in_array($row->nid, $not_expected_nids);
+    });
+    $this->assertFalse($found_nids, $message);
+  }
+
+}