diff --git a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/NodeTest.php b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/NodeTest.php
index 8e3644c..1e02c70 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/NodeTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/NodeTest.php
@@ -29,23 +29,48 @@ public static function getInfo() {
     );
   }
 
-  public function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-    $this->enableService('entity:node', 'GET');
-    $permissions = $this->entityPermissions('node', 'view');
-    $permissions[] = 'restful get entity:node';
+  /**
+   * Enables node specific REST API configuration and authentication.
+   *
+   * @param string $method
+   *   The HTTP method to be tested.
+   * @param string $operation
+   *   The operation, one of 'view', 'create', 'update' or 'delete'.
+   */
+  protected function enableNodeConfiguration($method, $operation) {
+    $this->enableService('entity:node', $method);
+    $permissions = $this->entityPermissions('node', $operation);
+    $permissions[] = 'restful ' . strtolower($method) . ' entity:node';
     $account = $this->drupalCreateUser($permissions);
     $this->drupalLogin($account);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests that the node resource works with comment module enabled.
+   * Performs various tests on nodes and their REST API.
    */
-  public function testWithCommentModule() {
+  public function testNodes() {
+    // Tests that the node resource works with comment module enabled.
     \Drupal::moduleHandler()->enable(array('comment'));
+    $this->enableNodeConfiguration('GET', 'view');
+
     $node = $this->entityCreate('node');
     $node->save();
     $this->httpRequest('entity/node/' . $node->id(), 'GET', NULL, $this->defaultMimeType);
     $this->assertResponse(200);
+
+    // Check that a simple PATCH update to the node title works as expected.
+    $this->enableNodeConfiguration('PATCH', 'update');
+
+    // Create a PATCH request body that only updates the title field.
+    $new_title = $this->randomString();
+    $serialized = '{"_links":{"type":{"href":"'
+      . url('rest/type/node/resttest', array('absolute' => TRUE))
+      . '"}},"title":[{"value":"' . $new_title . '"}]}';
+    $this->httpRequest('entity/node/' . $node->id(), 'PATCH', $serialized, $this->defaultMimeType);
+    $this->assertResponse(204);
+
+    // Reload the node from the DB and check if the title was correctly updated.
+    $node = entity_load('node', $node->id(), TRUE);
+    $this->assertEqual($node->get('title')->get('value')->getValue(), $new_title);
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/RESTTestBase.php b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/RESTTestBase.php
index 66c7515..24352fc 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/RESTTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/RESTTestBase.php
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ protected function entityPermissions($entity_type, $operation) {
             return array('access content');
           case 'create':
             return array('create resttest content');
+          case 'update':
+            return array('edit any resttest content');
           case 'delete':
             return array('delete any resttest content');
         }