diff --git a/includes/user/User.php b/includes/user/User.php
index 1256287a812..c87694780ed 100644
--- a/includes/user/User.php
+++ b/includes/user/User.php
@@ -2715,6 +2715,7 @@ class User implements Authority, UserIdentity, UserEmailContact {
 					'user_registration' => $dbw->timestamp( $this->mRegistration ),
 					'user_editcount' => 0,
 					'user_touched' => $dbw->timestamp( $this->mTouched ),
+					'user_is_temp' => $this->isTemp(),
 				] )
 				->caller( $fname )->execute();
 			if ( !$dbw->affectedRows() ) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/user/UserTest.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/user/UserTest.php
index a40d50c6d97..268b3f18958 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/user/UserTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/user/UserTest.php
@@ -1763,4 +1763,30 @@ class UserTest extends MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase {
 		$user = new User;
 		$this->assertFalse( $user->isNamed() );
 	}
+
+	public static function provideAddToDatabase_temp() {
+		return [
+			[ '*Unregistered 1', '1' ],
+			[ 'Some user', '0' ]
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers User::addToDatabase
+	 * @dataProvider provideAddToDatabase_temp
+	 */
+	public function testAddToDatabase_temp( $name, $expected ) {
+		$this->enableAutoCreateTempUser();
+
+		$user = User::newFromName( $name );
+		$user->addToDatabase();
+		$field = $this->db->newSelectQueryBuilder()
+			->select( 'user_is_temp' )
+			->from( 'user' )
+			->where( [ 'user_name' => $name ] )
+			->caller( __METHOD__ )
+			->fetchField();
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, $field );
+	}
 }