diff --git a/channeldb/migrations_test.go b/channeldb/migrations_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6adf76c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/channeldb/migrations_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package channeldb
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestPaymentStatusesMigration(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	fakePayment := makeFakePayment()
+	paymentHash := sha256.Sum256(fakePayment.PaymentPreimage[:])
+
+	// Add fake payment to the test database and verifies that it was created
+	// and there is only one payment and its status is not "Completed".
+	beforeMigrationFunc := func(d *DB) {
+		if err := d.AddPayment(fakePayment); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unable to add payment: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		payments, err := d.FetchAllPayments()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unable to fetch payments: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if len(payments) != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("wrong qty of paymets: expected 1, got %v",
+				len(payments))
+		}
+
+		paymentStatus, err := d.FetchPaymentStatus(paymentHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unable to fetch payment status: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// We should receive default status if we have any in database.
+		if paymentStatus != StatusGrounded {
+			t.Fatalf("wrong payment status: expected %v, got %v",
+				StatusGrounded.String(), paymentStatus.String())
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Verify that was created payment status "Completed" for our one fake
+	// payment.
+	afterMigrationFunc := func(d *DB) {
+		meta, err := d.FetchMeta(nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if meta.DbVersionNumber != 1 {
+			t.Fatal("migration 'paymentStatusesMigration' wasn't applied")
+		}
+
+		paymentStatus, err := d.FetchPaymentStatus(paymentHash)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unable to fetch payment status: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if paymentStatus != StatusCompleted {
+			t.Fatalf("wrong payment status: expected %v, got %v",
+				StatusCompleted.String(), paymentStatus.String())
+		}
+	}
+
+	applyMigration(t,
+		beforeMigrationFunc,
+		afterMigrationFunc,
+		paymentStatusesMigration,
+		false)
+}