diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 0c0427be28..ff59234319 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ if not settings.configured:
             'wagtail.wagtailembeds',
             'wagtail.wagtailsearch',
             'wagtail.wagtailredirects',
+            'wagtail.tests',
         ]
     )
 
diff --git a/wagtail/tests/models.py b/wagtail/tests/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5757dd2bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/tests/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+from django.db import models
+from modelcluster.fields import ParentalKey
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page, Orderable
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.fields import RichTextField
+from wagtail.wagtailadmin.edit_handlers import FieldPanel, MultiFieldPanel, InlinePanel, PageChooserPanel
+from wagtail.wagtailimages.edit_handlers import ImageChooserPanel
+from wagtail.wagtaildocs.edit_handlers import DocumentChooserPanel
+
+
+COMMON_PANELS = (
+    FieldPanel('slug'),
+    FieldPanel('seo_title'),
+    FieldPanel('show_in_menus'),
+    FieldPanel('search_description'),
+)
+
+
+class ChildObject(Orderable):
+    page = ParentalKey('tests.TestPage', related_name='child_objects')
+    chosen_page = models.ForeignKey(
+        'wagtailcore.Page',
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name='+'
+    )
+    chosen_document = models.ForeignKey(
+        'wagtaildocs.Document',
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name='+'
+    )
+    chosen_image = models.ForeignKey(
+        'wagtailimages.Image',
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name='+'
+    )
+
+    panels = [
+        PageChooserPanel('chosen_page'),
+        DocumentChooserPanel('chosen_document'),
+        ImageChooserPanel('chosen_image'),
+    ]
+
+class TestPage(Page):
+    value = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
+    body = RichTextField(blank=True)
+    date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)
+    time = models.TimeField(null=True, blank=True)
+    index_me = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+
+    def object_indexed(self):
+        return self.index_me
+
+    def calculated_indexed_field(self):
+        return self.value
+
+    indexed_fields = ('body', )
+
+TestPage.content_panels = [
+    FieldPanel('title', classname="full title"),
+    FieldPanel('body', classname="full"),
+    FieldPanel('value'),
+    FieldPanel('date'),
+    FieldPanel('time'),
+    FieldPanel('index_me'),
+    InlinePanel(TestPage, 'child_objects', label="Child objects"),
+]
+
+TestPage.promote_panels = [
+    MultiFieldPanel([
+        FieldPanel('slug'),
+        FieldPanel('seo_title'),
+        FieldPanel('show_in_menus'),
+        FieldPanel('search_description'),
+    ], "Common page configuration"),
+]
+
+
+class DerivedPage(TestPage):
+    extra_field = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
+
+    indexed_fields = ('extra_field', )
+
+
+class NotIndexedPage(Page):
+    indexed = False