diff --git a/core/modules/config_translation/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Tests/ConfigTranslationListUiTest.php b/core/modules/config_translation/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Tests/ConfigTranslationListUiTest.php
index 023687cf347c199fc4f06226077258064fb273ac..03ba59b0550cc507eecfaee9237c83c20df3d260 100644
--- a/core/modules/config_translation/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Tests/ConfigTranslationListUiTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config_translation/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Tests/ConfigTranslationListUiTest.php
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ public function setUp() {
     // Create and log in user.
     $this->adminUser = $this->drupalCreateUser($permissions);
     $this->drupalLogin($this->adminUser);
+
+    // Enable import of translations. By default this is disabled for automated
+    // tests.
+    \Drupal::config('locale.settings')
+      ->set('translation.import_enabled', TRUE)
+      ->save();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/config_translation/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Tests/ConfigTranslationUiTest.php b/core/modules/config_translation/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Tests/ConfigTranslationUiTest.php
index dfda10942facee38d60c1d55a8a61fe96b4b441a..83f4a14e0a9256931288307bcccb9d85b775db46 100644
--- a/core/modules/config_translation/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Tests/ConfigTranslationUiTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config_translation/lib/Drupal/config_translation/Tests/ConfigTranslationUiTest.php
@@ -566,6 +566,12 @@ public function testViewsTranslationUI() {
    * Test translation storage in locale storage.
    */
   public function testLocaleDBStorage() {
+    // Enable import of translations. By default this is disabled for automated
+    // tests.
+    \Drupal::config('locale.settings')
+      ->set('translation.import_enabled', TRUE)
+      ->save();
+
     $this->drupalLogin($this->admin_user);
 
     $langcode = 'xx';
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleConfigTranslationTest.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleConfigTranslationTest.php
index 20c023f80a7339cb057e325feffb2c14ee905512..0970b9c96ae7d65240026811a6361b1aa067ad87 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleConfigTranslationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleConfigTranslationTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ public function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
     // Add a default locale storage for all these tests.
     $this->storage = $this->container->get('locale.storage');
+
+    // Enable import of translations. By default this is disabled for automated
+    // tests.
+    \Drupal::config('locale.settings')
+      ->set('translation.import_enabled', TRUE)
+      ->save();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleImportFunctionalTest.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleImportFunctionalTest.php
index 5d746f30a92eee6d7c8f6c4a2ac8e92979dfbbd0..d822f1002bf877f439bc16faed6bef8c69282cda 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleImportFunctionalTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleImportFunctionalTest.php
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ function setUp() {
 
     $this->admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer languages', 'translate interface', 'access administration pages'));
     $this->drupalLogin($this->admin_user);
+
+    // Enable import of translations. By default this is disabled for automated
+    // tests.
+    \Drupal::config('locale.settings')
+      ->set('translation.import_enabled', TRUE)
+      ->save();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleUpdateBase.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleUpdateBase.php
index 1d88e2bc4e6422c8beaccd523f6ccd182d2673d3..64e933319812d8d5a7147685dd65b3f36adf67ac 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleUpdateBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleUpdateBase.php
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ function setUp() {
     $this->timestamp_medium = REQUEST_TIME - 200;
     $this->timestamp_new = REQUEST_TIME - 100;
     $this->timestamp_now = REQUEST_TIME;
+
+    // Enable import of translations. By default this is disabled for automated
+    // tests.
+    \Drupal::config('locale.settings')
+      ->set('translation.import_enabled', TRUE)
+      ->save();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/profiles/testing/config/locale.settings.yml b/core/profiles/testing/config/locale.settings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f1842a02076c51986659ef33be07c63eb3fc8928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/testing/config/locale.settings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cache_strings: true
+javascript:
+  directory: languages
+translation:
+  use_source: remote_and_local
+  default_filename: '%project-%version.%language.po'
+  default_server_pattern: 'http://ftp.drupal.org/files/translations/%core/%project/%project-%version.%language.po'
+  overwrite_customized: false
+  overwrite_not_customized: true
+  update_interval_days: 0
+  path: ''
+  import_enabled: false