diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index 142f9c57f5..c208c3dae3 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ function get_default_post_to_edit( $post_type = 'post', $create_in_db = false )
  *
  * @since 2.0.0
  * @since 5.2.0 Added the `$type` parameter.
+ * @since 5.8.0 Added the `$status` parameter.
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
@@ -770,15 +771,17 @@ function get_default_post_to_edit( $post_type = 'post', $create_in_db = false )
  * @param string $content Optional post content.
  * @param string $date    Optional post date.
  * @param string $type    Optional post type.
+ * @param string $status  Optional post status.
  * @return int Post ID if post exists, 0 otherwise.
  */
-function post_exists( $title, $content = '', $date = '', $type = '' ) {
+function post_exists( $title, $content = '', $date = '', $type = '', $status = '' ) {
 	global $wpdb;
 
 	$post_title   = wp_unslash( sanitize_post_field( 'post_title', $title, 0, 'db' ) );
 	$post_content = wp_unslash( sanitize_post_field( 'post_content', $content, 0, 'db' ) );
 	$post_date    = wp_unslash( sanitize_post_field( 'post_date', $date, 0, 'db' ) );
 	$post_type    = wp_unslash( sanitize_post_field( 'post_type', $type, 0, 'db' ) );
+	$post_status  = wp_unslash( sanitize_post_field( 'post_status', $status, 0, 'db' ) );
 
 	$query = "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE 1=1";
 	$args  = array();
@@ -803,6 +806,11 @@ function post_exists( $title, $content = '', $date = '', $type = '' ) {
 		$args[] = $post_type;
 	}
 
+	if ( ! empty( $status ) ) {
+		$query .= ' AND post_status = %s';
+		$args[] = $post_status;
+	}
+
 	if ( ! empty( $args ) ) {
 		return (int) $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( $query, $args ) );
 	}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesPost.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesPost.php
index 915f1fbd04..6b65b4beec 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesPost.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesPost.php
@@ -903,4 +903,83 @@ class Tests_Admin_Includes_Post extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		);
 		$this->assertSame( 0, post_exists( $title, null, null, 'post' ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the status support in post_exists()
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 34012
+	 */
+	public function test_post_exists_should_support_post_status() {
+		$title       = 'Foo Bar';
+		$post_type   = 'post';
+		$post_status = 'publish';
+		$post_id     = self::factory()->post->create(
+			array(
+				'post_title'  => $title,
+				'post_type'   => $post_type,
+				'post_status' => $post_status,
+			)
+		);
+		$this->assertSame( $post_id, post_exists( $title, null, null, null, $post_status ) );
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the type and status query in post_exists()
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 34012
+	 */
+	public function test_post_exists_should_support_post_type_status_combined() {
+		$title       = 'Foo Bar';
+		$post_type   = 'post';
+		$post_status = 'publish';
+		$post_id     = self::factory()->post->create(
+			array(
+				'post_title'  => $title,
+				'post_type'   => $post_type,
+				'post_status' => $post_status,
+			)
+		);
+		$this->assertSame( $post_id, post_exists( $title, null, null, $post_type, $post_status ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test that post_exists() doesn't find an existing draft post when looking for publish
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 34012
+	 */
+	public function test_post_exists_should_only_match_correct_post_status() {
+		$title       = 'Foo Bar';
+		$post_type   = 'post';
+		$post_status = 'draft';
+		$post_id     = self::factory()->post->create(
+			array(
+				'post_title'  => $title,
+				'post_type'   => $post_type,
+				'post_status' => $post_status,
+			)
+		);
+		$this->assertSame( 0, post_exists( $title, null, null, null, 'publish' ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the status support in post_exists()
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 34012
+	 */
+	public function test_post_exists_should_not_match_invalid_post_type_and_status_combined() {
+		$title       = 'Foo Bar';
+		$post_type   = 'post';
+		$post_status = 'publish';
+		$post_id     = self::factory()->post->create(
+			array(
+				'post_title'  => $title,
+				'post_type'   => $post_type,
+				'post_status' => $post_status,
+			)
+		);
+
+		$this->assertSame( 0, post_exists( $title, null, null, $post_type, 'draft' ) );
+		$this->assertSame( 0, post_exists( $title, null, null, 'wp_tests', $post_status ) );
+	}
 }