diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
index 316be793e47c..48bfd76e26b1 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
@@ -183,11 +183,24 @@ def test_broken_barh(self):
         fig, ax = plt.subplots()
         ax.broken_barh(...)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Test for bxp not written yet")
     @mpl.style.context("default")
     def test_bxp(self):
+        mpl.rcParams["date.converter"] = 'concise'
         fig, ax = plt.subplots()
-        ax.bxp(...)
+        data = [{
+            "med": datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 15),
+            "q1": datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 10),
+            "q3": datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 20),
+            "whislo": datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 5),
+            "whishi": datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 25),
+            "fliers": [
+                datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 3),
+                datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 27)
+            ]
+        }]
+        ax.bxp(data, vert=False)
+        ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mpl.dates.DateFormatter("%Y-%m-%d"))
+        ax.set_title('Box plot with datetime data')
 
     @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Test for clabel not written yet")
     @mpl.style.context("default")