diff --git a/cinder/cmd/status.py b/cinder/cmd/status.py
index 3f0a8c7aa52..d0c3b43fd3a 100644
--- a/cinder/cmd/status.py
+++ b/cinder/cmd/status.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import sys
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_upgradecheck import upgradecheck as uc
 
+import cinder.service  # noqa
+
+
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 SUCCESS = uc.Code.SUCCESS
@@ -30,12 +33,30 @@ WARNING = uc.Code.WARNING
 class Checks(uc.UpgradeCommands):
     """Upgrade checks to run."""
 
-    def _check_placeholder(self):
-        """This is just a placeholder to test the test framework."""
-        return uc.Result(SUCCESS, 'Some details')
+    def _check_backup_module(self):
+        """Checks for the use of backup driver module paths.
+
+        The use of backup modules for setting backup_driver was deprecated and
+        we now only allow the full driver path. This checks that there are not
+        any remaining settings using the old method.
+        """
+        # We import here to avoid conf loading order issues with cinder.service
+        # above.
+        import cinder.backup.manager  # noqa
+
+        backup_driver = CONF.backup_driver
+
+        # Easy check in that a class name will have mixed casing
+        if backup_driver == backup_driver.lower():
+            return uc.Result(
+                FAILURE,
+                'Backup driver configuration requires the full path to the '
+                'driver, but current setting is using only the module path.')
+
+        return uc.Result(SUCCESS)
 
     _upgrade_checks = (
-        ('Placeholder', _check_placeholder),
+        ('Backup Driver Path', _check_backup_module),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/cmd/__init__.py b/cinder/tests/unit/cmd/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py b/cinder/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5759cff979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/cmd/test_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""Unit tests for the cinder-status CLI interfaces."""
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_upgradecheck import upgradecheck as uc
+import testtools
+
+from cinder.cmd import status
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+
+class TestCinderStatus(testtools.TestCase):
+    """Test cases for the cinder-status upgrade check command."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestCinderStatus, self).setUp()
+        self.checks = status.Checks()
+
+    def _set_backup_driver(self, driver_path):
+        CONF.set_override('backup_driver', driver_path)
+        self.addCleanup(CONF.clear_override, 'backup_driver')
+
+    def test_check_backup_module(self):
+        self._set_backup_driver(
+            'cinder.backup.drivers.swift.SwiftBackupDriver')
+        result = self.checks._check_backup_module()
+        self.assertEqual(uc.Code.SUCCESS, result.code)
+
+    def test_check_backup_module_not_class(self):
+        self._set_backup_driver('cinder.backup.drivers.swift')
+        result = self.checks._check_backup_module()
+        self.assertEqual(uc.Code.FAILURE, result.code)
+        self.assertIn('requires the full path', result.details)
diff --git a/doc/source/cli/cinder-status.rst b/doc/source/cli/cinder-status.rst
index 313c61c609a..9da190290c4 100644
--- a/doc/source/cli/cinder-status.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cli/cinder-status.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ Upgrade
 
   **14.0.0 (Stein)**
 
-  * Placeholder to be filled in with checks as they are added in Stein.
+  * Check added to ensure the backup_driver setting is using the full driver
+    class path and not just the module path.
 
 See Also
 ========
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/cinder-status-check-backup_driver-fe009985df2bc32f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-status-check-backup_driver-fe009985df2bc32f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7533f5f7c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/cinder-status-check-backup_driver-fe009985df2bc32f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    A new check is added to the ``cinder-status upgrade check`` CLI to check
+    for the use of backup driver module path instead of full driver class path
+    in the ``backup_driver`` configuration setting.