A brake control apparatus includes a braking force applying apparatus for applying a braking force to each of a plurality of wheels adapted to a vehicle, a braking force testing device for testing the braking force of a predetermined malfunction test subject wheel by controlling the braking force applied thereto to be reduced or maintained for a predetermined time on the basis of a test actuation pattern while the braking force applied to each wheel is increased, a wheel speed detecting device for detecting a wheel speed of each of the plurality of the wheels including the malfunction test subject wheel, and a malfunction detecting device for detecting a malfunctioning state, in a case where changes of the wheel speed of the malfunction test subject wheel towards acceleration is not detected while the braking force testing device testing the braking force applied to the malfunction test subject wheel.