diff --git a/ctools/content_types/entity_view.inc b/ctools/content_types/entity_view.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36f8c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctools/content_types/entity_view.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Content type plugin to allow entity to be exposed as a display type,
+ * view mode configuration still available.
+ */
+
+$plugin = array(
+  'title' => t('Rendered entity'),
+  'defaults' => array('view_mode' => ''),
+  'content type' => 'entity_entity_view_content_type_info',
+);
+
+/**
+ * Get the entity content type info.
+ */
+function entity_entity_view_content_type_info($entity_type) {
+  $types = entity_entity_view_content_type_content_types();
+  if (isset($types[$entity_type])) {
+    return $types[$entity_type];
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_PLUGIN_content_type_content_types().
+ *
+ * Rendered entity use entity types machine name as subtype name.
+ */
+
+function entity_entity_view_content_type_content_types() {
+  $types = array();
+  $entities = entity_get_info();
+
+  foreach($entities as $entity_type => $info) {
+    $types[$entity_type] = array(
+      'title' => $info['label'],
+      'category' => array('Rendered entity'),
+      'required context' => new ctools_context_required(t('Entity'), $entity_type),
+    );
+  }
+
+  return $types;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns an edit form for a entity.
+ *
+ * Rendered entity use entity types machine name as subtype name.
+ *
+ * @see entity_entity_view_get_content_types()
+ */
+function entity_entity_view_content_type_edit_form($form, &$form_state) {
+  $conf = $form_state['conf'];
+  $entity_type = $form_state['subtype_name'];
+  $entity_info = entity_get_info($entity_type);
+
+  $options = array();
+  if (!empty($entity_info['view modes'])) {
+    foreach ($entity_info['view modes'] as $mode => $settings) {
+      $options[$mode] = $settings['label'];
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (count($options) > 1) {
+    $form['view_mode'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'select',
+      '#options' => $options,
+      '#title' => t('View mode'),
+      '#default_value' => isset($conf['view_mode']) ? $conf['view_mode'] : array('default' => 'full'),
+    );
+  }
+  else {
+    $form['view_mode_info'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'item',
+      '#title' => t('View mode'),
+      '#description' => t('Only one view mode is available for this entity type.'),
+      '#markup' => $options ? current($options) : t('Default'),
+    );
+
+    $form['view_mode'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'value',
+      '#value' => $options ? key($options) : 'default',
+    );
+  }
+
+  return $form;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Save selected view mode.
+ */
+function entity_entity_view_content_type_edit_form_submit(&$form, &$form_state) {
+  if (isset($form_state['values']['view_mode'])) {
+    $form_state['conf']['view_mode'] = $form_state['values']['view_mode'];
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_PLUGIN_content_type_render().
+ *
+ * Ctools require than a content type render return a block.
+ *
+ * @see ctools_content_render()
+ */
+function entity_entity_view_content_type_render($entity_type, $conf, $panel_args, $contexts) {
+  $block = new stdClass();
+  $block->module = 'entity';
+  $block->delta = $entity_type . '-' . str_replace('-', '_', $conf['view_mode']);
+  $entity_id = $contexts->argument;
+  $entity = entity_load_single($entity_type, $entity_id);
+  $block->content = entity_view($entity_type, array($entity_id => $entity), $conf['view_mode']);
+  return $block;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_PLUGIN_content_type_admin_title().
+ *
+ * Returns the administrative title for a type.
+ */
+function entity_entity_view_content_type_admin_title($entity_type, $conf, $contexts) {
+  $entity_info = entity_get_info($entity_type);
+  $entity_type_name = $entity_info['label'];
+  $view_mode = $conf['view_mode'];
+  if (isset($entity_info['view modes'][$view_mode])) {
+    $view_mode = $entity_info['view modes'][$view_mode]['label'];
+  }
+  return t('Rendered @entity_type_name using view mode "@view_mode"',array('@entity_type_name' => $entity_type_name, '@view_mode' => $view_mode));
+}
diff --git a/entity.module b/entity.module
index 0f552a3..c671b55 100644
--- a/entity.module
+++ b/entity.module
@@ -1227,3 +1227,12 @@ function _entity_info_add_metadata(&$entity_info) {
     $entity_info['taxonomy_vocabulary']['token type'] = 'vocabulary';
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_ctools_plugin_directory().
+ */
+function entity_ctools_plugin_directory($module, $plugin) {
+  if ($module == 'ctools' && $plugin == 'content_types') {
+    return 'ctools/content_types';
+  }
+}