diff --git a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEntityReferenceNormalizer.php b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEntityReferenceNormalizer.php
index 14f4d26..c740c81 100644
--- a/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEntityReferenceNormalizer.php
+++ b/core/modules/jsonld/lib/Drupal/jsonld/JsonldEntityReferenceNormalizer.php
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ public function normalize($object, $format = null, array $context = array()) {
     // pass in the referenced entity with a flag that ensures it is rendered as
     // a node reference and not a node definition.
     $entity_wrapper = new JsonldEntityWrapper($object->entity, $format, $this->serializer, $this->siteSchemaManager);
+    $properties = $entity_wrapper->getProperties();
     return array(
       '@id' => $entity_wrapper->getId(),
+      'uuid' => $properties['uuid'],
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/serialization/lib/Drupal/serialization/Plugin/serialization/entityreference_handler/Uuid.php b/core/modules/serialization/lib/Drupal/serialization/Plugin/serialization/entityreference_handler/Uuid.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34b43f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/serialization/lib/Drupal/serialization/Plugin/serialization/entityreference_handler/Uuid.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\serialization\Plugin\serialization\entityreference_handler/Uuid
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\serialization\Plugin\serialization\entityreference_handler;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Plugin;
+use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Translation;
+use Drupal\serialization\Plugin\EntityReferenceHandlerBase;
+
+/**
+ * Provides an entity reference handler for matching based on UUID.
+ *
+ * @Plugin(
+ *   id = "uuid",
+ *   label = @Translation("URI Dereference"),
+ *   settings = {
+ *     "uuid_key" = "uuid"
+ *   }
+ * )
+ */
+class Uuid extends EntityReferenceHandlerBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Implements EntityReferenceHandlerInterface::getEntityId()
+   */
+  public function getEntityId($data, $format, $serializer) {
+    // Determine which attribute holds the UUID.
+    $uuid_key = $this->getSetting('uuid_key');
+    $uuid = $data[$uuid_key];
+    while (is_array($uuid)) {
+      $uuid = reset($uuid);
+    }
+
+    $entity = entity_load_by_uuid($this->getSetting('target_entity_type'), $uuid);
+    return $entity->id();
+  }
+
+}