diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php
index 083de1d639..fae6e9d069 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Crypt;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Tags;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityForm;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionWithAutocreateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Textfield;
 use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
+use Drupal\views\Form\ViewsForm;
 
 /**
  * Provides an entity autocomplete form element.
@@ -173,6 +175,42 @@ public static function processEntityAutocomplete(array &$element, FormStateInter
     // Store the selection settings in the key/value store and pass a hashed key
     // in the route parameters.
     $selection_settings = $element['#selection_settings'] ?? [];
+    // Put entity into settings.
+    $form_object = $form_state->getFormObject();
+
+    if (isset($form_object) && $form_object instanceof EntityForm) {
+      $entity = $form_object->getEntity();
+
+      $ref = $complete_form;
+      foreach ($element['#array_parents'] as $parent_key) {
+        $ref = $ref[$parent_key];
+        if (!empty($ref['#entity'])) {
+          $entity = $ref['#entity'];
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (isset($entity)) {
+        $storage = $form_state->getStorage();
+        $parent_group = (isset($storage['group'])) ? $storage['group'] : NULL;
+        $selection_settings['entity_info'] = [
+          'type' => $entity->getEntityTypeId(),
+          'id' => $entity->id(),
+          'parent_group' => $parent_group,
+        ];
+      }
+    }
+
+    // A view with arguments? Might provide multiple entities via relationships.
+    if (isset($form_object) && $form_object instanceof ViewsForm) {
+      $view = $form_state->getBuildInfo()['args'][0];
+      $selection_settings['parent_view'] = [
+        'id' => $view->id(),
+        'display' => $view->current_display,
+        'args' => $view->args,
+        'delta' => $element['#field_parents'][1],
+      ];
+    }
+
     $data = serialize($selection_settings) . $element['#target_type'] . $element['#selection_handler'];
     $selection_settings_key = Crypt::hmacBase64($data, Settings::getHashSalt());
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/OptionsWidgetBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/OptionsWidgetBase.php
index 0a58801734..7e78c1c326 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/OptionsWidgetBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/OptionsWidgetBase.php
@@ -43,6 +43,38 @@ public function __construct($plugin_id, $plugin_definition, FieldDefinitionInter
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function formElement(FieldItemListInterface $items, $delta, array $element, array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    // Add form object to field definition.
+    $field_definition = $items->getFieldDefinition();
+
+    // Put entity into settings.
+    $form_object = $form_state->getFormObject();
+    if (isset($form_object) && $form_object instanceof EntityForm) {
+      $entity = $form_object->getEntity();
+
+      // $complete_form['order_items']['widget']['entities'][0]['form']['inline_entity_form']['field_licensed_used_by']['widget'][0]['target_id']
+      $ref = $form;
+      foreach ($element['#array_parents'] as $parent_key) {
+        $ref = $ref[$parent_key];
+        if (!empty($ref['#entity'])) {
+          $entity = $ref['#entity'];
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (isset($entity)) {
+        $storage = $form_state->getStorage();
+        $parent_group = (isset($storage['group'])) ? $storage['group'] : NULL;
+        $entity_data = [
+          'type' => $entity->getEntityTypeId(),
+          'id' => $entity->id(),
+          'parent_group' => $parent_group,
+        ];
+
+        $setting = $field_definition->getSetting('handler_settings');
+        $setting['entity_info'] = $entity_data;
+        $field_definition->setSetting('handler_settings', $setting);
+      }
+    }
+
     // Prepare some properties for the child methods to build the actual form
     // element.
     $this->required = $element['#required'];
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
index cf80704f6b..4928530a72 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Render\BubbleableMetadata;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
+use Drupal\Core\Utility\Token;
 use Drupal\views\Render\ViewsRenderPipelineMarkup;
 use Drupal\views\Views;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait;
 
 /**
  * Plugin implementation of the 'selection' entity_reference.
@@ -64,6 +66,13 @@ class ViewsSelection extends SelectionPluginBase implements ContainerFactoryPlug
    */
   protected $renderer;
 
+  /**
+   * The token service.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Utility\Token
+   */
+  protected $token;
+
   /**
    * Constructs a new ViewsSelection object.
    *
@@ -81,14 +90,17 @@ class ViewsSelection extends SelectionPluginBase implements ContainerFactoryPlug
    *   The current user.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface $renderer
    *   The renderer.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Utility\Token $token
+   *   The token replacement instance.
    */
-  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler, AccountInterface $current_user, RendererInterface $renderer) {
+  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler, AccountInterface $current_user, RendererInterface $renderer, Token $token) {
     parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
 
     $this->entityTypeManager = $entity_type_manager;
     $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
     $this->currentUser = $current_user;
     $this->renderer = $renderer;
+    $this->token = $token;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -102,7 +114,8 @@ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuratio
       $container->get('entity_type.manager'),
       $container->get('module_handler'),
       $container->get('current_user'),
-      $container->get('renderer')
+      $container->get('renderer'),
+      $container->get('token')
     );
   }
 
@@ -165,7 +178,7 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_sta
         '#title' => $this->t('View arguments'),
         '#default_value' => $default,
         '#required' => FALSE,
-        '#description' => $this->t('Provide a comma separated list of arguments to pass to the view.'),
+        '#description' => $this->t('Provide a comma separated list of arguments to pass to the view.') . '<br />' . $this->t('This field supports tokens.'),
       ];
     }
     else {
@@ -248,18 +261,27 @@ public function getReferenceableEntities($match = NULL, $match_operator = 'CONTA
    *   indicates no limiting.
    * @param array|null $ids
    *   Array of entity IDs. Defaults to NULL.
+   * @param bool $bubble_cacheable_metadata
+   *   If TRUE the cacheability metadata emitted during token replacement will be
+   *   bubbled to the render context. If FALSE then the it will not in order to
+   *   prevent leaked cacheability metadata during early rendering.
    *
    * @return array
    *   The results.
    */
-  protected function getDisplayExecutionResults(string $match = NULL, string $match_operator = 'CONTAINS', int $limit = 0, array $ids = NULL) {
+  protected function getDisplayExecutionResults(string $match = NULL, string $match_operator = 'CONTAINS', int $limit = 0, array $ids = NULL, $bubble_cacheable_metadata = TRUE): array {
     $display_name = $this->getConfiguration()['view']['display_name'];
-    $arguments = $this->getConfiguration()['view']['arguments'];
+    $arguments = $this->handleArgs($this->getConfiguration()['view']['arguments'], $bubble_cacheable_metadata);
     $results = [];
     if ($this->initializeView($match, $match_operator, $limit, $ids)) {
       $results = $this->view->executeDisplay($display_name, $arguments);
     }
-    return $results;
+    if (is_null($results)) {
+      return (array) $results;
+    }
+    else {
+      return $results;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -304,7 +326,7 @@ public function countReferenceableEntities($match = NULL, $match_operator = 'CON
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function validateReferenceableEntities(array $ids) {
-    $entities = $this->getDisplayExecutionResults(NULL, 'CONTAINS', 0, $ids);
+    $entities = $this->getDisplayExecutionResults(NULL, 'CONTAINS', 0, $ids, FALSE);
     $result = [];
     if ($entities) {
       $result = array_keys($entities);
@@ -345,4 +367,94 @@ public static function settingsFormValidate($element, FormStateInterface $form_s
     $form_state->setValueForElement($element, $value);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Handles replacing tokens in arguments for views.
+   *
+   * Replaces tokens using Token::replace.
+   *
+   * @param array $args
+   *   An array of arguments that may contain tokens.
+   * @param bool $bubble_cacheable_metadata
+   *   If TRUE the cacheability metadata emitted during token replacement will be
+   *   bubbled to the render context. If FALSE then the it will not in order to
+   *   prevent leaked cacheability metadata during early rendering.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   The arguments to be sent to the View.
+   */
+  protected function handleArgs($args, $bubble_cacheable_metadata = TRUE) {
+    $entities = [];
+    if (isset($this->configuration['handler_settings']['entity'])) {
+      $entities[] = $this->configuration['handler_settings']['entity'];
+    }
+    if (isset($this->configuration['entity'])) {
+      $entities[] = $this->configuration['entity'];
+    }
+    if (isset($this->configuration['entity_info'])) {
+      $entity = $this->entityTypeManager
+        ->getStorage($this->configuration['entity_info']['type'])
+        ->load($this->configuration['entity_info']['id']);
+      if ($entity) {
+        $entity->parent_group = $this->configuration['entity_info']['parent_group'] ?: NULL;
+        $entities[] = $entity;
+      }
+    }
+    if (isset($this->configuration['parent_view'])) {
+      $view_config = $this->configuration['parent_view'];
+      $parent_view = $this->entityTypeManager
+        ->getStorage('view')
+        ->load($view_config['id']);
+      if (!$parent_view) {
+        return $args;
+      }
+      $view_executable = \Drupal::service('views.executable')
+        ->get($parent_view);
+
+      $display_id = $view_config['display'];
+      $parent_args = $view_config['args'];
+
+      $view_executable->setDisplay($display_id);
+      $view_executable->preExecute($parent_args);
+      $view_executable->execute($display_id);
+      $result = $view_executable->buildRenderable($display_id, $parent_args, FALSE);
+
+      $delta = $view_config['delta'];
+      $row = $result['#view']->result[$delta];
+      if (!$row) {
+        return $args;
+      }
+      $entities[] = $row->_entity;
+      foreach ($row->_relationship_entities as $entity) {
+        $entities[] = $entity;
+      }
+    }
+
+    $data = [];
+    foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+      $token_type = $entity->getEntityTypeId();
+
+      // Taxonomy term token type doesn't match the entity type's machine name.
+      if ($token_type === 'taxonomy_term') {
+        $token_type = 'term';
+      }
+
+      if (!isset($data[$token_type])) {
+        $data[$token_type] = $entity;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // If cacheability metadata should not be bubbled then we need to pass in
+    // our own BubbleableMetadata which will prevent any metadata generated from
+    // automatically bubbling to the render context.
+    $bubbleable_metadata = $bubble_cacheable_metadata ? NULL : new BubbleableMetadata();
+
+    // Replace tokens for each argument.
+    foreach ($args as $key => $arg) {
+      $value = $this->token->replace($arg, $data, ['clear' => TRUE], $bubbleable_metadata);
+      $args[$key] = !empty($value) ? $value : NULL;
+    }
+
+    return $args;
+  }
+
 }