diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/UuidItem.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/UuidItem.php
index e787029..84d1ec5 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/UuidItem.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/UuidItem.php
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
  *   id = "uuid",
  *   label = @Translation("UUID"),
  *   description = @Translation("An entity field containing a UUID."),
- *   no_ui = TRUE
+ *   no_ui = TRUE,
+ *   default_formatter = "string"
  * )
  */
 class UuidItem extends StringItem {
diff --git a/core/modules/field/src/Tests/String/UuidFormatterTest.php b/core/modules/field/src/Tests/String/UuidFormatterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c4f6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/field/src/Tests/String/UuidFormatterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\field\Tests\String\UuidFormatterTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\field\Tests\String;
+
+use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\FieldableEntityInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\Display\EntityViewDisplayInterface;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldConfig;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig;
+use Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTest;
+/**
+ * Class UuidFormatterTest
+ * @package Drupal\field\Tests\String
+ */
+class UuidFormatterTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = ['field', 'entity_test', 'system', 'user'];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->installConfig(['system', 'field']);
+    $this->installSchema('system', 'router');
+    \Drupal::service('router.builder')->rebuild();
+    $this->installEntitySchema('entity_test');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests string formatter output.
+   */
+  public function testUuidStringFormatter() {
+    $entity = EntityTest::create([]);
+    $entity->save();
+
+    $uuid_field = $entity->get('uuid');
+
+    $render_array = $uuid_field->view([]);
+    $this->assertIdentical($render_array[0]['#markup'], $entity->uuid(), 'The rendered UUID matches the entity UUID.');
+
+    $render_array = $uuid_field->view(['settings' => ['link_to_entity' => TRUE]]);
+    $this->assertIdentical($render_array[0]['#type'], 'link');
+    $this->assertIdentical($render_array[0]['#title'], $entity->uuid());
+    $this->assertIdentical($render_array[0]['#url']->toString(), $entity->url());
+  }
+
+}