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/comment/src/Tests/Views/CommentViewsFieldAccessTest.php b/core/modules/comment/src/Tests/Views/CommentViewsFieldAccessTest.php
index 34a5882..7cf7255 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Tests/Views/CommentViewsFieldAccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Tests/Views/CommentViewsFieldAccessTest.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public function testCommentFields() {
 
     // $this->assertFieldAccess('comment', 'cid', $comment->id());
     // $this->assertFieldAccess('comment', 'cid', $comment_anonymous->id());
-    // $this->assertFieldAccess('comment', 'uuid', $comment->uuid());
+    $this->assertFieldAccess('comment', 'uuid', $comment->uuid());
     // $this->assertFieldAccess('comment', 'subject', 'My comment title');
     // $this->assertFieldAccess('comment', 'subject', 'Anonymous comment title');
     $this->assertFieldAccess('comment', 'name', 'anonymous');
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..15956c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/field/src/Tests/String/UuidFormatterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?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;
+/**
+ * Tests the output of a UUID field.
+ *
+ * @group field
+ */
+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());
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/Views/FileViewsFieldAccessTest.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/Views/FileViewsFieldAccessTest.php
index 74baac3..94adad3 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/Views/FileViewsFieldAccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/Views/FileViewsFieldAccessTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testFileFields() {
     // @todo Expand the test coverage in https://www.drupal.org/node/2464635
 
     $this->assertFieldAccess('file', 'fid', $file->id());
-    // $this->assertFieldAccess('file', 'uuid', $file->uuid());
+    $this->assertFieldAccess('file', 'uuid', $file->uuid());
     $this->assertFieldAccess('file', 'langcode', $file->language()->getName());
     $this->assertFieldAccess('file', 'uid', 'test user');
     $this->assertFieldAccess('file', 'filename', $file->getFilename());
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Views/NodeViewsFieldAccessTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Views/NodeViewsFieldAccessTest.php
index 0ed8edf..93772f9 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Views/NodeViewsFieldAccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/Views/NodeViewsFieldAccessTest.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public function testNodeFields() {
     // @todo Expand the test coverage in https://www.drupal.org/node/2464635
 
     $this->assertFieldAccess('node', 'nid', $node->id());
-    // $this->assertFieldAccess('node', 'uuid', $node->uuid());
+    $this->assertFieldAccess('node', 'uuid', $node->uuid());
     $this->assertFieldAccess('node', 'vid', $node->id());
     $this->assertFieldAccess('node', 'type', $node->type->entity->label());
     $this->assertFieldAccess('node', 'langcode', $node->language()->getName());
diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/Views/UserViewsFieldAccessTest.php b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/Views/UserViewsFieldAccessTest.php
index f978229..09ee466 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/Views/UserViewsFieldAccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/Views/UserViewsFieldAccessTest.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public function testUserFields() {
     // @todo Expand the test coverage in https://www.drupal.org/node/2464635
 
     // $this->assertFieldAccess('user', 'uid', $user->id());
-    // $this->assertFieldAccess('user', 'uuid', $user->uuid());
+    $this->assertFieldAccess('user', 'uuid', $user->uuid());
     $this->assertFieldAccess('user', 'langcode', $user->language()->getName());
     $this->assertFieldAccess('user', 'preferred_langcode', 'Spanish');
     $this->assertFieldAccess('user', 'preferred_admin_langcode', 'French');
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Handler/FieldFieldAccessTestBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Handler/FieldFieldAccessTestBase.php
index 44ea708..5554a8a 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Handler/FieldFieldAccessTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Handler/FieldFieldAccessTestBase.php
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ protected function assertFieldAccess($entity_type_id, $field_name, $field_conten
 
     $entity_type = \Drupal::entityManager()->getDefinition($entity_type_id);
     $view_id = $this->randomMachineName();
-    $base_table = $entity_type->getDataTable() ?: $entity_type->getBaseTable();
+    $data_table = $entity_type->getDataTable();
+    // Use the data table as long as the field is not 'uuid'. This is the only
+    // column that can only be obtained from the base table.
+    $base_table = ($data_table && ($field_name !== 'uuid')) ? $data_table : $entity_type->getBaseTable();
     $entity = View::create([
       'id' => $view_id,
       'base_table' => $base_table,