diff --git a/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/EntityReference/Views/ViewsSelectionWithLimitedOutputTest.php b/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/EntityReference/Views/ViewsSelectionWithLimitedOutputTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f4c428533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/EntityReference/Views/ViewsSelectionWithLimitedOutputTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\field\Kernel\EntityReference\Views;
+
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\node\Entity\Node;
+use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
+use Drupal\node\NodeInterface;
+use Drupal\views\Views;
+
+/**
+ * Tests output limitation for views selection handlers.
+ *
+ * @group entity_reference
+ */
+class ViewsSelectionWithLimitedOutputTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static $modules = [
+    'system',
+    'user',
+    'node',
+    'views',
+    'entity_reference_test',
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * The view executable.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\views\ViewExecutable
+   */
+  protected $view;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->installEntitySchema('user');
+    $this->installEntitySchema('node');
+    $this->installConfig('entity_reference_test');
+
+    // Create 20 test nodes, all containing a known string sequence.
+    NodeType::create(['type' => 'some_kind_of_node'])->save();
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 20; $i++) {
+      Node::create([
+        'type' => 'some_kind_of_node',
+        'title' => $this->randomString() . ' string to search for',
+        'status' => NodeInterface::PUBLISHED,
+      ])->save();
+    }
+
+    $this->view = Views::getView('test_entity_reference');
+    $this->view->initDisplay();
+
+    // Allow the test to access the view.
+    $this->view->displayHandlers->get('entity_reference_1')->overrideOption('access', ['type' => 'none']);
+    $this->view->save();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the Views selection limits the number of results correctly.
+   */
+  public function testLimitedOutput() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityAutocompleteMatcher $matcher */
+    $matcher = $this->container->get('entity.autocomplete_matcher');
+    $selection_settings = [
+      'view' => [
+        'view_name' => 'test_entity_reference',
+        'display_name' => 'entity_reference_1',
+        'arguments' => [],
+      ],
+    ];
+
+    // Check that 10 items are returned when the view has no pager.
+    $result = $matcher->getMatches('node', 'views', $selection_settings, 'string to search for');
+    $this->assertCount(10, $result);
+
+    // Add a pager to the view different than 10.
+    $pager = ['type' => 'some', 'options' => ['items_per_page' => 15]];
+    $this->view->displayHandlers->get('entity_reference_1')->overrideOption('pager', $pager);
+
+    // Check that the returned number of items equals the view pager length.
+    $result = $matcher->getMatches('node', 'views', $selection_settings, 'string to search for');
+    $this->assertCount(15, $result);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php
index 4dedd51a83..30eb62050b 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ public function query() {
       $this->view->query->addWhere(0, $id_table . '.' . $id_field, $options['ids'], 'IN');
     }
 
+    // If the display has no pager set (plugin ID equals 'none'), set one.
+    if ($this->view->getPager()->getPluginId() === 'none') {
+      /** @var \Drupal\views\Plugin\ViewsPluginManager $pager_plugin_manager */
+      $pager_plugin_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.views.pager');
+      /** @var \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\pager\PagerPluginBase $pager */
+      $this->view->pager = $pager_plugin_manager->createInstance('some');
+      $this->view->pager->init($this->view, $this->view->getDisplay());
+    }
     $this->view->setItemsPerPage($options['limit']);
   }