diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/lib/Drupal/migrate/Plugin/migrate/destination/Entity.php b/core/modules/migrate/lib/Drupal/migrate/Plugin/migrate/destination/Entity.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/lib/Drupal/migrate/Plugin/migrate/destination/Entity.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/lib/Drupal/migrate/Plugin/migrate/destination/Entity.php
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@
 class Entity extends DestinationBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginInterface {
 
   /**
+   * The entity info definition.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $entityInfo;
+
+  /**
+   * The entity storage controller.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageControllerInterface
+   */
+  protected $storageController;
+
+  /**
    * The plugin manager handling entity_field migrate plugins.
    *
    * @var \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigratePluginManager
@@ -28,6 +42,13 @@
   protected $migrateEntityFieldPluginManager;
 
   /**
+   * The field info service.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\field\FieldInfo
+   */
+  protected $fieldInfo;
+
+  /**
    * Constructs an entity destination plugin.
    *
    * @param array $configuration
@@ -46,6 +67,7 @@
    *   The field info object.
    */
   public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, array $plugin_definition, array $entity_info, EntityStorageControllerInterface $storage_controller, MigratePluginManager $plugin_manager, FieldInfo $field_info) {
+    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
     $this->entityInfo = $entity_info;
     $this->storageController = $storage_controller;
     $this->migrateEntityFieldPluginManager = $plugin_manager;
@@ -93,7 +115,9 @@
     }
     */
     // @TODO: validate! this will fatal if create() fails.
-    $this->storageController->create($row->getDestination())->save();
+    $entity = $this->storageController->create($row->getDestination());
+    $entity->save();
+    return array($entity->id());
   }
 
   /**
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/lib/Drupal/migrate_drupal/Tests/d6/MigrateUserRoleTest.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/lib/Drupal/migrate_drupal/Tests/d6/MigrateUserRoleTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/lib/Drupal/migrate_drupal/Tests/d6/MigrateUserRoleTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/lib/Drupal/migrate_drupal/Tests/d6/MigrateUserRoleTest.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   }
 
   function testUserRole() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\migrate\entity\Migration $migration */
     $migration = entity_load('migration', 'd6_user_role');
     $dumps = array(
       drupal_get_path('module', 'migrate_drupal') . '/lib/Drupal/migrate_drupal/Tests/Dump/Drupal6UserRole.php',
@@ -33,11 +34,13 @@
     $executable = new MigrateExecutable($migration, new MigrateMessage());
     $executable->import();
 
-    $migrate_test_role_1 = entity_load('user_role', 'migrate_test_role_1');
-    $this->assertTrue(is_object($migrate_test_role_1), 'The migrated test role 1 was retrieved from the database.');
+    $rid = 'migrate_test_role_1';
+    $migrate_test_role_1 = entity_load('user_role', $rid);
+    $this->assertEqual($migrate_test_role_1->id(), $rid);
     $this->assertEqual($migrate_test_role_1->permissions, array(0 => 'migrate test role 1 test permission'));
-    $migrate_test_role_2 = entity_load('user_role', 'migrate_test_role_2');
-    $this->assertTrue(is_object($migrate_test_role_2), 'The migrated test role 2 was retrieved from the database.');
+    $this->assertEqual(array($rid), $migration->getIdMap()->lookupDestinationID(array(3)));
+    $rid = 'migrate_test_role_2';
+    $migrate_test_role_2 = entity_load('user_role', $rid);
     $this->assertEqual($migrate_test_role_2->permissions, array(
       'migrate test role 2 test permission',
       'use PHP for settings',
@@ -55,6 +58,8 @@
       'administer nodes',
       'access content overview',
     ));
+    $this->assertEqual($migrate_test_role_2->id(), $rid);
+    $this->assertEqual(array($rid), $migration->getIdMap()->lookupDestinationID(array(4)));
   }
 
 }