diff --git a/src/Plugin/Block/EntityField.php b/src/Plugin/Block/EntityField.php
index cc9d80c..a50dbac 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/Block/EntityField.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/Block/EntityField.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ namespace Drupal\ctools\Plugin\Block;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldTypePluginManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FormatterPluginManager;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContextAwarePluginInterface;
@@ -32,6 +35,20 @@ class EntityField extends BlockBase implements ContextAwarePluginInterface, Cont
   protected $entityManager;
 
   /**
+   * The formatter manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldTypePluginManagerInterface
+   */
+  protected $fieldTypeManager;
+
+  /**
+   * The formatter manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FormatterPluginManager
+   */
+  protected $formatterManager;
+
+  /**
    * The entity type id.
    *
    * @var string
@@ -55,7 +72,7 @@ class EntityField extends BlockBase implements ContextAwarePluginInterface, Cont
   /**
    * The field definition.
    *
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface
    */
   protected $fieldDefinition;
 
@@ -71,10 +88,10 @@ class EntityField extends BlockBase implements ContextAwarePluginInterface, Cont
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager
    *   The entity manager.
    */
-  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
-    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
-
+  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager, FieldTypePluginManagerInterface $field_type_manager, FormatterPluginManager $formatter_manager) {
     $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
+    $this->fieldTypeManager = $field_type_manager;
+    $this->formatterManager = $formatter_manager;
 
     // Get the entity type and field name from the plugin id.
     list ($plugin_base_id, $entity_type_id, $field_name) = explode(':', $plugin_id);
@@ -83,6 +100,8 @@ class EntityField extends BlockBase implements ContextAwarePluginInterface, Cont
 
     // Get list of bundles from the plugin definition.
     $this->bundles = $plugin_definition['bundles'];
+
+    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -93,36 +112,69 @@ class EntityField extends BlockBase implements ContextAwarePluginInterface, Cont
       $configuration,
       $plugin_id,
       $plugin_definition,
-      $container->get('entity.manager')
+      $container->get('entity.manager'),
+      $container->get('plugin.manager.field.field_type'),
+      $container->get('plugin.manager.field.formatter')
     );
   }
 
   /**
    * Get the field definition.
    *
-   * @return \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface
    */
-  protected function getFieldDefinition() {
+  protected function getFieldStorageDefinition() {
     if (empty($this->fieldDefinition)) {
-      $field_definitions = $this->entityManager->getFieldDefinitions($this->entityTypeId, $this->bundles[0]);
+      $field_definitions = $this->entityManager->getFieldStorageDefinitions($this->entityTypeId);
       $this->fieldDefinition = $field_definitions[$this->fieldName];
     }
     return $this->fieldDefinition;
   }
 
   /**
+   * Get field type.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   The field type definition.
+   */
+  protected function getFieldTypeDefinition() {
+    return $this->fieldTypeManager->getDefinition($this->getFieldStorageDefinition()->getType());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the formatter options for this field type.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   The formatter options.
+   */
+  protected function getFormatterOptions() {
+    return $this->formatterManager->getOptions($this->getFieldStorageDefinition()->getType());
+  }
+
+  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function defaultConfiguration() {
-    // @todo Why doesn't this work?
-    //return $this->getFieldDefinition()->getDisplayOptions('view');
-    return [];
+    $field_type_definition = $this->getFieldTypeDefinition();
+    return [
+      'formatter' => $field_type_definition['default_formatter'] ?: '',
+      'formatter_settings' => [],
+    ];
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function blockForm($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    $config = $this->getConfiguration();
+
+    $form['formatter'] = [
+      '#type' => 'select',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Formatter'),
+      '#options' => $this->getFormatterOptions(),
+      '#default_value' => $form_state->getValue('formatter') ?: $config['formatter'],
+    ];
+
     return $form;
   }
 
@@ -130,7 +182,6 @@ class EntityField extends BlockBase implements ContextAwarePluginInterface, Cont
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function blockSubmit($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
-    //$this->configuration['view_mode'] = $form_state->getValue('view_mode');
   }
 
   /**