diff --git a/core/modules/block/tests/modules/block_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_view_block3.yml b/core/modules/block/tests/modules/block_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_view_block3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a44d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/block/tests/modules/block_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_view_block3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  module:
+    - node
+    - user
+id: test_view_block3
+label: test_view_block3
+module: views
+description: ''
+tag: ''
+base_table: node_field_data
+base_field: nid
+core: 8.x
+display:
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: 0
+    display_options:
+      access:
+        type: perm
+        options:
+          perm: 'access content'
+      cache:
+        type: tag
+        options: {  }
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+        options:
+          disable_sql_rewrite: false
+          distinct: false
+          replica: false
+          query_comment: ''
+          query_tags: {  }
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+        options:
+          submit_button: Apply
+          reset_button: false
+          reset_button_label: Reset
+          exposed_sorts_label: 'Sort by'
+          expose_sort_order: true
+          sort_asc_label: Asc
+          sort_desc_label: Desc
+      pager:
+        type: some
+        options:
+          items_per_page: 5
+          offset: 0
+      style:
+        type: default
+      row:
+        type: fields
+      fields:
+        title:
+          id: title
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: title
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: true
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: string
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+      filters:
+        status:
+          value: true
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: status
+          plugin_id: boolean
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: status
+          id: status
+          expose:
+            operator: ''
+          group: 1
+      sorts:
+        created:
+          id: created
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: created
+          order: DESC
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: created
+          plugin_id: date
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          exposed: false
+          expose:
+            label: ''
+          granularity: second
+      title: test_view_block3
+      header: {  }
+      footer: {  }
+      empty: {  }
+      relationships: {  }
+      arguments:
+        nid:
+          id: nid
+          table: node
+          field: nid
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          default_action: ignore
+          exception:
+            value: all
+            title_enable: false
+            title: All
+          title_enable: false
+          title: ''
+          default_argument_type: fixed
+          default_argument_options:
+            argument: ''
+          default_argument_skip_url: false
+          summary_options:
+            base_path: ''
+            count: true
+            items_per_page: 25
+            override: false
+          summary:
+            sort_order: asc
+            number_of_records: 0
+            format: default_summary
+          specify_validation: true
+          validate:
+            type: 'entity:node'
+            fail: 'not found'
+          validate_options:
+            operation: view
+            multiple: 0
+            bundles: {  }
+            access: false
+          break_phrase: false
+          not: false
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: nid
+          plugin_id: numeric
+      display_extenders: {  }
+    cache_metadata:
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      cacheable: false
+  block_1:
+    display_plugin: block
+    id: block_1
+    display_title: Block
+    position: 1
+    display_options:
+      display_extenders: {  }
+    cache_metadata:
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      cacheable: false
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/Block/ViewsBlock.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/Block/ViewsBlock.php
index 4c8a8b4..808b3f4 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/Block/ViewsBlock.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/Block/ViewsBlock.php
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\Block;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss;
-use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\Query\Query;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\views\Element\View;
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 
 /**
  * Provides a generic Views block.
@@ -30,7 +29,25 @@ class ViewsBlock extends ViewsBlockBase {
   public function build() {
     $this->view->display_handler->preBlockBuild($this);
 
-    if ($output = $this->view->buildRenderable($this->displayID, [], FALSE)) {
+    $this->view->display_handler->getOption('arguments');
+
+    $args = array();
+    if ($this->context) {
+      foreach ($this->view->display_handler->getOption('arguments') as $argument_name => $argument) {
+        if (isset($this->context[$argument_name]) && $this->context[$argument_name]->hasContextValue()) {
+          $value = $this->context[$argument_name]->getContextValue();
+          if ($value instanceof EntityInterface) {
+            $value = $value->id();
+          }
+          $args[] = $value;
+        }
+        else {
+          $args[] = $argument['exception']['value'];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if ($output = $this->view->buildRenderable($this->displayID, $args, FALSE)) {
       // Override the label to the dynamic title configured in the view.
       if (empty($this->configuration['views_label']) && $this->view->getTitle()) {
         $output['#title'] = ['#markup' => $this->view->getTitle(), '#allowed_tags' => Xss::getHtmlTagList()];
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/Derivative/ViewsBlock.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/Derivative/ViewsBlock.php
index 3ebfc5f..9c5be87 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/Derivative/ViewsBlock.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/Derivative/ViewsBlock.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\Derivative;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Context\ContextDefinition;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\ContainerDeriverInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
@@ -105,9 +106,30 @@ public function getDerivativeDefinitions($base_plugin_definition) {
             'config_dependencies' => array(
               'config' => array(
                 $view->getConfigDependencyName(),
-              )
-            )
+              ),
+            ),
           );
+
+          // Look for arguments and expose them as context.
+          if ($arguments = $display->getOption('arguments')) {
+            foreach ($arguments as $argument_name => $argument) {
+              if (!empty($argument['specify_validation'])) {
+                if (strpos($argument['validate']['type'], 'entity:') !== FALSE) {
+                  $this->derivatives[$delta]['context'][$argument_name] = new ContextDefinition($argument['validate']['type'], $argument_name, FALSE);
+                }
+                elseif ($argument['validate']['type'] == 'numeric') {
+                  $this->derivatives[$delta]['context'][$argument_name] = new ContextDefinition('integer', $argument_name, FALSE);
+                }
+              }
+              else {
+                switch ($argument['plugin_id']) {
+                  case 'numeric':
+                    $this->derivatives[$delta]['context'][$argument_name] = new ContextDefinition('integer', $argument_name, FALSE);
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+
           $this->derivatives[$delta] += $base_plugin_definition;
         }
       }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/ContextualFiltersBlockContextTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/ContextualFiltersBlockContextTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33d11ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/ContextualFiltersBlockContextTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Tests\plugins\ContextualFiltersBlockContextTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests\Plugin;
+
+use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestData;
+use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestBase;
+use Drupal\system\Tests\Cache\AssertPageCacheContextsAndTagsTrait;
+
+/**
+ * A test for contextual filters exposed as block context.
+ *
+ * @group views
+ */
+class ContextualFiltersBlockContextTest extends ViewTestBase {
+
+  use AssertPageCacheContextsAndTagsTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('block',
+    'block_test_views', 'views_ui', 'node'
+  );
+
+  /**
+   * Views used by this test.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $testViews = array('test_view_block3');
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('block_test_views'));
+    $this->enableViewsTestModule();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests exposed context.
+   */
+  public function testBlockContext() {
+
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer views', 'administer blocks')));
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/block');
+    $this->clickLinkPartialName('Place block');
+    $this->drupalPlaceBlock('views_block:test_view_block3-block_1', array('label' => 'test_view_block3-block_1:1'));
+
+    $definition = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.block')->getDefinition('views_block:test_view_block3-block_1');
+
+    $this->assertTrue($definition['context']['nid']);
+
+  }
+
+}