diff -u b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Entity.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Entity.php
--- b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Entity.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Entity.php
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
     $options['entity_id'] = array('default' => '');
     $options['view_mode'] = array('default' => '');
+    $options['tokenize'] = array('default' => TRUE, 'bool' => TRUE);
 
     return $options;
   }
@@ -92,9 +93,14 @@
    */
   function render($empty = FALSE) {
     if (!$empty || !empty($this->options['empty'])) {
-      $entity_id = $this->globalTokenReplace($this->options['entity_id']);
+      $entity_id = $this->options['entity_id'];
+      if ($this->options['tokenize']) {
+        $entity_id = $this->view->style_plugin->tokenize_value($entity_id, 0);
+      }
+      $entity_id = $this->globalTokenReplace($entity_id);
       if ($entity = entity_load($this->entityType, $entity_id)) {
         $build = entity_view($entity, $this->options['view_mode']);
+        // @todo Support to just return a render array.
         return drupal_render($build);
       }
     }
diff -u b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaEntityTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaEntityTest.php
--- b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaEntityTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaEntityTest.php
@@ -77,16 +77,25 @@
    * Tests the area handler.
    */
   public function testEntityArea() {
-    $random_label = $this->randomName();
-    $data = array('bundle' => 'entity_test_render', 'name' => $random_label);
-    $entity_test = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.entity')->getStorageController('entity_test_render')->create($data);
-    $entity_test->save();
+
+    $entities = array();
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 2; $i++) {
+      $random_label = $this->randomName();
+      $data = array('bundle' => 'entity_test_render', 'name' => $random_label);
+      $entity_test = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.entity')->getStorageController('entity_test_render')->create($data);
+      $entity_test->save();
+      $entities[] = $entity_test;
+    }
 
     $view = views_get_view('test_entity_area');
-    $this->drupalSetContent($view->preview());
+    $this->drupalSetContent($view->preview('default', array($entities[1]->id())));
 
     $result = $this->xpath('//div[@class = "view-header"]');
-    $this->assertTrue(strpos(trim((string) $result[0]), $random_label) !== FALSE, 'The rendered entity appears in the header of the view.');
+    $this->assertTrue(strpos(trim((string) $result[0]), $entities[0]->label()) !== FALSE, 'The rendered entity appears in the header of the view.');
+    $this->assertTrue(strpos(trim((string) $result[0]), 'full') !== FALSE, 'The rendered entity appeared in the right view mode.');
+
+    $result = $this->xpath('//div[@class = "view-footer"]');
+    $this->assertTrue(strpos(trim((string) $result[0]), $entities[1]->label()) !== FALSE, 'The rendered entity appears in the header of the view.');
     $this->assertTrue(strpos(trim((string) $result[0]), 'full') !== FALSE, 'The rendered entity appeared in the right view mode.');
 
     // Change the view mode of the area handler.
@@ -95,12 +104,11 @@
     $item['view_mode'] = 'test';
     $view->setItem('default', 'header', 'entity_entity_test_render', $item);
 
-    $this->drupalSetContent($view->preview());
+    $this->drupalSetContent($view->preview('default', array($entities[1]->id())));
 
     $result = $this->xpath('//div[@class = "view-header"]');
-    $this->assertTrue(strpos(trim((string) $result[0]), $random_label) !== FALSE, 'The rendered entity appears in the header of the view.');
+    $this->assertTrue(strpos(trim((string) $result[0]), $entities[0]->label()) !== FALSE, 'The rendered entity appears in the header of the view.');
     $this->assertTrue(strpos(trim((string) $result[0]), 'test') !== FALSE, 'The rendered entity appeared in the right view mode.');
-
   }
 
 }
diff -u b/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_entity_area.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_entity_area.yml
--- b/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_entity_area.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_entity_area.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
           entity_id: 1
           view_mode: full
           plugin_id: entity
+      footer:
+        entity_entity_test_render:
+          field: entity_entity_test_render
+          id: entity_entity_test_render
+          table: views
+          entity_id: !1
+          view_mode: full
+          plugin_id: entity
       fields:
         id:
           field: id
@@ -25,6 +33,12 @@
           relationship: none
           table: views_test_data
           plugin_id: numeric
+      arguments:
+        id:
+          id: id
+          table: views_test_data
+          field: id
+          plugin_id: numeric
       pager:
         options:
           offset: '0'