diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/DisplayBag.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/DisplayBag.php
index 72023f3..4bb587c 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/DisplayBag.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/DisplayBag.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views;
 
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Exception\PluginException;
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginBag;
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginManagerInterface;
 
@@ -77,7 +78,17 @@ protected function initializePlugin($display_id) {
 
     // Retrieve and initialize the new display handler with data.
     $display = &$this->view->storage->getDisplay($display_id);
-    $this->pluginInstances[$display_id] = $this->manager->createInstance($display['display_plugin']);
+
+    try {
+      $this->pluginInstances[$display_id] = $this->manager->createInstance($display['display_plugin']);
+    }
+    // Catch any plugin exceptions that are thrown. So we can fail nicely if a
+    // display plugin isn't found.
+    catch (PluginException $e) {
+      $message = $e->getMessage();
+      watchdog('views', $message);
+      drupal_set_message(t('!message', array('!message' => $message)), 'warning');
+    }
     if (empty($this->pluginInstances[$display_id])) {
       // Provide a 'default' handler as an emergency. This won't work well but
       // it will keep things from crashing.
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/DisplayTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/DisplayTest.php
index 4883ad5..81da0bf 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/DisplayTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/DisplayTest.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class DisplayTest extends PluginTestBase {
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  public static $testViews = array('test_filter_groups', 'test_get_attach_displays');
+  public static $testViews = array('test_filter_groups', 'test_get_attach_displays', 'test_display_invalid');
 
   /**
    * Modules to enable.
@@ -141,4 +141,21 @@ public function testGetAttachedDisplays() {
     $this->assertEqual($view->display_handler->getAttachedDisplays(), array());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests an invalid display plugin.
+   */
+  public function testInvalidDisplayPlugin() {
+    $this->drupalGet('test_display_invalid');
+    $this->assertResponse(200);
+
+    // Change the page plugin id to an invalid one, bypass the entity system.
+    $config = config('views.view.test_display_invalid');
+    $config->set('display.page_1.display_plugin', 'invalid');
+    $config->save();
+
+    $this->drupalGet('test_display_invalid');
+    $this->assertResponse(404);
+    $this->assertText(t('The plugin (invalid) did not specify an instance class.'));
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_invalid.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_invalid.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ee1477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_display_invalid.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+api_version: '3.0'
+base_table: views_test_data
+core: '8'
+description: ''
+status: '1'
+display:
+  default:
+    display_options:
+      row:
+        type: fields
+      fields:
+        id:
+          id: id
+          table: views_test_data
+          field: id
+          plugin_id: numeric
+    display_plugin: default
+    display_title: Master
+    id: default
+    position: '0'
+  page_1:
+    display_options:
+      path: test_display_invalid
+    display_plugin: page
+    display_title: Page
+    id: page_1
+    position: '0'
+human_name: ''
+id: test_display_invalid
+tag: ''