diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Plugin/DefaultPluginManager.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Plugin/DefaultPluginManager.php
index 99abd89..6a3bbe9 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Plugin/DefaultPluginManager.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Plugin/DefaultPluginManager.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\Core\Plugin;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\CachedDiscoveryInterface;
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Exception\PluginException;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\ContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator;
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginManagerBase;
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginManagerInterface;
@@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ class DefaultPluginManager extends PluginManagerBase implements PluginManagerInt
   protected $defaults = array();
 
   /**
+   * Defines a fallback ID in case the plugin could not be created.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $fallbackPluginId;
+
+  /**
    * Creates the discovery object.
    *
    * @param string|bool $subdir
@@ -112,12 +120,13 @@ class DefaultPluginManager extends PluginManagerBase implements PluginManagerInt
    *   (optional) The name of the annotation that contains the plugin definition.
    *   Defaults to 'Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin'.
    */
-  public function __construct($subdir, \Traversable $namespaces, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler, $plugin_definition_annotation_name = 'Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin') {
+  public function __construct($subdir, \Traversable $namespaces, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler, $plugin_definition_annotation_name = 'Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin', $fallback_plugin_id = NULL) {
     $this->subdir = $subdir;
     $this->discovery = new AnnotatedClassDiscovery($subdir, $namespaces, $plugin_definition_annotation_name);
     $this->discovery = new ContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator($this->discovery);
     $this->factory = new ContainerFactory($this);
     $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
+    $this->fallbackPluginId = $fallback_plugin_id;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -277,4 +286,25 @@ protected function findDefinitions() {
     return $definitions;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function createInstance($plugin_id, array $configuration = array()) {
+
+    try {
+      $instance = $this->factory->createInstance($plugin_id, $configuration);
+    }
+    catch (PluginException $exception) {
+      if (isset($this->fallbackPluginId)) {
+        // Allow implementations show the exception message.
+        $configuration['_exception'] = $exception;
+        $instance = $this->factory->createInstance($this->fallbackPluginId, $configuration);
+      }
+      else {
+        throw $exception;
+      }
+    }
+    return $instance;
+  }
+
 }