diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Views.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Views.php
index 80cf166b041..e7127c71eb8 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Views.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Views.php
@@ -75,4 +75,20 @@ class Views {
     return Drupal::service('plugin.manager.views.' . $type);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Loads a view from configuration and returns its executable object.
+   *
+   * @param string $id
+   *   The view ID to load.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\views\ViewExecutable
+   *   A view executable instance, from the loaded entity.
+   */
+  public static function getView($id) {
+    $view = Drupal::service('plugin.manager.entity')->getStorageController('view')->load($id);
+    if ($view) {
+      return static::executableFactory()->get($view);
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewsTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91c22260c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Tests\ViewsTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+use Drupal\views\Views;
+use Drupal\views\Plugin\Core\Entity\View;
+use Drupal\views\ViewExecutableFactory;
+use Drupal;
+use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
+
+class ViewsTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Views test',
+      'description' => 'Tests the Drupal\views\Views class.',
+      'group' => 'Views',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+    $container->set('views.executable', new ViewExecutableFactory());
+
+    $this->view = new View(array('id' => 'test_view'), 'view');
+
+    $view_storage_controller = $this->getMockBuilder('Drupal\views\ViewStorageController')
+      ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+      ->getMock();
+    $view_storage_controller->expects($this->once())
+      ->method('load')
+      ->with('test_view')
+      ->will($this->returnValue($this->view));
+
+    $entity_manager = $this->getMockBuilder('Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManager')
+      ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+      ->getMock();
+    $entity_manager->expects($this->once())
+      ->method('getStorageController')
+      ->with('view')
+      ->will($this->returnValue($view_storage_controller));
+    $container->set('plugin.manager.entity', $entity_manager);
+
+    Drupal::setContainer($container);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the getView() method.
+   */
+  public function testGetView() {
+    $executable = Views::getView('test_view');
+    $this->assertInstanceOf('Drupal\views\ViewExecutable', $executable);
+    $this->assertEquals($this->view->id(), $executable->storage->id());
+    $this->assertEquals(spl_object_hash($this->view), spl_object_hash($executable->storage));
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.module b/core/modules/views/views.module
index 2b0a75a23c6..5c4bb60af72 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.module
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.module
@@ -1105,12 +1105,12 @@ function views_disable_view(View $view) {
  *
  * @return Drupal\views\ViewExecutable
  *   A reference to the $view object.
+ *
+ * @deprecated as of Drupal 8.0. Use \Drupal\views\Views::getView().
+ *
  */
 function views_get_view($name) {
-  $view = entity_load('view', $name);
-  if ($view) {
-    return $view->get('executable');
-  }
+  return Views::getView($name);
 }
 
 /**