diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/DrupalUrlGenerator.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/DrupalUrlGenerator.php
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+<?php
+namespace Drupal\Core\Routing;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGenerator;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\RouteNotFoundException;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
+
+/**
+ * DrupalUrlGenerator generates a URL based on definitons in the router table.
+ */
+class DrupalUrlGenerator extends UrlGenerator {
+
+  public function __construct() {
+    //I need to pass some RouteCollection and RequestContext.
+    //Empty ones will do for now.
+    parent::__construct(new RouteCollection(), new RequestContext(), null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a URL from the given parameters.
+   */
+  public function generate($name, $parameters = array(), $absolute = false) {
+    $result = db_query("select route from {router} where name = :name", array(':name' => $name));
+    $matches = $result->fetchAll();
+
+    if (count($matches) == 0) {
+      throw new RouteNotFoundException(sprintf('Route "%s" does not exist.', $name));
+    }
+
+    $row = $matches[0];
+
+    $route = unserialize($row->route);
+
+    //Test fixtures set compiler_class to Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteCompiler
+    //which produces compiled routes without a getVariables method
+    //fixing it hardcoded for now.
+    $route->setOption('compiler_class', '\Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCompiler');
+
+    // the Route has a cache of its own and is not recompiled as long as it does not get modified
+    $compiledRoute = $route->compile();
+
+    return $this->doGenerate($compiledRoute->getVariables(), $route->getDefaults(), $route->getRequirements(), $compiledRoute->getTokens(), $parameters, $name, $absolute);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/UrlGeneratorTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/UrlGeneratorTest.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\system\Tests\Routing\UrlGeneratorTest.php
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Routing;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException;
+
+use Drupal\simpletest\UnitTestBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\DrupalUrlGenerator;
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\MatcherDumper;
+
+use Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Basic tests for the DrupalUrlGenerator.
+ */
+class UrlGeneratorTest extends UnitTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * A collection of shared fixture data for tests.
+   *
+   * @var RoutingFixtures
+   */
+  protected $fixtures;
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'URL generator tests',
+      'description' => 'Confirm that the url generation code is working correctly.',
+      'group' => 'Routing',
+    );
+  }
+
+  function __construct($test_id = NULL) {
+    parent::__construct($test_id);
+
+     $this->fixtures = new MyRoutingFixtures();
+  }
+
+  public function tearDown() {
+    $this->fixtures->dropTables(Database::getConnection());
+
+    parent::tearDown();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Confirms correct URL generation for a simple sample RouteCollection
+   */
+  function testSampleUrlGeneration() {
+    $connection = Database::getConnection();
+    $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
+
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
+    $sampleRoutes = $this->fixtures->sampleRouteCollection();
+    $dumper->addRoutes($sampleRoutes);
+    $dumper->dump();
+
+    $generator = new DrupalUrlGenerator();
+
+    foreach ($sampleRoutes->all() as $name => $route) {
+      $url = $generator->generate($name);
+      $this->assertEqual($route->getPattern(), $url, 'Checking path generation for '. $name);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Confirms correct URL generation for a more complex RouteCollection
+   */
+  function testComplexUrlGeneration() {
+    $connection = Database::getConnection();
+    $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
+
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
+    $sampleRoutes = $this->fixtures->complexRouteCollection();
+    $dumper->addRoutes($sampleRoutes);
+    $dumper->dump();
+
+    $generator = new DrupalUrlGenerator();
+
+    $sampleArgs = array('foo', 'bar', 'baz');
+
+    foreach ($sampleRoutes->all() as $name => $route) {
+      $pattern = $route->getPattern();
+
+      //constructing the expected URL by pattern matching
+      $expected_url = $pattern;
+      $parameters = array();
+      preg_match_all('/\{(.+?)\}/', $pattern, $placeholders);
+      foreach ($placeholders[1] as $idx => $placeholder_name) {
+        $expected_url = preg_replace('/\{' . $placeholder_name . '\}/', $sampleArgs[$idx], $expected_url);
+        $parameters[$placeholder_name] = $sampleArgs[$idx];
+      }
+
+      $url = $generator->generate($name, $parameters);
+      $this->assertEqual($expected_url, $url, 'Checking path generation for '. $name);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+// RoutingFixtures::routingTableDefinition() hardcodes a table definition called
+// 'test_routes', but I need a table called 'router', which the UrlGenerator is
+// hitting while generating URLs. Quick and hacky workaround.
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
+
+class MyRoutingFixtures extends RoutingFixtures {
+
+  public function createTables(Connection $connection) {
+    $tables = $this->routingTableDefinition();
+    $tables['router'] = $tables['test_routes'];
+    unset($tables['test_routes']);
+
+    $schema = $connection->schema();
+
+    foreach ($tables as $name => $table) {
+      $schema->dropTable($name);
+      $schema->createTable($name, $table);
+    }
+  }
+}