diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c33b904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+namespace Drupal\Core\Routing;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGenerator as SymfonyUrlGenerator;
+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 UrlGenerator extends SymfonyUrlGenerator {
+
+  private $connection;
+
+  public function __construct(Connection $connection, RequestContext $context) {
+    $this->connection = $connection;
+    $this->context = $context;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a URL from the given parameters.
+   */
+  public function generate($name, $parameters = array(), $absolute = false) {
+    $result = $this->connection->query("select route from {router} where name = :name", array(':name' => $name));
+    $row = $result->fetchObject();
+
+    if (empty($row)) {
+      throw new RouteNotFoundException(sprintf('Route "%s" does not exist.', $name));
+    }
+
+    $route = unserialize($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');
+
+    $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/MatcherDumperTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MatcherDumperTest.php
index 7f6f312..34bf8b0 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MatcherDumperTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MatcherDumperTest.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function testAddAdditionalRoutes() {
    */
   public function testDump() {
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
-    $dumper= new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $dumper= new MatcherDumper($connection);
 
     $route = new Route('/test/{my}/path');
     $route->setOption('compiler_class', 'Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteCompiler');
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public function testDump() {
 
     $dumper->dump(array('route_set' => 'test'));
 
-    $record = $connection->query("SELECT * FROM {test_routes} WHERE name= :name", array(':name' => 'test_route'))->fetchObject();
+    $record = $connection->query("SELECT * FROM {router} WHERE name= :name", array(':name' => 'test_route'))->fetchObject();
 
     $loaded_route = unserialize($record->route);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/PathMatcherTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/PathMatcherTest.php
index 0780250..3aeab1b 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/PathMatcherTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/PathMatcherTest.php
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ public function testCandidateOutlines() {
    */
   function testExactPathMatch() {
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
-    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection);
 
     $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
 
-    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
     $dumper->addRoutes($this->fixtures->sampleRouteCollection());
     $dumper->dump();
 
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ function testExactPathMatch() {
    */
   function testOutlinePathMatch() {
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
-    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection);
 
     $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
 
-    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
     $dumper->addRoutes($this->fixtures->complexRouteCollection());
     $dumper->dump();
 
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ function testOutlinePathMatch() {
    */
   function testOutlinePathMatchTrailingSlash() {
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
-    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection);
 
     $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
 
-    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
     $dumper->addRoutes($this->fixtures->complexRouteCollection());
     $dumper->dump();
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ function testOutlinePathMatchTrailingSlash() {
    */
   function testOutlinePathMatchDefaults() {
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
-    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection);
 
     $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ function testOutlinePathMatchDefaults() {
       'value' => 'poink',
     )));
 
-    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
     $dumper->addRoutes($collection);
     $dumper->dump();
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function testOutlinePathMatchDefaults() {
    */
   function testOutlinePathMatchDefaultsCollision() {
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
-    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection);
 
     $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function testOutlinePathMatchDefaultsCollision() {
     )));
     $collection->add('narf', new Route('/some/path/here'));
 
-    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
     $dumper->addRoutes($collection);
     $dumper->dump();
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ function testOutlinePathMatchDefaultsCollision() {
    */
   function testOutlinePathMatchDefaultsCollision2() {
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
-    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection);
 
     $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function testOutlinePathMatchDefaultsCollision2() {
     )));
     $collection->add('narf', new Route('/some/path/here'));
 
-    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
     $dumper->addRoutes($collection);
     $dumper->dump();
 
@@ -277,11 +277,11 @@ function testOutlinePathMatchDefaultsCollision2() {
    */
   function testOutlinePathNoMatch() {
     $connection = Database::getConnection();
-    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $matcher = new PathMatcher($connection);
 
     $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
 
-    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection);
     $dumper->addRoutes($this->fixtures->complexRouteCollection());
     $dumper->dump();
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RoutingFixtures.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RoutingFixtures.php
index f243ff1..9eae68c 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RoutingFixtures.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RoutingFixtures.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public function complexRouteCollection() {
    */
   public function routingTableDefinition() {
 
-    $tables['test_routes'] = array(
+    $tables['router'] = array(
       'description' => 'Maps paths to various callbacks (access, page and title)',
       'fields' => array(
         'name' => array(
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/UrlGeneratorTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/UrlGeneratorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6c0bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/UrlGeneratorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<?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\RequestContext;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\RouteNotFoundException;
+
+use Drupal\simpletest\UnitTestBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGenerator;
+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 RoutingFixtures();
+  }
+
+  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();
+
+    $generator = new UrlGenerator($connection, new RequestContext());
+
+    foreach ($sampleRoutes->all() as $name => $route) {
+      $url = $generator->generate($name);
+      $this->assertEqual($route->getPattern(), $url, "Correct path generated for route $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();
+
+    $generator = new UrlGenerator($connection, new RequestContext());
+
+    $sampleArgs = array('foo', 'bar', 'baz');
+
+    foreach ($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, "Correct path generated for route $name.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+    * Confirms correct behavior for non existant Routes
+    */
+  function testNonExistantRoute() {
+    $connection = Database::getConnection();
+    $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
+
+    $generator = new UrlGenerator($connection, new RequestContext());
+
+    try {
+      $generator->generate('surelyNonExistantName');
+      $this->fail();
+    } catch (RouteNotFoundException $e) {
+      $this->pass("Caught exception on generating URL for non-existant route.");
+    }
+  }
+}