diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
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+<?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;
+  private $table;
+
+  public function __construct(Connection $connection, RequestContext $context, $table = "router") {
+    $this->connection = $connection;
+    $this->context = $context;
+    $this->table = $table;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a URL from the given parameters.
+   */
+  public function generate($name, $parameters = array(), $absolute = false) {
+    $result = $this->connection->query('select route from {' . $this->connection->escapeTable($this->table) . '} where name = :name', array(':name' => $name));
+    $route = $result->fetchField(); 
+
+    if (empty($route)) {
+      throw new RouteNotFoundException(sprintf('Route "%s" does not exist.', $name));
+    }
+
+    $route = unserialize($route);
+
+    // We cannot know if and what compiler class is set in the route coming from
+    // the database. To make Symfony's URL generation code work we have to set
+    // it here explicitly.
+    // See http://drupal.org/node/1705488#comment-6645232
+    $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/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\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;
+  protected $requests;
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'URL generator tests',
+      'description' => 'Confirm that the url generation code is working correctly.',
+      'group' => 'Routing',
+    );
+  }
+
+  function __construct($test_id = NULL) {
+    parent::__construct($test_id);
+
+    $this->fixtures = new RoutingFixtures();
+
+    $this->requests = array(
+      Request::create('http://test.com/foo?bar=baz'),
+      Request::create('https://test.com/foo?bar=baz'),
+      Request::create('test.com:90/foo'),
+      Request::create('https://test.com:90/foo'),
+      Request::create('https://127.0.0.1:90/foo'),
+      Request::create('https://[::1]:90/foo'),
+      Request::create('http://example.com/jsonrpc', 'POST', array(), array(), array(), array(), '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"echo","id":7,"params":["Hello World"]}'),
+      Request::create('http://test.com'),
+      Request::create('http://test.com:90/?test=1'),
+      Request::create('http://test:test@test.com'),
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function tearDown() {
+    $this->fixtures->dropTables(Database::getConnection());
+
+    parent::tearDown();
+  }
+
+  function testSampleUrlGeneration() {
+    $connection = Database::getConnection();
+    $this->fixtures->createTables($connection);
+
+    $dumper = new MatcherDumper($connection, 'test_routes');
+    $sampleRoutes = $this->fixtures->sampleRouteCollection();
+    $dumper->addRoutes($sampleRoutes);
+    $dumper->dump();
+
+    foreach ($this->requests as $request) {
+      $context = new RequestContext();
+      $context->fromRequest($request);
+      $generator = new UrlGenerator(Database::getConnection(), $context, "test_routes");
+
+      foreach ($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, 'test_routes');
+    $sampleRoutes = $this->fixtures->complexRouteCollection();
+    $dumper->addRoutes($sampleRoutes);
+    $dumper->dump();
+
+    $sampleArgs = array('foo', 'bar', 'baz');
+
+    foreach ($this->requests as $request) {
+      $context = new RequestContext();
+      $context->fromRequest($request);
+      $generator = new UrlGenerator(Database::getConnection(), $context, "test_routes");
+
+      foreach ($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 existent routes.
+    */
+  function testNonExistentRoute() {
+    $connection = Database::getConnection();
+    $this->fixtures->createTables($connection, 'test_routes');
+
+    $context = new RequestContext($this->requests[0]);
+    $generator = new UrlGenerator($connection, $context, "test_routes");
+
+    $msg = "Caught exception on generating URL for non-existent route.";
+    try {
+      $generator->generate('surelyNonExistentName');
+      $this->fail($msg);
+    } catch (RouteNotFoundException $e) {
+      $this->pass($msg);
+    }
+  }
+}