diff --git a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 6954c4d..1a35928 100644
--- a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -902,6 +902,23 @@ function variable_del($name) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Retrieve an object from the Drupal Container.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * @code
+ * $language_instance = drupal_container('language_instance');
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @param string $name
+ *   The name of the service to retrieve.
+ *
+ * @see Drupal\Core\Container
+ */
+function drupal_container($name) {
+  return Drupal\Core\Container::getInstance()->get($name);
+}
+
+/**
  * Retrieves the current page from the cache.
  *
  * Note: we do not serve cached pages to authenticated users, or to anonymous
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Container.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Container.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a794f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Container.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\Core\Container.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core;
+
+use Symfony\Components\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
+
+/**
+ * The Drupal Container class to handle dependency injection.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * @code
+ * $container = Drupal\Core\Container::getInstance();
+ * $language = $container->get('language_instance');
+ * @endcode
+ */
+class Container implements ContainerBuilder {
+
+  /**
+   * The singleton object kept for the Container.
+   */
+  private static $instance;
+
+  /**
+   * Create the Drupal Container, making sure to register any initial mappings.
+   *
+   * @todo Once the Kernel patch is in, turn this into an event dispatcher to
+   * have objects register themselves.
+   */
+  function __construct() {
+    parent::__construct();
+
+    // Register the Language mappings.
+    $languageDefinition = new Definition('Drupal\\Core\\Locale\\Language');
+    $this->setDefinition('language_interface', $languageDefinition);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieves the singleton Drupal Container.
+   *
+   * @todo Once the Kernel patch is in, we may move the Container instance
+   * itself into the Kernel class.
+   */
+  public static function getInstance() {
+    if (!isset(self::$instance)) {
+      self::$instance = new Container();
+    }
+    return self::$instance;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Locale/Language.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Locale/Language.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee2834f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Locale/Language.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\Core\Locale\Language.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Locale;
+
+/**
+ * An object containing the information for an interface language.
+ */
+class Language {
+
+  public $name;
+  public $langcode;
+  public $direction;
+  public $enabled;
+  public $weight;
+  public $method_id;
+  public $default = FALSE;
+
+  /**
+   * Create the Language object. By default, the English language is created.
+   */
+  function __construct($name = 'English', $langcode = 'en', $direction = 0, $enabled = 1, $weight = 0, $method_id = '') {
+    $this->name = $name;
+    $this->langcode = $langcode;
+    $this->direction = $direction;
+    $this->enabled = $direction;
+    $this->weight = $weight;
+    $this->method_id = $method_id;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/tests/bootstrap.test b/core/modules/simpletest/tests/bootstrap.test
index 371031a..f64fdfe 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/tests/bootstrap.test
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/tests/bootstrap.test
@@ -520,3 +520,43 @@ class BootstrapOverrideServerVariablesTestCase extends DrupalUnitTestCase {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Tests for overriding server variables via the API.
+ */
+class BootstrapDependencyInjectionTestCase extends DrupalUnitTestCase {
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Dependency Injection system',
+      'description' => 'Test that the dependency injection system is functional.',
+      'group' => 'Bootstrap',
+    );
+  }
+
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    // We're a unit test using classes... don't let the db registry blow up
+    // PSR-0 classes.
+    spl_autoload_unregister('drupal_autoload_class');
+    spl_autoload_unregister('drupal_autoload_interface');
+  }
+ 
+  function tearDown() {
+    parent::tearDown();
+    // We removed the db autoloader to allow us to unit test but re-register it
+    // so we don't break other tests.
+    spl_autoload_register('drupal_autoload_class');
+    spl_autoload_register('drupal_autoload_interface');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test providing a direct URL to to drupal_override_server_variables().
+   */
+  function testRetrieveLanguageInterface() {
+    // Since the default language_interface service is the default Language, we
+    // will if they are the same via the Drupal Container.
+    $expected = new Drupal\Core\Locale\Language();
+    $result = drupal_container('language_interface');
+    $this->assertIdentical($expected, $result);
+  }
+}
+