diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index 1d3ee43..da50e1a 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -376,3 +376,5 @@ services:
     class: Drupal\system\Plugin\ImageToolkitInterface
     factory_method: getDefaultToolkit
     factory_service: image.toolkit.manager
+  breadcrumb:
+    class: Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbManager
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbBuilderInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbBuilderInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c19100e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbBuilderInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbBuilderInterface.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface for classes that build breadcrumbs.
+ */
+interface BreadcrumbBuilderInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Build the breadcrumb.
+   *
+   * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
+   *   The HttpRequest object representing the current request.
+   *
+   * @return array|FALSE|NULL
+   *   A render array for the breacrumbs, or
+   *   FALSE, to suppress breadcrumbs on this page, or
+   *   NULL, to let other builders decide.
+   */
+  public function build(Request $request);
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbManager.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbManager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9d06a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbManager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbManager.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+/**
+ * Breadcrumb manager.
+ *
+ * Holds an array of path processor objects and uses them to sequentially process
+ * a path, in order of processor priority.
+ */
+class BreadcrumbManager implements BreadcrumbBuilderInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Holds the array of breadcrumb builders, sorted by priority.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   *   An array of breadcrumb builders sorted by priorities.
+   */
+  protected $builders = array();
+
+  /**
+   * Holds the array of breadcrumb builders sorted by priority.
+   *
+   * @var array|NULL
+   *   An array of breadcrumb builders sorted by priorities, or
+   *   NULL, if the array needs to be re-calculated.
+   */
+  protected $sortedBuilders;
+
+  /*
+   * Add another breadcrumb builder.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbBuilder $builder
+   *   The breadcrumb builder to add.
+   * @param int $priority
+   *   Priority of the breadcrumb builder.
+   */
+  public function addBuilder(BreadcrumbBuilderInterface $builder, $priority) {
+    $this->builders[$priority][] = $builder;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbBuilderInterface::build().
+   *
+   * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
+   *   The HttpRequest object representing the current request.
+   *
+   * @return array|FALSE|NULL
+   *   A render array for the breacrumb, or
+   *   FALSE, if one of the builders explicitly wants no breadcrumb, or
+   *   NULL, if no plugin found a breadcrumb.
+   *   In the general use case, FALSE and NULL will have the same effect.
+   */
+  public function build(Request $request) {
+    // Call the build method of all breadcrumb builders.
+    foreach ($this->getSortedBuilders() as $builder) {
+      $breadcrumb = $builder->build($request);
+      if (isset($breadcrumb)) {
+        // $breadcrumb may be either a render array,
+        // or FALSE, to suppress the breadcrumbs on this page.
+        return $breadcrumb;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the sorted array of breadcrumb builders.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   An array of breadcrumb builder objects.
+   */
+  protected function getSortedBuilders() {
+    if (!isset($this->sortedBuilders)) {
+      // Sort the builders according to priority.
+      krsort($this->builders);
+      // Merge the nested $this->builders array into $this->sortedBuilders.
+      $this->sortedBuilders = array();
+      foreach ($this->builders as $builders) {
+        $this->sortedBuilders = array_merge($this->sortedBuilders, $builders);
+      }
+    }
+    return $this->sortedBuilders;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreBundle.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreBundle.php
index 8734772..58a0f75 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreBundle.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreBundle.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\Compiler\RegisterRouteEnhancersPass;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\Compiler\RegisterParamConvertersPass;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\Compiler\RegisterServicesForDestructionPass;
+use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\Compiler\RegisterBreadcrumbBuilderPass;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ public function build(ContainerBuilder $container) {
     // Add the compiler pass that will process the tagged services.
     $container->addCompilerPass(new RegisterPathProcessorsPass());
     $container->addCompilerPass(new ListCacheBinsPass());
+    // Add the compiler pass that will process the tagged breadcrumb builder
+    // services.
+    $container->addCompilerPass(new RegisterBreadcrumbBuilderPass());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DependencyInjection/Compiler/RegisterBreadcrumbBuilderPass.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DependencyInjection/Compiler/RegisterBreadcrumbBuilderPass.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c123b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DependencyInjection/Compiler/RegisterBreadcrumbBuilderPass.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\Compiler\RegisterBreadcrumbBuilderPass.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\Compiler;
+
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Compiler\CompilerPassInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Adds services to the breadcrumb_builder service.
+ */
+class RegisterBreadcrumbBuilderPass implements CompilerPassInterface {
+
+
+  public function process(ContainerBuilder $container) {
+    if (!$container->hasDefinition('breadcrumb')) {
+      return;
+    }
+    $manager = $container->getDefinition('breadcrumb');
+    foreach ($container->findTaggedServiceIds('breadcrumb_builder') as $id => $attributes) {
+      $priority = isset($attributes[0]['priority']) ? $attributes[0]['priority'] : 0;
+      $manager->addMethodCall('addBuilder', array(new Reference($id), $priority));
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuLinkBreadcrumbBuilder.php b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuLinkBreadcrumbBuilder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5002b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuLinkBreadcrumbBuilder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\menu_link\MenuLinkBreadcrumbBuilder.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\menu_link;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbBuilderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+/**
+ * Class to define the menu_link breadcrumb builder.
+ */
+class MenuLinkBreadcrumbBuilder implements BreadcrumbBuilderInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Drupal\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbBuilderInterface::build().
+   *
+   * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
+   *   The HttpRequest object representing the current request.
+   *
+   * @return array|FALSE|NULL
+   *   A render array for the breacrumbs, or
+   *   FALSE, to suppress breadcrumbs on this page, or
+   *   NULL, to let other builders decide.
+   */
+  public function build(Request $request) {
+    // TODO: Rewrite the implementation.
+    $breadcrumb = menu_get_active_breadcrumb();
+    if (is_array($breadcrumb)) {
+      // $breadcrumb is expected to be an array of rendered breadcrumb links.
+      return array(
+        '#theme' => 'breadcrumb',
+        '#breadcrumb' => $breadcrumb,
+      );
+    }
+    else {
+      // $breadcrumb is expected to be FALSE or NULL.
+      return $breadcrumb;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.services.yml b/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.services.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a428476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.services.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+services:
+  menu_link.breadcrumb:
+    class: Drupal\menu_link\MenuLinkBreadcrumbBuilder
+    tags:
+      - { name: breadcrumb_builder, priority: 0 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/LegacyBreadcrumbBuilder.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/LegacyBreadcrumbBuilder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7ea9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/LegacyBreadcrumbBuilder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\system\LegacyBreadcrumbBuilder.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\system;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbBuilderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+/**
+ * Class to define the legacy breadcrumb builder.
+ *
+ * This breadcrumb builder implements legacy support for the
+ * drupal_set_breadcrumb() mechanic.
+ * Remove this once drupal_set_breadcrumb() has been eliminated.
+ */
+class LegacyBreadcrumbBuilder implements BreadcrumbBuilderInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Drupal\Breadcrumb\BreadcrumbBuilderInterface::build().
+   *
+   * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
+   *   The HttpRequest object representing the current request.
+   *
+   * @return array|FALSE|NULL
+   *   A render array for the breacrumbs, or
+   *   FALSE, to suppress breadcrumbs on this page, or
+   *   NULL, to let other builders decide.
+   */
+  public function build(Request $request) {
+    $breadcrumb = drupal_set_breadcrumb();
+    if (is_array($breadcrumb)) {
+      // $breadcrumb is expected to be an array of rendered breadcrumb links.
+      return array(
+        '#theme' => 'breadcrumb',
+        '#breadcrumb' => $breadcrumb,
+      );
+    }
+    else {
+      // $breadcrumb is expected to be FALSE or NULL.
+      return $breadcrumb;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Plugin/block/block/SystemBreadcrumbBlock.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Plugin/block/block/SystemBreadcrumbBlock.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1420199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Plugin/block/block/SystemBreadcrumbBlock.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\system\Plugin\block\block\SystemBreadcrumbBlock.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\system\Plugin\block\block;
+
+use Drupal;
+use Drupal\block\BlockBase;
+use Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin;
+use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Translation;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a block to display the breadcrumbs.
+ *
+ * @Plugin(
+ *   id = "system_breadcrumb_block",
+ *   admin_label = @Translation("Breadcrumbs"),
+ *   module = "system"
+ * )
+ */
+class SystemBreadcrumbBlock extends BlockBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Drupal\block\BlockBase::build().
+   *
+   * @return array|NULL
+   *   A render array to display the breadcrumbs for the current page, or
+   *   NULL, if no breadcrumb should be displayed.
+   */
+  public function build() {
+    $builder = Drupal::service('breadcrumb');
+    $request = Drupal::service('request');
+    $breadcrumb = $builder->build($request);
+    if (!empty($breadcrumb)) {
+      // $breadcrumb is expected to be a render array.
+      return $breadcrumb;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.services.yml b/core/modules/system/system.services.yml
index bf43cd4..7f36e61 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.services.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ services:
   plugin.manager.system.plugin_ui:
     class: Drupal\system\Plugin\Type\PluginUIManager
     arguments: ['%container.namespaces%']
+  system.breadcrumb.legacy:
+    class: Drupal\system\LegacyBreadcrumbBuilder
+    tags:
+      - {name: breadcrumb_builder, priority: 500}
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/block.block.bartik.breadcrumbs.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/block.block.bartik.breadcrumbs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42d5083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/block.block.bartik.breadcrumbs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+id: bartik.breadcrumbs
+label: Breadcrumbs
+label_display: '0'
+region: content
+weight: ''
+module: system
+status: '1'
+visibility:
+  path:
+    visibility: '0'
+    pages: ''
+  role:
+    roles: {  }
+plugin: system_breadcrumb_block
+settings:
+  admin_label: Breadcrumbs
+  cache: '-1'
+langcode: en
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/block.block.seven.breadcrumbs.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/block.block.seven.breadcrumbs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf2b504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/block.block.seven.breadcrumbs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+id: seven.breadcrumbs
+label: Breadcrumbs
+label_display: '0'
+region: content
+weight: ''
+module: system
+status: '1'
+visibility:
+  path:
+    visibility: '0'
+    pages: ''
+  role:
+    roles: {  }
+plugin: system_breadcrumb_block
+settings:
+  admin_label: Breadcrumbs
+  cache: '-1'
+langcode: en