diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index 42b5614..aefdaa6 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ services:
     tags:
       - { name: path_processor_inbound, priority: 100 }
     arguments: ['@path.alias_manager']
+  path_matcher:
+    class: Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher
   transliteration:
     class: Drupal\Core\Transliteration\PHPTransliteration
   flood:
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcher.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcher.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8289b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcher.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Path;
+
+class PathMatcher implements  PathMatcherInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function matchPath($path, $patterns) {
+    $regexps = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
+
+    if (!isset($regexps[$patterns])) {
+      // Convert path settings to a regular expression.
+      // Therefore replace newlines with a logical or, /* with asterisks and the
+      // <front> with the frontpage.
+      $to_replace = array(
+        '/(\r\n?|\n)/', // newlines
+        '/\\\\\*/',     // asterisks
+        '/(^|\|)\\\\<front\\\\>($|\|)/', // <front>
+      );
+      $replacements = array(
+        '|',
+        '.*',
+        '\1' . preg_quote(config('system.site')->get('page.front'), '/') . '\2',
+      );
+      $patterns_quoted = preg_quote($patterns, '/');
+      $regexps[$patterns] = '/^(' . preg_replace($to_replace, $replacements, $patterns_quoted) . ')$/';
+    }
+    return (bool) preg_match($regexps[$patterns], $path);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcherInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcherInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9408d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcherInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcherInterface
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Path;
+
+interface PathMatcherInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a path matches any pattern in a set of patterns.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   The path to match.
+   * @param string $patterns
+   *   String containing a set of patterns separated by \n, \r or \r\n.
+   *
+   * @return Boolean
+   *   value: TRUE if the path matches a pattern, FALSE otherwise.
+   */
+  public function matchPath($path, $patterns);
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Plugin/Core/Condition/RequestPath.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Plugin/Core/Condition/RequestPath.php
index 692ed89..71f720f 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Plugin/Core/Condition/RequestPath.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Plugin/Core/Condition/RequestPath.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\system\Plugin\Core\Condition;
 
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
 use Drupal\Core\Condition\ConditionPluginBase;
 use Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin;
 use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Translation;
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
  *     },
  *     "alias_manager" = {
  *       "class" = "Drupal\Core\Path\AliasManager"
+ *     },
+ *     "path_matcher" = {
+ *       "class" = "Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher"
  *     }
  *   }
  * )
@@ -72,13 +76,14 @@ public function summary() {
   public function evaluate() {
     // Convert path to lowercase. This allows comparison of the same path
     // with different case. Ex: /Page, /page, /PAGE.
-    $pages = drupal_strtolower($this->configuration['pages']);
+    $pages = Unicode::strtolower($this->configuration['pages']);
     // Compare the lowercase path alias (if any) and internal path.
     $request = $this->getContextValue('request');
     $alias_manager = $this->getContextValue('alias_manager');
     $path = $request->attributes->get('system_path');
-    $path_alias = drupal_strtolower($alias_manager->getPathAlias($path));
-    return drupal_match_path($path_alias, $pages) || (($path != $path_alias) && drupal_match_path($path, $pages));
+    $path_alias = Unicode::strtolower($alias_manager->getPathAlias($path));
+    $path_matcher = $this->getContextValue('path_matcher');
+    return $path_matcher->matchPath($path_alias, $pages) || (($path != $path_alias) && $path_matcher->matchPath($path, $pages));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Condition/RequestPathConditionTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Condition/RequestPathConditionTest.php
index 8cfbd45..8bf71d8 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Condition/RequestPathConditionTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Condition/RequestPathConditionTest.php
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public function testConditions() {
     $condition = $this->manager->createInstance('request_path')
       ->setConfig('pages', $pages)
       ->setContextValue('request', $new_request)
-      ->setContextValue('alias_manager', $this->container->get('path.alias_manager'));
+      ->setContextValue('alias_manager', $this->container->get('path.alias_manager'))
+      ->setContextValue('path_matcher', $this->container->get('path_matcher'));
 
     // Check the first configured path and summary.
     $this->assertTrue($condition->execute(), 'The system_path my/pass/page passes.');