diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuLinkInterface.php b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuLinkInterface.php
index c185dc4..de4700a 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuLinkInterface.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuLinkInterface.php
@@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ public function reset();
   public static function buildFromRouterItem(array $item);
 
   /**
-   * Returns the route_name matching a URL.
+   * Returns the route_name and route parameters matching a URL.
    *
    * @param string $link_path
    *   The link path to find a route name for.
    *
-   * @return string
-   *   The route name.
+   * @return array
+   *   Returns an array with both the route name and parameters.
    */
-  public static function findRouteName($link_path);
+  public static function findRouteNameParameters($link_path);
 
   /**
    * Sets the p1 through p9 properties for a menu link entity being saved.
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/Plugin/Core/Entity/MenuLink.php b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/Plugin/Core/Entity/MenuLink.php
index 2adf1b7..ba41d02 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/Plugin/Core/Entity/MenuLink.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/Plugin/Core/Entity/MenuLink.php
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ class MenuLink extends Entity implements \ArrayAccess, MenuLinkInterface {
   public $route_name;
 
   /**
+   * The parameters of the route associated with this menu link, if any.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public $route_parameters;
+
+  /**
    * The route object associated with this menu link, if any.
    *
    * @var \Symfony\Component\Routing\Route
@@ -484,7 +491,13 @@ public function preSave(EntityStorageControllerInterface $storage_controller) {
     }
     // Find the route_name.
     if (!isset($this->route_name)) {
-      $this->route_name = $this::findRouteName($this->link_path);
+      if ($result = $this::findRouteNameParameters($this->link_path)) {
+        list($this->route_name, $this->route_parameters) = $result;
+      }
+      else {
+        $this->route_name = '';
+        $this->route_parameters = array();
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -507,7 +520,7 @@ public function postSave(EntityStorageControllerInterface $storage_controller, $
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public static function findRouteName($link_path) {
+  public static function findRouteNameParameters($link_path) {
     // Look up the route_name used for the given path.
     $request = Request::create('/' . $link_path);
     $request->attributes->set('_system_path', $link_path);
@@ -516,10 +529,13 @@ public static function findRouteName($link_path) {
       // legacy router which will call hook_menu() and you will get back to
       // this method.
       $result = \Drupal::service('router.dynamic')->matchRequest($request);
-      return isset($result['_route']) ? $result['_route'] : '';
+      $return = array();
+      $return[] = isset($result['_route']) ? $result['_route'] : '';
+      $return[] = $result['_raw_variables']->all();
+      return $return;
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
-      return '';
+      return array();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.install b/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.install
index a09be43..976653f 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.install
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.install
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ function menu_link_schema() {
         'type' => 'varchar',
         'length' => 255,
       ),
+      'route_parameters' => array(
+        'description' => 'Serialized array of route parameters of this menu link.',
+        'type' => 'blob',
+        'size' => 'big',
+        'not null' => FALSE,
+        'serialize' => TRUE,
+      ),
     ),
     'indexes' => array(
       'path_menu' => array(array('link_path', 128), 'menu_name'),