diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Entity/Node.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Entity/Node.php
index 4633508..bc2d8c0 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Entity/Node.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Entity/Node.php
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ public function postSave(EntityStorageControllerInterface $storage_controller, $
     if ($update) {
       node_reindex_node_search($this->id());
     }
+
+    // For either a new node or an updated node, update the node links.
+    $queue = \Drupal::queue('node_links');
+    $queue->createItem($this->id());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -139,12 +143,18 @@ public function postSave(EntityStorageControllerInterface $storage_controller, $
   public static function preDelete(EntityStorageControllerInterface $storage_controller, array $entities) {
     parent::preDelete($storage_controller, $entities);
 
-    // Assure that all nodes deleted are removed from the search index.
+    // Ensure that all nodes deleted are removed from the search index.
     if (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('search')) {
       foreach ($entities as $entity) {
         search_reindex($entity->nid->value, 'node_search');
       }
     }
+
+    // Remove the node links.
+    foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+      $queue = \Drupal::queue('node_links');
+      $queue->createItem($entity->nid->value);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.install b/core/modules/node/node.install
index b240ecc..f1fa472 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.install
@@ -416,6 +416,38 @@ function node_schema() {
     ),
   );
 
+  $schema['node_links'] = array(
+    'description' => 'Stores links from one node to another node',
+    'fields' => array(
+      'source_nid' => array(
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'unsigned' => TRUE,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => 0,
+        'description' => 'The {node}.nid of the node containing the link.',
+      ),
+      'langcode' => array(
+        'description' => 'The {language}.langcode of this version.',
+        'type' => 'varchar',
+        'length' => 12,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => '',
+      ),
+      'link_nid' => array(
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'unsigned' => TRUE,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => 0,
+        'description' => 'The {node}.nid that this node links to.',
+      ),
+    ),
+    'primary key' => array('source_nid', 'langcode', 'link_nid'),
+    'indexes' => array(
+      'source_nid' => array('source_nid', 'langcode'),
+      'link_nid' => array('link_nid'),
+    ),
+  );
+
   return $schema;
 }
 
@@ -1153,7 +1185,7 @@ function node_update_8020() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Converts node_admin_theme variable to config.
+ * Convert node_admin_theme variable to config.
  *
  * @ingroup config_upgrade
  */
@@ -1164,6 +1196,43 @@ function node_update_8021() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Add the {node_links} table.
+ */
+function node_update_8022() {
+  db_create_table('node_links', array(
+    'description' => 'Stores links from one node to another node',
+    'fields' => array(
+      'source_nid' => array(
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'unsigned' => TRUE,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => 0,
+        'description' => 'The {node}.nid of the node containing the link.',
+      ),
+      'langcode' => array(
+        'description' => 'The {language}.langcode of this version.',
+        'type' => 'varchar',
+        'length' => 12,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => '',
+      ),
+      'link_nid' => array(
+        'type' => 'int',
+        'unsigned' => TRUE,
+        'not null' => TRUE,
+        'default' => 0,
+        'description' => 'The {node}.nid that this node links to.',
+      ),
+    ),
+    'primary key' => array('source_nid', 'langcode', 'link_nid'),
+    'indexes' => array(
+      'source_nid' => array('source_nid', 'langcode'),
+      'link_nid' => array('link_nid'),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "addtogroup updates-7.x-to-8.x"
  * The next series of updates should start at 9000.
  */
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 9a4f809..85eb9b4 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -2145,3 +2145,92 @@ function node_comment_unpublish($comment) {
     node_reindex_node_search($comment->entity_id->value);
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_queue_info().
+ */
+function node_queue_info() {
+  $queues['node_links'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Update node links'),
+    'worker callback' => 'node_update_node_links',
+    'cron' => array('time' => 15),
+  );
+
+  return $queues;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Updates node-to-node links in the {node_links} table.
+ *
+ * @param int $nid
+ *   The ID of the node whose links need to be updated.
+ *
+ * @see node_queue_info()
+ */
+function node_update_node_links($nid) {
+  // Delete any existing node links.
+  db_delete('node_links')
+    ->condition('source_nid', $nid)
+    ->execute();
+
+  // Load the node.
+  $manager = \Drupal::service('entity.manager');
+  $renderer = $manager->getViewBuilder('node');
+  $base_url = \Drupal::url('<front>', array(), array('absolute' => TRUE));
+  $href_regexp = '@(?:' . preg_quote($base_url, '@') . '/|' . preg_quote(base_path(), '@') . ')(?:\?q=)?/?((?![a-z]+:)[^\'"#>]+)@i';
+  $match = array();
+
+  $node = $manager->getStorageController('node')->load($nid);
+  $links_found = array();
+  if (!$node) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $languages = $node->getTranslationLanguages();
+
+  // Go through all of the languages this node has.
+  foreach ($languages as $language) {
+    // Render the node in Search Index view mode.
+    $build = $renderer->view($node, 'search_index', $language->id);
+    unset($build['#theme']);
+    $text = drupal_render($build);
+
+    // Scan the text for links to other nodes.
+    $dom = new \DOMDocument;
+    $dom->strictErrorChecking = FALSE;
+    if (!$dom->loadHTML($text) ||
+        !($links = $dom->getElementsByTagName('a'))) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    foreach ($links as $element) {
+      $href = $element->getAttribute('href');
+
+      // See if the link is to another node.
+      if (preg_match($href_regexp, $href, $match)) {
+        $path = Drupal::service('path.alias_manager')->getSystemPath($match[1]);
+        if (preg_match('!(?:node|book)/(?:view/)?([0-9]+)!i', $path, $match)) {
+          $link_nid = $match[1];
+          if ($link_nid > 0 && $link_nid != $nid) {
+            // Record that we found a link. We only want to store one
+            // link to this node, and only if it's not a self-link.
+            $links_found[$link_nid][$language->id] = 1;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Save the found links in the database.
+  foreach ($links_found as $link_nid => $info) {
+    foreach ($info as $langcode => $dummy) {
+      $query = db_insert('node_links')
+        ->fields(array(
+          'source_nid' => $nid,
+          'langcode' => $langcode,
+          'link_nid' => $link_nid,
+        ))
+        ->execute();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.views.inc b/core/modules/node/node.views.inc
index 6c82604..f1f6f11 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.views.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.views.inc
@@ -629,6 +629,52 @@ function node_views_data() {
     ),
   );
 
+  // Node links: backlinks.
+  $data['node_links_to']['table']['group'] = t('Content');
+  $data['node_links_to']['table']['join'] = array(
+    'node' => array(
+      'left_field' => 'nid',
+      'field' => 'link_nid',
+      'table' => 'node_links',
+    ),
+  );
+
+  $data['node_links_to']['source_nid'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Node linking here'),
+    'help' => t('Node ID of a node that links to this node'),
+    'argument' => array(
+      'id' => 'node_nid',
+      'numeric' => TRUE,
+      'validate type' => 'nid',
+    ),
+    'filter' => array(
+      'id' => 'numeric',
+    ),
+  );
+
+  // Node links: outward links.
+  $data['node_links_from']['table']['group'] = t('Content');
+  $data['node_links_from']['table']['join'] = array(
+    'node' => array(
+      'left_field' => 'nid',
+      'field' => 'source_nid',
+      'table' => 'node_links',
+    ),
+  );
+
+  $data['node_links_from']['link_nid'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Node linked to'),
+    'help' => t('Node ID of a node this links to'),
+    'argument' => array(
+      'id' => 'node_nid',
+      'numeric' => TRUE,
+      'validate type' => 'nid',
+    ),
+    'filter' => array(
+      'id' => 'numeric',
+    ),
+  );
+
   return $data;
 }