diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index ac24e17..af0daf3 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ services:
   config.installer:
     class: Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigInstaller
     arguments: ['@config.factory', '@config.storage', '@config.typed', '@config.manager', '@event_dispatcher']
+  config.cache_prime_subscriber:
+    class: Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigCachePrimeSubscriber
+    tags:
+      - { name: event_subscriber }
   config.storage.staging:
     class: Drupal\Core\Config\FileStorage
     factory_class: Drupal\Core\Config\FileStorageFactory
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigCachePrimeEvent.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigCachePrimeEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2905a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigCachePrimeEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigCachePrimeEvent.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Config;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Language\Language;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
+
+/**
+ * Event object to allow the configuration cache to be primed.
+ *
+ * Subscribers to the 'config.cache.prime' event return a list of names that
+ * they want the configuration factory to prime the cache with.
+ */
+class ConfigCachePrimeEvent extends Event {
+
+  /**
+   * Configuration names to be primed by the configuration factory.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $names = array();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns configuration names.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   List of configuration names to be primed by the confiuration factory.
+   */
+  public function getNames() {
+    return $this->names;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds configuration object names to prime the cache with.
+   *
+   * @param array $names
+   *   The configuration object names.
+   *
+   * @return $this
+   *   The ConfigCachePrimeEvent object.
+   */
+  public function addNames(array $names) {
+    $this->names = array_unique(array_merge($this->names, $names));
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes configuration object names to preload.
+   *
+   * @param array $names_to_remove
+   *   The configuration object names remove preload.
+   *
+   * @return $this
+   *   The ConfigCachePrimeEvent object.
+   */
+  public function removeNames(array $names_to_remove) {
+    $this->names = array_diff($this->names, $names_to_remove);
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigCachePrimeSubscriber.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigCachePrimeSubscriber.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b38d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigCachePrimeSubscriber.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigCachePrimeSubscriber.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Config;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Settings;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigCachePrimeEvent;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Core configuration cache prime subscriber.
+ */
+class ConfigCachePrimeSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the names of any configuration objects in Settings.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigCachePrimeEvent $event
+   *   Configuration cache prime event to respond to.
+   */
+  public function onConfigCachePrimeGetSettingsNames(ConfigCachePrimeEvent $event) {
+    $settings_config_names = Settings::getSingleton()->get('config_cache_prime_names', array());
+    if ($settings_config_names) {
+      $event->addNames($settings_config_names);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function getSubscribedEvents() {
+    $events[ConfigEvents::PRIME][] = array('onConfigCachePrimeGetSettingsNames');
+    return $events;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigEvents.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigEvents.php
index 0b0bb3a..bcc95bc 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigEvents.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigEvents.php
@@ -57,4 +57,11 @@
    */
   const IMPORT = 'config.importer.import';
 
+  /**
+   * Name of event fired when config cache is primed.
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactory::getCachePrimeNames().
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigCachePrimeSubscriber::getSubscribedEvents().
+   */
+  const PRIME = 'config.prime.cache';
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigFactory.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigFactory.php
index 3d26c78..51d0680 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigFactory.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigFactory.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Language\Language;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageDefault;
-use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
 
@@ -71,6 +70,13 @@ class ConfigFactory implements ConfigFactoryInterface, EventSubscriberInterface
   protected $typedConfigManager;
 
   /**
+   * Whether or not the cache has been primed yet.
+   *
+   * @var boolean
+   */
+  protected $isCachePrimed;
+
+  /**
    * Constructs the Config factory.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Config\StorageInterface $storage
@@ -84,6 +90,7 @@ public function __construct(StorageInterface $storage, EventDispatcherInterface
     $this->storage = $storage;
     $this->eventDispatcher = $event_dispatcher;
     $this->typedConfigManager = $typed_config;
+    $this->isCachePrimed = FALSE;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -150,6 +157,10 @@ public function get($name) {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function loadMultiple(array $names) {
+    if (!$this->isCachePrimed) {
+      $names = array_unique(array_merge($names, $this->getCachePrimeNames()));
+    }
+
     $list = array();
 
     foreach ($names as $key => $name) {
@@ -228,6 +239,23 @@ protected function loadModuleOverrides(array $names) {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Get a list of configuration object names to prime our cache with.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   An array of configuration object names.
+   */
+  protected function getCachePrimeNames() {
+    // It's possible an event subscriber may call back in to the configuration
+    // system to figure out which configuration objects to prime the cache with.
+    // This could get us stuck in an infinite loop, so set the flag before
+    // dispatching the event to avoid unintended recursion.
+    $this->isCachePrimed = TRUE;
+    $config_cache_prime_event = new ConfigCachePrimeEvent();
+    $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(ConfigEvents::PRIME, $config_cache_prime_event);
+    return $config_cache_prime_event->getNames();
+  }
+
+  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function reset($name = NULL) {
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f2a1ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Tests\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryTest
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Config;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactory;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the ConfigFactory.
+ *
+ * @group Config
+ */
+class ConfigFactoryTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Config factoryt test',
+      'description' => 'Tests the Config factory.',
+      'group' => 'Configuration',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests loading multiple with prime config names.
+   */
+  public function testLoadMultipleWithCachePrimeNames() {
+
+    $storage = $this->getMock('Drupal\Core\Config\StorageInterface');
+
+    $config_data = array('test1' => array('config1'), 'prime1' => array('config2'));
+    $storage->expects($this->once())
+      ->method('readMultiple')
+      ->with(array('test1', 'prime1', 'prime2', 'language1'))
+      ->will($this->returnValue($config_data));
+
+    $event_dispatcher = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface');
+    $typed_config_manager = $this->getMockBuilder('\Drupal\Core\Config\TypedConfigManager')
+      ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+      ->getMock();
+
+    $config_factory = new TestConfigFactory($storage, $event_dispatcher, $typed_config_manager);
+
+    $names = ['test1'];
+
+    $configs = $config_factory->loadMultiple($names);
+
+  }
+
+}
+
+class TestConfigFactory extends ConfigFactory {
+
+  protected function getCachePrimeNames() {
+    return array('prime1', 'prime2');
+  }
+
+  public function getLanguageConfigNames(array $names) {
+    return array('language1');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sites/default/default.settings.php b/sites/default/default.settings.php
index ad2c404..32ec93f 100644
--- a/sites/default/default.settings.php
+++ b/sites/default/default.settings.php
@@ -276,6 +276,14 @@
 $settings['update_free_access'] = FALSE;
 
 /**
+ * Configuration object names to prime in cache.
+ *
+ * The configuration system will prime its cache with the configuration
+ * objects named in this array.
+ */
+# $settings['config_cache_prime_names'] = array();
+
+/**
  * Twig debugging:
  *
  * When debugging is enabled: