diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index be51f03..7d77e54 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@ services:
   path.alias_storage:
     class: Drupal\Core\Path\AliasStorage
     arguments: ['@database', '@module_handler']
+  path.matcher:
+    class: Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher
+    arguments: ['@config.factory']
+
 # The argument to the hashing service defined in services.yml, to the
 # constructor of PhpassHashedPassword is the log2 number of iterations for
 # password stretching.
diff --git a/core/includes/install.core.inc b/core/includes/install.core.inc
index b00d23b..7108d24 100644
--- a/core/includes/install.core.inc
+++ b/core/includes/install.core.inc
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ function install_begin_request(&$install_state) {
   $container
     ->register('string_translation', 'Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationManager')
     ->addArgument(new Reference('language_manager'));
+  $container
+    ->register('path.matcher', 'Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher')
+    ->addArgument(new Reference('config.factory'));
 
   \Drupal::setContainer($container);
 
diff --git a/core/includes/path.inc b/core/includes/path.inc
index 6043749..02ab498 100644
--- a/core/includes/path.inc
+++ b/core/includes/path.inc
@@ -41,27 +41,12 @@ function drupal_is_front_page() {
  *
  * @return
  *   Boolean value: TRUE if the path matches a pattern, FALSE otherwise.
+ *
+ * @deprecated as of Drupal 8.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcherInterface::matchPath() instead.
  */
 function drupal_match_path($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(\Drupal::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], $path);
+  return \Drupal::service('path.matcher')->matchPath($path, $patterns);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcher.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcher.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..449ba2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcher.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Path;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a path matcher.
+ */
+class PathMatcher implements PathMatcherInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The default front page.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $frontPage;
+
+  /**
+   * The cache of regular expressions.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $regexes;
+
+  /**
+   * The config factory service.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface
+   */
+  protected $configFactory;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new PathMatcher.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory
+   *   The config factory.
+   */
+  public function __construct(ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory) {
+    $this->configFactory = $config_factory;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function matchPath($path, $patterns) {
+
+    if (!isset($this->regexes[$patterns])) {
+      // Lazy-load front page config.
+      if (!isset($this->frontPage)) {
+        $this->frontPage = $this->configFactory->get('system.site')->get('page.front');
+      }
+      // Convert path settings to a regular expression.
+      $to_replace = array(
+        // Replace newlines with a logical 'or'.
+        '/(\r\n?|\n)/',
+        // Quote asterisks.
+        '/\\\\\*/',
+        // Quote <front> keyword.
+        '/(^|\|)\\\\<front\\\\>($|\|)/',
+      );
+      $replacements = array(
+        '|',
+        '.*',
+        '\1' . preg_quote($this->frontPage, '/') . '\2',
+      );
+      $patterns_quoted = preg_quote($patterns, '/');
+      $this->regexes[$patterns] = '/^(' . preg_replace($to_replace, $replacements, $patterns_quoted) . ')$/';
+    }
+    return (bool) preg_match($this->regexes[$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..8c0b800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Path/PathMatcherInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcherInterface
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Path;
+
+/**
+ * Provides an interface for URL path matchers.
+ */
+interface PathMatcherInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if a path matches any pattern in a set of patterns.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   The path to match.
+   * @param string $patterns
+   *   A set of patterns separated by a newline.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if the path matches a pattern, FALSE otherwise.
+   */
+  public function matchPath($path, $patterns);
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Path/MatchPathTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Path/MatchPathTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4adb5cf..0000000
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Path/MatchPathTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Definition of Drupal\system\Tests\Path\MatchPathTest.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Path;
-
-use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
-
-/**
- * Unit tests for the drupal_match_path() function in path.inc.
- *
- * @see drupal_match_path().
- */
-class MatchPathTest extends WebTestBase {
-  protected $front;
-
-  public static function getInfo() {
-    return array(
-      'name' => 'Drupal match path',
-      'description' => 'Tests the drupal_match_path() function to make sure it works properly.',
-      'group' => 'Path API',
-    );
-  }
-
-  function setUp() {
-    // Set up the database and testing environment.
-    parent::setUp();
-
-    // Set up a random site front page to test the '<front>' placeholder.
-    $this->front = $this->randomName();
-    \Drupal::config('system.site')->set('page.front', $this->front)->save();
-    // Refresh our static variables from the database.
-    $this->refreshVariables();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Run through our test cases, making sure each one works as expected.
-   */
-  function testDrupalMatchPath() {
-    // Set up our test cases.
-    $tests = $this->drupalMatchPathTests();
-    foreach ($tests as $patterns => $cases) {
-      foreach ($cases as $path => $expected_result) {
-        $actual_result = drupal_match_path($path, $patterns);
-        $this->assertIdentical($actual_result, $expected_result, format_string('Tried matching the path <code>@path</code> to the pattern <pre>@patterns</pre> - expected @expected, got @actual.', array('@path' => $path, '@patterns' => $patterns, '@expected' => var_export($expected_result, TRUE), '@actual' => var_export($actual_result, TRUE))));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Helper function for testDrupalMatchPath(): set up an array of test cases.
-   *
-   * @return
-   *   An array of test cases to cycle through.
-   */
-  private function drupalMatchPathTests() {
-    return array(
-      // Single absolute paths.
-      'example/1' => array(
-        'example/1' => TRUE,
-        'example/2' => FALSE,
-        'test' => FALSE,
-      ),
-      // Single paths with wildcards.
-      'example/*' => array(
-        'example/1' => TRUE,
-        'example/2' => TRUE,
-        'example/3/edit' => TRUE,
-        'example/' => TRUE,
-        'example' => FALSE,
-        'test' => FALSE,
-      ),
-      // Single paths with multiple wildcards.
-      'node/*/revisions/*' => array(
-        'node/1/revisions/3' => TRUE,
-        'node/345/revisions/test' => TRUE,
-        'node/23/edit' => FALSE,
-        'test' => FALSE,
-      ),
-      // Single paths with '<front>'.
-      '<front>' => array(
-        $this->front => TRUE,
-        "$this->front/" => FALSE,
-        "$this->front/edit" => FALSE,
-        'node' => FALSE,
-        '' => FALSE,
-      ),
-      // Paths with both '<front>' and wildcards (should not work).
-      '<front>/*' => array(
-        $this->front => FALSE,
-        "$this->front/" => FALSE,
-        "$this->front/edit" => FALSE,
-        'node/12' => FALSE,
-        '' => FALSE,
-      ),
-      // Multiple paths with the \n delimiter.
-      "node/*\nnode/*/edit" => array(
-        'node/1' => TRUE,
-        'node/view' => TRUE,
-        'node/32/edit' => TRUE,
-        'node/delete/edit' => TRUE,
-        'node/50/delete' => TRUE,
-        'test/example' => FALSE,
-      ),
-      // Multiple paths with the \r delimiter.
-      "user/*\rexample/*" => array(
-        'user/1' => TRUE,
-        'example/1' => TRUE,
-        'user/1/example/1' => TRUE,
-        'user/example' => TRUE,
-        'test/example' => FALSE,
-        'user' => FALSE,
-        'example' => FALSE,
-      ),
-      // Multiple paths with the \r\n delimiter.
-      "test\r\n<front>" => array(
-        'test' => TRUE,
-        $this->front => TRUE,
-        'example' => FALSE,
-      ),
-      // Test existing regular expressions (should be escaped).
-      '[^/]+?/[0-9]' => array(
-        'test/1' => FALSE,
-        '[^/]+?/[0-9]' => TRUE,
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Path/PathMatcherTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Path/PathMatcherTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c43478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Path/PathMatcherTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Tests\Core\Path\PathMatcherTest
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Path;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\String;
+use Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @group Drupal
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher
+ */
+class PathMatcherTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * The path matcher under test.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Path\PathMatcher
+   */
+  protected $pathMatcher;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Path Matcher tests',
+      'description' => 'Tests that path matching is working properly.',
+      'group' => 'Path',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setUp() {
+    // Create a stub config factory with all config settings that will be
+    // checked during this test.
+    $config_factory_stub = $this->getConfigFactoryStub(
+      array(
+        'system.site' => array(
+          'page.front' => 'dummy',
+        ),
+      )
+    );
+    $this->pathMatcher = new PathMatcher($config_factory_stub);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test that standard paths works with multiple patterns.
+   *
+   * @dataProvider getMatchPathData
+   */
+  public function testMatchPath($patterns, $paths) {
+    foreach ($paths as $path => $expected_result) {
+      $actual_result = $this->pathMatcher->matchPath($path, $patterns);
+      $this->assertEquals($actual_result, $expected_result, String::format('Tried matching the path <code>@path</code> to the pattern <pre>@patterns</pre> - expected @expected, got @actual.', array(
+        '@path' => $path,
+        '@patterns' => $patterns,
+        '@expected' => var_export($expected_result, TRUE),
+        '@actual' => var_export($actual_result, TRUE),
+      )));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Provides test path data.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   A nested array of pattern arrays and path arrays.
+   */
+  public function getMatchPathData() {
+    return array(
+      array(
+        // Single absolute paths.
+        'example/1',
+        array(
+          'example/1' => TRUE,
+          'example/2' => FALSE,
+          'test' => FALSE,
+        ),
+      ),
+      array(
+        // Single paths with wildcards.
+        'example/*',
+        array(
+          'example/1' => TRUE,
+          'example/2' => TRUE,
+          'example/3/edit' => TRUE,
+          'example/' => TRUE,
+          'example' => FALSE,
+          'test' => FALSE,
+        ),
+      ),
+      array(
+        // Single paths with multiple wildcards.
+        'node/*/revisions/*',
+        array(
+          'node/1/revisions/3' => TRUE,
+          'node/345/revisions/test' => TRUE,
+          'node/23/edit' => FALSE,
+          'test' => FALSE,
+        ),
+      ),
+      array(
+        // Single paths with '<front>'.
+        "<front>",
+        array(
+          'dummy' => TRUE,
+          "dummy/" => FALSE,
+          "dummy/edit" => FALSE,
+          'node' => FALSE,
+          '' => FALSE,
+        ),
+      ),
+      array(
+        // Paths with both '<front>' and wildcards (should not work).
+        "<front>/*",
+        array(
+          'dummy' => FALSE,
+          'dummy/' => FALSE,
+          'dummy/edit' => FALSE,
+          'node/12' => FALSE,
+          '' => FALSE,
+        ),
+      ),
+      array(
+        // Multiple paths with the \n delimiter.
+        "node/*\nnode/*/edit",
+        array(
+          'node/1' => TRUE,
+          'node/view' => TRUE,
+          'node/32/edit' => TRUE,
+          'node/delete/edit' => TRUE,
+          'node/50/delete' => TRUE,
+          'test/example' => FALSE,
+        ),
+      ),
+      array(
+        // Multiple paths with the \r delimiter.
+        "user/*\rexample/*",
+        array(
+          'user/1' => TRUE,
+          'example/1' => TRUE,
+          'user/1/example/1' => TRUE,
+          'user/example' => TRUE,
+          'test/example' => FALSE,
+          'user' => FALSE,
+          'example' => FALSE,
+        ),
+      ),
+      array(
+        // Multiple paths with the \r\n delimiter.
+        "test\r\n<front>",
+        array(
+          'test' => TRUE,
+          'dummy' => TRUE,
+          'example' => FALSE,
+        ),
+      ),
+      array(
+        // Test existing regular expressions (should be escaped).
+        '[^/]+?/[0-9]',
+        array(
+          'test/1' => FALSE,
+          '[^/]+?/[0-9]' => TRUE,
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}