diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ConfigImportSubscriber.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ConfigImportSubscriber.php
index 28af01b..6a69082 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ConfigImportSubscriber.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/ConfigImportSubscriber.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImportValidateEventSubscriberBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigNameException;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ThemeHandlerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
 
 /**
  * Config import subscriber for config import events.
@@ -116,18 +117,27 @@ protected function validateModules(ConfigImporter $config_importer) {
       }
     }
 
+    // Settings is safe to use because settings.php is written before any module
+    // is installed.
+    $install_profile = Settings::get('install_profile');
     // Ensure that all modules being uninstalled are not required by modules
     // that will be installed after the import.
     $uninstalls = $config_importer->getExtensionChangelist('module', 'uninstall');
     foreach ($uninstalls as $module) {
       foreach (array_keys($module_data[$module]->required_by) as $dependent_module) {
-        if ($module_data[$dependent_module]->status && !in_array($dependent_module, $uninstalls, TRUE)) {
+        if ($module_data[$dependent_module]->status && !in_array($dependent_module, $uninstalls, TRUE) && $dependent_module !== $install_profile) {
           $module_name = $module_data[$module]->info['name'];
           $dependent_module_name = $module_data[$dependent_module]->info['name'];
           $config_importer->logError($this->t('Unable to uninstall the %module module since the %dependent_module module is installed.', array('%module' => $module_name, '%dependent_module' => $dependent_module_name)));
         }
       }
     }
+
+    // Ensure that the install profile is not being uninstalled.
+    if (in_array($install_profile, $uninstalls)) {
+      $profile_name = $module_data[$install_profile]->info['name'];
+      $config_importer->logError($this->t('Unable to uninstall the %profile profile since it is the install profile.', array('%profile' => $profile_name)));
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportInstallProfileTest.php b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportInstallProfileTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64b2d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportInstallProfileTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\config\Tests\ConfigImportInstallProfileTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\config\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the importing/exporting configuration based on the install profile.
+ *
+ * @group config
+ */
+class ConfigImportInstallProfileTest extends WebTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * The profile to install as a basis for testing.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $profile = 'testing_config_import';
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to install.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('config');
+
+  /**
+   * A user with the 'synchronize configuration' permission.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
+   */
+  protected $webUser;
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->webUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('synchronize configuration'));
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->webUser);
+    $this->copyConfig($this->container->get('config.storage'), $this->container->get('config.storage.staging'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests config importer cannot uninstall install profiles.
+   *
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\ConfigImportSubscriber
+   */
+  public function testInstallProfileValidation() {
+    $staging = $this->container->get('config.storage.staging');
+    $this->copyConfig($this->container->get('config.storage'), $staging);
+    $core = $staging->read('core.extension');
+
+    // Ensure install profiles can not be uninstalled.
+    unset($core['module']['testing_config_import']);
+    $staging->write('core.extension', $core);
+
+    $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/development/configuration', array(), t('Import all'));
+    $this->assertText('The configuration cannot be imported because it failed validation for the following reasons:');
+    $this->assertText('Unable to uninstall the Testing config import profile since it is the install profile.');
+
+    // Uninstall dependencies of testing_config_import.
+    $core['module']['testing_config_import'] = 0;
+    unset($core['module']['syslog']);
+    unset($core['theme']['stark']);
+    $core['theme']['classy'] = 0;
+    $staging->write('core.extension', $core);
+    $staging->deleteAll('syslog.');
+    $theme = $staging->read('system.theme');
+    $theme['default'] = 'classy';
+    $staging->write('system.theme', $theme);
+    $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/development/configuration', array(), t('Import all'));
+    $this->assertText('The configuration was imported successfully.');
+    $this->rebuildContainer();
+    $this->assertFalse(\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('syslog'), 'The syslog module has been uninstalled.');
+    $this->assertFalse(\Drupal::service('theme_handler')->themeExists('stark'), 'The stark theme has been uninstalled.');
+    $this->assertTrue(\Drupal::service('theme_handler')->themeExists('classy'), 'The classy theme has been installed.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImporterTest.php b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImporterTest.php
index c830b45..ad21c78 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImporterTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImporterTest.php
@@ -648,4 +648,29 @@ public function testMissingCoreExtension() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests install profile validation during configuration import.
+   *
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\ConfigImportSubscriber
+   */
+  public function testInstallProfile() {
+    $staging = $this->container->get('config.storage.staging');
+
+    $extensions = $staging->read('core.extension');
+    // Add an install profile.
+    $extensions['module']['standard'] = 0;
+
+    $staging->write('core.extension', $extensions);
+    try {
+      $this->configImporter->reset()->import();
+      $this->fail('ConfigImporterException not thrown; an invalid import was not stopped due to missing dependencies.');
+    }
+    catch (ConfigImporterException $e) {
+      $this->assertEqual($e->getMessage(), 'There were errors validating the config synchronization.');
+      $error_log = $this->configImporter->getErrors();
+      // Install profiles should not even be scanned at this point.
+      $this->assertEqual(['Unable to install the <em class="placeholder">standard</em> module since it does not exist.'], $error_log);
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/profiles/testing_config_import/testing_config_import.info.yml b/core/profiles/testing_config_import/testing_config_import.info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bfba5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/testing_config_import/testing_config_import.info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: 'Testing config import'
+type: profile
+description: 'Tests install profiles in the config importer.'
+version: VERSION
+core: 8.x
+hidden: true
+dependencies:
+  - syslog
+themes:
+  - stark