diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleInstaller.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleInstaller.php
index 10fabd412a..5374bd3c75 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleInstaller.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleInstaller.php
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ public function install(array $module_list, $enable_dependencies = TRUE) {
         // Update the kernel to include it.
         $this->updateKernel($module_filenames);
 
+        // Replace the route provider service with a version that will rebuild
+        // if routes used during installation. This ensures that a module's
+        // routes are available during installation. This has to occur before
+        // any services that depend on the it are instantiated otherwise those
+        // services will have the old route provider injected. Note that, since
+        // the container is rebuilt by updating the kernel, the route provider
+        // service is the regular one even though we are in a loop and might
+        // have replaced it before.
+        \Drupal::getContainer()->set('router.route_provider.old', \Drupal::service('router.route_provider'));
+        \Drupal::getContainer()->set('router.route_provider', \Drupal::service('router.route_provider.lazy_builder'));
+
         // Allow modules to react prior to the installation of a module.
         $this->moduleHandler->invokeAll('module_preinstall', [$module]);
 
@@ -283,10 +294,6 @@ public function install(array $module_list, $enable_dependencies = TRUE) {
         // @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2208429
         \Drupal::service('theme_handler')->refreshInfo();
 
-        // In order to make uninstalling transactional if anything uses routes.
-        \Drupal::getContainer()->set('router.route_provider.old', \Drupal::service('router.route_provider'));
-        \Drupal::getContainer()->set('router.route_provider', \Drupal::service('router.route_provider.lazy_builder'));
-
         // Allow the module to perform install tasks.
         $this->moduleHandler->invoke($module, 'install');
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/lazy_route_provider_install_test.info.yml b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/lazy_route_provider_install_test.info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7e55e5038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/lazy_route_provider_install_test.info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: 'Lazy route provider install test'
+description: 'Helps test a bug triggered by the url_generator maintaining a stale route provider.'
+type: module
+package: Testing
+version: VERSION
+core: 8.x
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/lazy_route_provider_install_test.services.yml b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/lazy_route_provider_install_test.services.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2de99d39e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/lazy_route_provider_install_test.services.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+services:
+  plugin.manager.lazy_route_provider_install_test:
+    class: '\Drupal\lazy_route_provider_install_test\PluginManager'
+    parent: default_plugin_manager
+    arguments: ['@url_generator']
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/src/PluginManager.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/src/PluginManager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cac59a7324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/lazy_route_provider_install_test/src/PluginManager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\lazy_route_provider_install_test;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
+use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\DefaultPluginManager;
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Url;
+
+class PluginManager extends DefaultPluginManager {
+
+  /**
+   * PluginManager constructor.
+   *
+   * This plugin manager depends on the URL generator to ensure that this
+   * service is instantiated during module installation when the plugin caches
+   * are cleared.
+   *
+   * @param \Traversable $namespaces
+   *   An object that implements \Traversable which contains the root paths
+   *   keyed by the corresponding namespace to look for plugin implementations.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface $cache_backend
+   *   A cache backend.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
+   *   The module handler.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator
+   *   The URL generator.
+   */
+  public function __construct(\Traversable $namespaces, CacheBackendInterface $cache_backend, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler, UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator) {
+    // Generate a URL during construction to prove that URL generation works. If
+    // the route was missing an exception would be thrown. This also forces the
+    // route provider to be initialized very early during a module install.
+    \Drupal::state()->set(__CLASS__, Url::fromRoute('system.admin')->toString());
+    parent::__construct('Plugin/LazyRouteProviderInstallTest', $namespaces, $module_handler, NULL, PluginID::class);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/router_test_directory/router_test.install b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/router_test_directory/router_test.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c718fa131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/router_test_directory/router_test.install
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Install, update and uninstall functions for the router_test module.
+ */
+
+use Drupal\Core\Url;
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_install().
+ */
+function router_test_install() {
+  // Ensure a URL can be generated for routes provided by the module during
+  // installation.
+  \Drupal::state()->set(__FUNCTION__, Url::fromRoute('router_test.1')->toString());
+}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Routing/LazyRouteProviderInstallTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Routing/LazyRouteProviderInstallTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc01dc288a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Routing/LazyRouteProviderInstallTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\FunctionalTests\Routing;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * @group routing
+ */
+class LazyRouteProviderInstallTest extends BrowserTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = ['lazy_route_provider_install_test'];
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the lazy route provider is used during a module install.
+   */
+  public function testInstallation() {
+    $this->container->get('module_installer')->install(['router_test']);
+    // Note that on DrupalCI the test site is installed in a sub directory so
+    // we cannot use ::assertEquals().
+    $this->assertStringEndsWith('/admin', \Drupal::state()->get('Drupal\lazy_route_provider_install_test\PluginManager'));
+    $this->assertStringEndsWith('/router_test/test1', \Drupal::state()->get('router_test_install'));
+  }
+
+}