diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index dec001f..5256787 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ services:
     arguments: ['@database']
     tags:
       - { name: backend_overridable }
+  lock.persistent:
+    class: Drupal\Core\Lock\PersistentDatabaseLockBackend
+    arguments: ['@database']
   router.request_context:
     class: Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext
     tags:
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigImporter.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigImporter.php
index e060cdf..c1bced3 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigImporter.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigImporter.php
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ public function alreadyImporting() {
   protected function reInjectMe() {
     $this->eventDispatcher = \Drupal::service('event_dispatcher');
     $this->configManager = \Drupal::service('config.manager');
-    $this->lock = \Drupal::lock();
+    $this->lock = \Drupal::service('lock.persistent');
     $this->typedConfigManager = \Drupal::service('config.typed');
     $this->moduleHandler = \Drupal::moduleHandler();
     $this->themeHandler = \Drupal::service('theme_handler');
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Lock/PersistentDatabaseLockBackend.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Lock/PersistentDatabaseLockBackend.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aae072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Lock/PersistentDatabaseLockBackend.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\Core\Lock\PersistentDatabaseLockBackend.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Lock;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the persistent database lock backend. This backend is global for this
+ * Drupal installation.
+ *
+ * @ingroup lock
+ */
+class PersistentDatabaseLockBackend extends DatabaseLockBackend {
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new PersistentDatabaseLockBackend.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection $database
+   *   The database connection.
+   */
+  public function __construct(Connection $database) {
+    // This simply overrides the parent constructor, to not have it register
+    // releaseAll() as a shutdown function.
+    $this->database = $database;
+    // Also set the lockId to a static global value to make the lock Drupal
+    // global.
+    $this->lockId = 'persistent';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/config/src/Form/ConfigSync.php b/core/modules/config/src/Form/ConfigSync.php
index 70c0c73..17e5782 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/src/Form/ConfigSync.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/src/Form/ConfigSync.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container) {
     return new static(
       $container->get('config.storage.staging'),
       $container->get('config.storage'),
-      $container->get('lock'),
+      $container->get('lock.persistent'),
       $container->get('event_dispatcher'),
       $container->get('config.manager'),
       $container->get('url_generator'),
diff --git a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRenameValidationTest.php b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRenameValidationTest.php
index 60aab7f..fc0d0ed 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRenameValidationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportRenameValidationTest.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
       $storage_comparer->createChangelist(),
       $this->container->get('event_dispatcher'),
       $this->container->get('config.manager'),
-      $this->container->get('lock'),
+      $this->container->get('lock.persistent'),
       $this->container->get('config.typed'),
       $this->container->get('module_handler'),
       $this->container->get('theme_handler'),
diff --git a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportUITest.php b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportUITest.php
index cbb2a61..80aac10 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportUITest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImportUITest.php
@@ -227,14 +227,14 @@ function testImportLock() {
 
     // Acquire a fake-lock on the import mechanism.
     $config_importer = $this->configImporter();
-    $this->container->get('lock')->acquire($config_importer::LOCK_ID);
+    $this->container->get('lock.persistent')->acquire($config_importer::LOCK_ID);
 
     // Attempt to import configuration and verify that an error message appears.
     $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, array(), t('Import all'));
     $this->assertText(t('Another request may be synchronizing configuration already.'));
 
     // Release the lock, just to keep testing sane.
-    $this->container->get('lock')->release($config_importer::LOCK_ID);
+    $this->container->get('lock.persistent')->release($config_importer::LOCK_ID);
 
     // Verify site name has not changed.
     $this->assertNotEqual($new_site_name, \Drupal::config('system.site')->get('name'));
diff --git a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImporterTest.php b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImporterTest.php
index e5e760e..b98a772 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImporterTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/src/Tests/ConfigImporterTest.php
@@ -527,4 +527,3 @@ function testUpdated() {
     $this->assertEqual(count($logs), 0);
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/src/KernelTestBase.php b/core/modules/simpletest/src/KernelTestBase.php
index afea590..1a16229 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/src/KernelTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/src/KernelTestBase.php
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ public function containerBuild(ContainerBuilder $container) {
     $this->container->setParameter('language.default_values', Language::$defaultValues);
 
     $container->register('lock', 'Drupal\Core\Lock\NullLockBackend');
+    $container->register('lock.persistent', 'Drupal\Core\Lock\NullLockBackend');
     $container->register('cache_factory', 'Drupal\Core\Cache\MemoryBackendFactory');
 
     $container