diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
index fdf7a30..bd6c475 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Core\Routing;
 
-use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\RouteProviderInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\RouteNotFoundException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
@@ -97,26 +96,7 @@ public function getRouteCollectionForRequest(Request $request) {
       $path = rtrim($request->getPathInfo(), '/');
     }
 
-    // Filter out each empty value, though allow '0' and 0, which would be
-    // filtered out by empty().
-    $parts = array_slice(array_filter(explode('/', $path), function($value) {
-      return $value !== NULL && $value !== '';
-    }), 0, MatcherDumper::MAX_PARTS);
-
-    $ancestors = $this->getCandidateOutlines($parts);
-
-    $routes = $this->connection->query("SELECT name, route FROM {" . $this->connection->escapeTable($this->tableName) . "} WHERE pattern_outline IN (:patterns) ORDER BY fit", array(
-      ':patterns' => $ancestors,
-    ))
-    ->fetchAllKeyed();
-
-    $collection = new RouteCollection();
-    foreach ($routes as $name => $route) {
-      $route = unserialize($route);
-      if (preg_match($route->compile()->getRegex(), $path, $matches)) {
-        $collection->add($name, $route);
-      }
-    }
+    $collection = $this->getRoutesByPath($path);
 
     if (!count($collection)) {
       throw new ResourceNotFoundException();
@@ -239,4 +219,47 @@ public function getCandidateOutlines(array $parts) {
     return $ancestors;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getRoutesByPattern($pattern) {
+    $path = RouteCompiler::getPatternOutline($pattern);
+
+    return $this->getRoutesByPath($path);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get all routes which match a certain pattern.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   The route pattern to search for (contains % as placeholders).
+   *
+   * @return \Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection
+   *   Returns a route collection of matching routes.
+   */
+  protected function getRoutesByPath($path) {
+    // Filter out each empty value, though allow '0' and 0, which would be
+    // filtered out by empty().
+    $parts = array_slice(array_filter(explode('/', $path), function($value) {
+      return $value !== NULL && $value !== '';
+    }), 0, MatcherDumper::MAX_PARTS);
+
+    $ancestors = $this->getCandidateOutlines($parts);
+
+    $routes = $this->connection->query("SELECT name, route FROM {" . $this->connection->escapeTable($this->tableName) . "} WHERE pattern_outline IN (:patterns) ORDER BY fit", array(
+      ':patterns' => $ancestors,
+    ))
+      ->fetchAllKeyed();
+
+    $collection = new RouteCollection();
+    foreach ($routes as $name => $route) {
+      $route = unserialize($route);
+      if (preg_match($route->compile()->getRegex(), $path, $matches)) {
+        $collection->add($name, $route);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return $collection;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProviderInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProviderInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa0375f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProviderInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteProviderInterface.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Routing;
+
+use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\RouteProviderInterface as RouteProviderBaseInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+
+/**
+ * Extends the router provider interface
+ *
+ * @see \Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing
+ */
+interface RouteProviderInterface extends RouteProviderBaseInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Get all routes which match a certain pattern.
+   *
+   * @param string $pattern
+   *   The route pattern to search for (contains {} as placeholders).
+   *
+   * @return \Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection
+   *   Returns a route collection of matching routes.
+   */
+  public function getRoutesByPattern($pattern);
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
index e6466fb..04c2c17 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/UrlGenerator.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\RouteNotFoundException;
 
 use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\ProviderBasedGenerator;
-use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\RouteProviderInterface;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Settings;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\UrlValidator;
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class UrlGenerator extends ProviderBasedGenerator implements PathBasedGeneratorI
   /**
    *  Constructs a new generator object.
    *
-   * @param \Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\RouteProviderInterface $provider
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteProviderInterface $provider
    *   The route provider to be searched for routes.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Path\AliasManagerInterface $alias_manager
    *   The alias manager responsible for path aliasing.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MockRouteProvider.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MockRouteProvider.php
index 3934949..e0ed543 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MockRouteProvider.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MockRouteProvider.php
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Routing;
 
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\RouteNotFoundException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
-
-use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\RouteProviderInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteProviderInterface;
 
 /**
  * Easily configurable mock route provider.
@@ -68,4 +68,12 @@ public function getRoutesByNames($names, $parameters = array()) {
     return $routes;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getRoutesByPattern($pattern) {
+    return new RouteCollection();
+  }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RouteProviderTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RouteProviderTest.php
index 9afdb05..8828717 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RouteProviderTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/RouteProviderTest.php
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ function testOutlinePathNoMatch() {
     $request = Request::create($path, 'GET');
 
     try {
+      $routes = $provider->getRoutesByPattern($path);
+      $this->assertFalse(count($routes), 'No path found with this pattern.');
+
       $routes = $provider->getRouteCollectionForRequest($request);
       $this->fail(t('No exception was thrown.'));
     }
@@ -348,7 +351,9 @@ function testSystemPathMatch() {
     $request = Request::create('/path/one', 'GET');
     $request->attributes->set('system_path', 'path/two');
 
+    $routes_by_pattern = $provider->getRoutesByPattern('/path/two');
     $routes = $provider->getRouteCollectionForRequest($request);
+    $this->assertEqual($routes_by_pattern, $routes);
 
     foreach ($routes as $route) {
       $this->assertEqual($route->getPattern(), '/path/two', 'Found path has correct pattern');