diff --git a/core/includes/update.inc b/core/includes/update.inc
index 3659caf..a7da612 100644
--- a/core/includes/update.inc
+++ b/core/includes/update.inc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Config\FileStorage;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigException;
 use Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel;
+use Drupal\Component\Gettext\PoHeader;
 use Drupal\Component\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\NestedArray;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
@@ -476,9 +477,14 @@ function update_prepare_d8_language() {
     $prefixes = array();
     $domains = array();
     foreach ($languages as $language) {
+      $header = new PoHeader($language->language);
+      $language->formula = str_replace('$n', 'n', $language->formula);
+      $plural_forms = 'nplurals=' . $language->plurals . '; plural=' . $language->formula . ';';
+      $parsed = $header->parsePluralForms($plural_forms);
+      list($nplurals, $formula) = $parsed;
       $plurals[$language->language] = array(
-        'plurals' => $language->plurals,
-        'formula' => $language->formula,
+        'plurals' => $nplurals,
+        'formula' => $formula,
       );
       $javascript[$language->language] = $language->javascript;
       $prefixes[$language->language] = $language->prefix;
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Gettext/PoHeader.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Gettext/PoHeader.php
index 44959eb..86f63a8 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Gettext/PoHeader.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Gettext/PoHeader.php
@@ -189,10 +189,14 @@ public function __toString() {
    *   The Plural-Forms entry value.
    *
    * @return
-   *   An array containing the number of plural forms and the converted version
-   *   of the formula that can be evaluated with PHP later.
+   *   An indexed array of parsed plural formula data. Containing:
+   *   - 'nplurals': The number of plural forms defined by the plural formula.
+   *   - 'plurals': Array of plural positions keyed by plural value.
+   *
+   * @throws Exception
    */
   function parsePluralForms($pluralforms) {
+    $plurals = array();
     // First, delete all whitespace.
     $pluralforms = strtr($pluralforms, array(" " => "", "\t" => ""));
 
@@ -214,14 +218,33 @@ function parsePluralForms($pluralforms) {
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-    // Get PHP version of the plural formula.
-    $plural = $this->parseArithmetic($plural);
+    // If the number of plurals is zero, we return a default result.
+    if ($nplurals == 0) {
+      return array($nplurals, array('default' => 0));
+    }
 
-    if ($plural !== FALSE) {
-      return array($nplurals, $plural);
+    // Calculate possible plural positions of different plural values. All known
+    // plural formula's are repetitive above 100.
+    // For data compression we store the last position the array value
+    // changes and store it as default.
+    $element_stack = $this->parseArithmetic($plural);
+    $last = 0;
+    $default = 0;
+    if ($element_stack !== FALSE) {
+      for ($i = 0; $i <= 199; $i++) {
+        $plurals[$i] = $this->evaluatePlural($element_stack, $i);
+        // When the plural value changes, store position and value.
+        if (isset($plurals[$i-1]) && $plurals[$i] != $plurals[$i-1]) {
+          $last = $i;
+          $default = $plurals[$i];
+        }
+      }
+      $plurals = array_slice($plurals, 0, $last);
+      $plurals['default'] = $default;
+      return array($nplurals, $plurals);
     }
     else {
-      throw new Exception('The plural formula could not be parsed.');
+      throw new \Exception('The plural formula could not be parsed.');
     }
   }
 
@@ -247,7 +270,7 @@ private function parseHeader($header) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Parses and sanitizes an arithmetic formula into a PHP expression.
+   * Parses and sanitizes an arithmetic formula into a plural element stack.
    *
    * While parsing, we ensure, that the operators have the right
    * precedence and associativity.
@@ -256,7 +279,7 @@ private function parseHeader($header) {
    *   A string containing the arithmetic formula.
    *
    * @return
-   *   A version of the formula to evaluate with PHP later.
+   *   A stack of values and operations to be evaluated.
    */
   private function parseArithmetic($string) {
     // Operator precedence table.
@@ -319,8 +342,9 @@ private function parseArithmetic($string) {
       $element_stack[] = $topop;
       $topop = array_pop($operator_stack);
     }
+    $return = $element_stack;
 
-    // Now extract formula from stack.
+    // Now validate stack.
     $previous_size = count($element_stack) + 1;
     while (count($element_stack) < $previous_size) {
       $previous_size = count($element_stack);
@@ -344,12 +368,7 @@ private function parseArithmetic($string) {
     }
 
     // If only one element is left, the number of operators is appropriate.
-    if (count($element_stack) == 1) {
-      return $element_stack[0];
-    }
-    else {
-      return FALSE;
-    }
+    return count($element_stack) == 1 ? $return : FALSE;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -417,4 +436,136 @@ private function tokenizeFormula($formula) {
     return $tokens;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Evaluate the plural element stack using a plural value.
+   *
+   * Using an element stack, which represents a plural formula, we calculate
+   * which plural string should be used for a given plural value.
+   *
+   * An example of plural formula parting and evaluation:
+   *   Plural formula: 'n!=1'
+   * This formula is parsed by parseArithmetic() to a stack (array) of elements:
+   *   array(
+   *     0 => '$n',
+   *     1 => '1',
+   *     2 => '!=',
+   *   );
+   * The evaluatePlural() method evaluates the $element_stack using the plural
+   * value $n. Before the actual evaluation, the '$n' in the array is replaced
+   * by the value of $n.
+   *   For example: $n = 2 results in:
+   *   array(
+   *     0 => '2',
+   *     1 => '1',
+   *     2 => '!=',
+   *   );
+   * The stack is processed until only one element is (the result) is left. In
+   * every iteration the top elements of the stack, up until the first operator,
+   * are evaluated. After evaluation the arguments and the operator itself are
+   * removed and replaced by the evaluation result. This is typically 2
+   * arguments and 1 element for the operator.
+   *   Because the operator is '!=' the example stack is evaluated as:
+   *   $f = (int) 2 != 1;
+   *   The resulting stack is:
+   *   array(
+   *     0 => 1,
+   *   );
+   * With only one element left in the stack (the final result) the loop is
+   * terminated and the result is returned.
+   *
+   * @param array $element_stack
+   *   Array of plural formula values and operators create by parseArithmetic().
+   * @param integer $n
+   *   The @count number for which we are determining the right plural position.
+   *
+   * @return integer
+   *   Number of the plural string to be used for the given plural value.
+   *
+   * @see parseArithmetic()
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  protected function evaluatePlural($element_stack, $n) {
+    $count = count($element_stack);
+    $limit = $count;
+    // Replace the '$n' value in the formula by the plural value.
+    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
+      if ($element_stack[$i] === '$n') {
+        $element_stack[$i] = $n;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // We process the stack until only one element is (the result) is left.
+    // We limit the number of evaluation cycles to prevent an endless loop in
+    // case the stack contains an error.
+    while (isset($element_stack[1])) {
+      for ($i = 2; $i < $count; $i++) {
+        // There's no point in checking non-symbols. Also, switch(TRUE) would
+        // match any case and so it would break.
+        if (is_bool($element_stack[$i]) || is_numeric($element_stack[$i])) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        $f = NULL;
+        $length = 3;
+        $delta = 2;
+        switch ($element_stack[$i]) {
+          case '==':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] == $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '!=':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] != $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '<=':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] <= $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '>=':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] >= $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '<':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] < $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '>':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] > $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '+':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] + $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '-':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] - $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '*':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] * $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '/':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] / $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '%':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] % $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '&&':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] && $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case '||':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 2] || $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            break;
+          case ':':
+            $f = $element_stack[$i - 3] ? $element_stack[$i - 2] : $element_stack[$i - 1];
+            // This operator has 3 preceding elements, instead of the default 2.
+            $length = 5;
+            $delta = 3;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        // If the element is an operator we remove the processed elements and
+        // store the result.
+        if (isset($f)) {
+          array_splice($element_stack, $i - $delta, $length, $f);
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (!$limit) {
+      throw new \Exception('The plural formula could not be evaluated.');
+    }
+    return (int) $element_stack[0];
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
index a5ed01b..fc0d6cb 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePluralFormatTest.php
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@ function testGetPluralFormat() {
         1 => 0,
         0 => 1,
         5 => 1,
+        123 => 1,
+        235 => 1,
       ),
       'fr' => array(
         1 => 0,
         0 => 0,
         5 => 1,
+        123 => 1,
+        235 => 1,
       ),
       'hr' => array(
         1 => 0,
@@ -110,6 +114,8 @@ function testGetPluralFormat() {
         0 => 2,
         2 => 1,
         8 => 2,
+        123 => 1,
+        235 => 2,
       ),
       'hu' => array(
         1 => -1,
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.module b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
index 1e605fe..efb6f28 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -370,9 +370,12 @@ function locale_get_plural($count, $langcode = NULL) {
     // $count and statically cache the result for the combination of language
     // and count, since the result will always be identical.
     if (!empty($plural_formulas[$langcode])) {
-      // $n is used inside the expression in the eval().
-      $n = $count;
-      $plural_indexes[$langcode][$count] = @eval('return intval(' . $plural_formulas[$langcode]['formula'] . ');');
+      // Plural formulas are stored as an array for 0-199. 100 is the highest
+      // modulo used but storing 0-99 is not enough because below 100 we often
+      // find exceptions (1, 2, etc).
+      $index = $count > 199 ? 100 + ($count % 100) : $count;
+      $plural_indexes[$langcode][$count] = isset($plural_formulas[$langcode]['formula'][$index]) ? $plural_formulas[$langcode]['formula'][$index] : $plural_formulas[$langcode]['formula']['default'];
+
     }
     // In case there is no plural formula for English (no imported translation
     // for English), use a default formula.