diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/LazyLoadingRouteCollection.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/LazyLoadingRouteCollection.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3929cabe677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/LazyLoadingRouteCollection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Routing\LazyLoadingRouteCollection.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Routing;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
+use Iterator;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a route collection that lists all routes of drupal.
+ *
+ * Internally this does load multiple routes over time, so it never have all the
+ * routes stored in memory.
+ */
+class LazyLoadingRouteCollection implements Iterator {
+
+  /**
+   * Stores the current loaded routes.
+   *
+   * @var \Symfony\Component\Routing\Route[]
+   */
+  protected $elements;
+
+  /**
+   * Contains the amount of route which are loaded on each sql query.
+   */
+  const ROUTE_LOADED_PER_TIME = 50;
+
+  /**
+   * Contains the current item the iterator points to.
+   *
+   * @var int
+   */
+  protected $currentRoute = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * The database connection.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection
+   */
+  protected $database;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the SQL table from which to read the routes.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $tableName;
+
+  /**
+   * The number of routes in the router table.
+   *
+   * @var int
+   */
+  protected $count;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a LazyLoadingRouteCollection instance.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection $database
+   *   The database connection.
+   * @param string $table
+   *   (optional) The table to retrieve the route information.
+   */
+  public function __construct(Connection $database, $table = 'router') {
+    $this->database = $database;
+    $this->tableName = $table;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Loads the next routes into the elements array.
+   *
+   * @param int $offset
+   *   The offset used in the db query.
+   */
+  protected function loadNextElements($offset) {
+    $this->elements = array();
+
+    $query = $this->database->select($this->tableName);
+    $query->addField($this->tableName, 'name');
+    $query->addField($this->tableName, 'route');
+    $query->orderBy('name', 'ASC');
+    $query->range($offset, static::ROUTE_LOADED_PER_TIME);
+    $result = $query->execute()->fetchAllKeyed();
+
+    $routes = array();
+    foreach ($result as $name => $route) {
+      $routes[$name] = unserialize($route);
+    }
+    $this->elements = $routes;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function count() {
+    if (!isset($this->count)) {
+      $this->count = (int) $this->database->select($this->tableName)->countQuery()->execute();
+    }
+    return $this->count;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function current() {
+    return current($this->elements);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function next() {
+    $result = next($this->elements);
+    if ($result === FALSE) {
+      $this->loadNextElements($this->currentRoute + 1);
+    }
+    $this->currentRoute++;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function key() {
+    return key($this->elements);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function valid() {
+    return key($this->elements);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function rewind() {
+    $this->currentRoute = 0;
+    $this->loadNextElements($this->currentRoute);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
index 419cc75a4b8..e90aea3fec4 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php
@@ -262,4 +262,11 @@ class RouteProvider implements RouteProviderInterface {
     return $collection;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getAllRoutes() {
+    return new LazyLoadingRouteCollection($this->connection, $this->tableName);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProviderInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProviderInterface.php
index aa0375f9dd0..f84a19ba26e 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProviderInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProviderInterface.php
@@ -28,4 +28,16 @@ interface RouteProviderInterface extends RouteProviderBaseInterface {
    */
   public function getRoutesByPattern($pattern);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns all the routes on the system.
+   *
+   * Usage of this method is discouraged for performance reasons. If possible,
+   * use RouteProviderInterface::getRoutesByNames() or
+   * RouteProviderInterface::getRoutesByPattern() instead.
+   *
+   * @return \Symfony\Component\Routing\Route[]
+   *   An iterator of routes keyed by route name.
+   */
+  public function getAllRoutes();
+
 }
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 e0ed543f595..de56a90d178 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MockRouteProvider.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Routing/MockRouteProvider.php
@@ -75,5 +75,11 @@ class MockRouteProvider implements RouteProviderInterface {
     return new RouteCollection();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getAllRoutes() {
+    return $this->routes->all();
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/LazyLoadingRouteCollectionTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/LazyLoadingRouteCollectionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..749ba882da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/LazyLoadingRouteCollectionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\Core\Routing\LazyLoadingRouteCollectionTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Routing;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\LazyLoadingRouteCollection;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the lazy loaded route collection.
+ *
+ * @group \Drupal
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Routing\LazyLoadingRouteCollection
+ */
+class LazyLoadingRouteCollectionTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * Stores all the routes used in the test.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $routes = array();
+
+  /**
+   * The tested route collection.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Routing\LazyLoadingRouteCollection
+   */
+  protected $routeCollection;
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Lazy loaded route collection',
+      'description' => 'Tests the lazy loaded route collection.',
+      'group' => 'Routing',
+    );
+  }
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 20; $i++) {
+      $this->routes['test_route_' . $i] = new Route('/test-route-' . $i);
+    }
+
+    $this->routeCollection = new TestRouteCollection($this->routes);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests iterating the lazy loading route collection.
+   *
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\Routing\LazyLoadingRouteCollection::current()
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\Routing\LazyLoadingRouteCollection::key()
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\Routing\LazyLoadingRouteCollection::rewind()
+   */
+  public function testIterating() {
+    // Execute the foreach loop twice to ensure that rewind is called.
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 2; $i++) {
+      $route_names = array_keys($this->routes);
+      $count = 0;
+      foreach ($this->routeCollection as $route_name => $route) {
+        $this->assertEquals($route_names[$count], $route_name);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->routes[$route_names[$count]], $route);
+
+        $count++;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper class to "inject" loaded routes.
+ */
+class TestRouteCollection extends LazyLoadingRouteCollection {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  const ROUTE_LOADED_PER_TIME = 2;
+
+  /**
+   * Stores all elements.
+   *
+   * @var \Symfony\Component\Routing\Route[]
+   */
+  protected $allRoutes;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a TestCollection instance.
+   *
+   * @param \Symfony\Component\Routing\Route[] $all_routes
+   *   Contains all the routes used in the test.
+   */
+  public function __construct(array $all_routes) {
+    $this->allRoutes = $all_routes;
+    $this->loadNextElements($this->currentRoute);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function loadNextElements($offset) {
+    $elements = array_slice($this->allRoutes, $offset, static::ROUTE_LOADED_PER_TIME);
+
+    $this->elements = $elements;
+  }
+
+}