diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index 0fe0a7f191a0a66567ce5c8129daa9b66aae76d5..026f687b725cea36e8af56f793da768e64143712 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ services:
     arguments: ['@request_stack', '@config.factory', '@path_processor_manager']
   link_generator:
     class: Drupal\Core\Utility\LinkGenerator
-    arguments: ['@url_generator', '@module_handler']
+    arguments: ['@url_generator', '@module_handler', '@renderer']
   router:
     class: Drupal\Core\Routing\AccessAwareRouter
     arguments: ['@router.no_access_checks', '@access_manager', '@current_user']
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Utility/LinkGenerator.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Utility/LinkGenerator.php
index 128dafd8e113d927d7e83b402b0493714e1c995d..1a9e22fbf426f30a2cc9117d302f2b9180e291f1 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Utility/LinkGenerator.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Utility/LinkGenerator.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\GeneratedLink;
 use Drupal\Core\Link;
 use Drupal\Core\Path\AliasManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Template\Attribute;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ class LinkGenerator implements LinkGeneratorInterface {
    */
   protected $moduleHandler;
 
+  /**
+   * The renderer service.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface
+   */
+  protected $renderer;
+
   /**
    * Constructs a LinkGenerator instance.
    *
@@ -43,10 +51,13 @@ class LinkGenerator implements LinkGeneratorInterface {
    *   The url generator.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
    *   The module handler.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface $renderer
+   *   The renderer service.
    */
-  public function __construct(UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler) {
+  public function __construct(UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler, RendererInterface $renderer) {
     $this->urlGenerator = $url_generator;
     $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
+    $this->renderer = $renderer;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -75,8 +86,7 @@ public function generate($text, Url $url, $collect_cacheability_metadata = FALSE
 
     // Start building a structured representation of our link to be altered later.
     $variables = array(
-      // @todo Inject the service when drupal_render() is converted to one.
-      'text' => is_array($text) ? drupal_render($text) : $text,
+      'text' => is_array($text) ? $this->renderer->render($text) : $text,
       'url' => $url,
       'options' => $url->getOptions(),
     );
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/FieldPluginBaseTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/FieldPluginBaseTest.php
index 0e4553705b4996bbcd2b0877f3090d2c74ebc42a..11b6eb83a7f2a4a464f6d58a642e21f71cbc92e8 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/FieldPluginBaseTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/FieldPluginBaseTest.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ protected function setUpUrlIntegrationServices() {
 
     \Drupal::getContainer()->set('unrouted_url_assembler', $this->unroutedUrlAssembler);
 
-    $this->linkGenerator = new LinkGenerator($this->urlGenerator, $this->getMock('Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface'));
+    $this->linkGenerator = new LinkGenerator($this->urlGenerator, $this->getMock('Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface'), $this->renderer);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Utility/LinkGeneratorTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Utility/LinkGeneratorTest.php
index fde662c172bb8fa15175dbe00145756bdddd5e72..ae8f54e3f0e2480592b06f4481f6ddd42774dd2e 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Utility/LinkGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Utility/LinkGeneratorTest.php
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ class LinkGeneratorTest extends UnitTestCase {
    */
   protected $moduleHandler;
 
+  /**
+   * The mocked renderer service.
+   *
+   * @var \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|\Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface
+   */
+  protected $renderer;
+
   /**
    * The mocked URL Assembler service.
    *
@@ -68,8 +75,8 @@ protected function setUp() {
 
     $this->urlGenerator = $this->getMock('\Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGenerator', array(), array(), '', FALSE);
     $this->moduleHandler = $this->getMock('Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface');
-
-    $this->linkGenerator = new LinkGenerator($this->urlGenerator, $this->moduleHandler);
+    $this->renderer = $this->getMock('\Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface');
+    $this->linkGenerator = new LinkGenerator($this->urlGenerator, $this->moduleHandler, $this->renderer);
     $this->urlAssembler = $this->getMock('\Drupal\Core\Utility\UnroutedUrlAssemblerInterface');
   }