diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/ILinkGenerator.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerator.cs
similarity index 71%
rename from src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/ILinkGenerator.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerator.cs
index 22f8547e9c..c507434429 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/ILinkGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Abstractions/LinkGenerator.cs
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 {
-    public interface ILinkGenerator
+    public abstract class LinkGenerator
     {
-        bool TryGetLink(
+        public abstract bool TryGetLink(
+            HttpContext httpContext,
             IEnumerable<Endpoint> endpoints,
             RouteValueDictionary explicitValues,
             RouteValueDictionary ambientValues,
             out string link);
 
-        string GetLink(
+        public abstract string GetLink(
+            HttpContext httpContext,
             IEnumerable<Endpoint> endpoints,
             RouteValueDictionary explicitValues,
             RouteValueDictionary ambientValues);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerator.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerator.cs
index e5b5f4ea93..d29b05edcd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DefaultLinkGenerator.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Matchers;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Template;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 {
-    internal class DefaultLinkGenerator : ILinkGenerator
+    internal class DefaultLinkGenerator : LinkGenerator
     {
         private readonly MatchProcessorFactory _matchProcessorFactory;
         private readonly ObjectPool<UriBuildingContext> _uriBuildingContextPool;
@@ -29,12 +30,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
-        public string GetLink(
+        public override string GetLink(
+            HttpContext httpContext,
             IEnumerable<Endpoint> endpoints,
             RouteValueDictionary explicitValues,
             RouteValueDictionary ambientValues)
         {
-            if (TryGetLink(endpoints, explicitValues, ambientValues, out var link))
+            if (TryGetLink(httpContext, endpoints, explicitValues, ambientValues, out var link))
             {
                 return link;
             }
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             throw new InvalidOperationException("Could not find a matching endpoint to generate a link.");
         }
 
-        public bool TryGetLink(
+        public override bool TryGetLink(
+            HttpContext httpContext,
             IEnumerable<Endpoint> endpoints,
             RouteValueDictionary explicitValues,
             RouteValueDictionary ambientValues,
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 
             foreach (var endpoint in matcherEndpoints)
             {
-                link = GetLink(endpoint, explicitValues, ambientValues);
+                link = GetLink(httpContext, endpoint, explicitValues, ambientValues);
                 if (link != null)
                 {
                     return true;
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
         }
 
         private string GetLink(
+            HttpContext httpContext,
             MatcherEndpoint endpoint,
             RouteValueDictionary explicitValues,
             RouteValueDictionary ambientValues)
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 return null;
             }
 
-            if (!Match(endpoint, templateValuesResult.CombinedValues))
+            if (!Match(httpContext, endpoint, templateValuesResult.CombinedValues))
             {
                 return null;
             }
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             return templateBinder.BindValues(templateValuesResult.AcceptedValues);
         }
 
-        private bool Match(MatcherEndpoint endpoint, RouteValueDictionary routeValues)
+        private bool Match(HttpContext httpContext, MatcherEndpoint endpoint, RouteValueDictionary routeValues)
         {
             if (routeValues == null)
             {
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 }
 
                 var matchProcessor = _matchProcessorFactory.Create(matchProcessorReference);
-                if (!matchProcessor.ProcessOutbound(httpContext: null, routeValues))
+                if (!matchProcessor.ProcessOutbound(httpContext, routeValues))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DependencyInjection/DispatcherServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DependencyInjection/DispatcherServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index afd9a4a4b0..b17150e784 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DependencyInjection/DispatcherServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/DependencyInjection/DispatcherServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
             // Link generation related services
             services.TryAddSingleton<IEndpointFinder<string>, NameBasedEndpointFinder>();
             services.TryAddSingleton<IEndpointFinder<RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinderContext>, RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder>();
-            services.TryAddSingleton<ILinkGenerator, DefaultLinkGenerator>();
+            services.TryAddSingleton<LinkGenerator, DefaultLinkGenerator>();
             //
             // Endpoint Selection
             //
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGeneratorTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGeneratorTest.cs
index d73352a9c5..4416256954 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGeneratorTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/DefaultLinkGeneratorTest.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointFinders;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Matchers;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
@@ -27,7 +26,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             var context = CreateRouteValuesContext(new { controller = "Home" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home", link);
@@ -44,7 +47,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 
             // Act & Assert
             var exception = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(
-                () => linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues));
+                () => linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                    httpContext: null,
+                    new[] { endpoint },
+                    context.ExplicitValues,
+                    context.AmbientValues));
             Assert.Equal(expectedMessage, exception.Message);
         }
 
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 
             // Act
             var canGenerateLink = linkGenerator.TryGetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
                 new[] { endpoint },
                 context.ExplicitValues,
                 context.AmbientValues,
@@ -80,6 +88,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 
             // Act
             var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
                 new[] { endpoint1, endpoint2, endpoint3 },
                 context.ExplicitValues,
                 context.AmbientValues);
@@ -100,6 +109,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 
             // Act
             var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
                 new[] { endpoint1, endpoint2, endpoint3 },
                 context.ExplicitValues,
                 context.AmbientValues);
@@ -119,7 +129,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 ambientValues: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index?name=name%20with%20%25special%20%23characters", link);
@@ -136,7 +150,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index?color=red&color=green&color=blue", link);
@@ -153,7 +171,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index?items=10&items=20&items=30", link);
@@ -170,7 +192,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index", link);
@@ -187,7 +213,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index?page=1&color=red&color=green&color=blue&message=textfortest", link);
@@ -204,7 +234,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 ambientValues: new { controller = "Home" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index", link);
@@ -582,7 +616,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 suppliedValues: new { action = "Index", controller = "Home", name = "products" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index/products", link);
@@ -598,7 +636,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 suppliedValues: new { action = "Index", controller = "Home" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index", link);
@@ -616,7 +658,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 suppliedValues: new { action = "Index", controller = "Home", name = "products" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index/products", link);
@@ -634,7 +680,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 suppliedValues: new { action = "Index", controller = "Home" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index", link);
@@ -650,7 +700,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 suppliedValues: new { action = "Index", controller = "Home", name = "products", format = "json" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index/products?format=json", link);
@@ -710,7 +764,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 suppliedValues: new { action = "Index", controller = "Home" });
 
             // Act
-            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(new[] { endpoint }, context.ExplicitValues, context.AmbientValues);
+            var link = linkGenerator.GetLink(
+                httpContext: null,
+                new[] { endpoint },
+                context.ExplicitValues,
+                context.AmbientValues);
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("/Home/Index", link);
@@ -796,7 +854,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
                 null);
         }
 
-        private ILinkGenerator CreateLinkGenerator()
+        private LinkGenerator CreateLinkGenerator()
         {
             return new DefaultLinkGenerator(
                 new DefaultMatchProcessorFactory(