diff --git a/src/pagination/docs/demo.html b/src/pagination/docs/demo.html
index 6eb217081c..13c4d83527 100644
--- a/src/pagination/docs/demo.html
+++ b/src/pagination/docs/demo.html
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ <h4>Default</h4>
     The selected page no: {{currentPage}}
 
     <hr />
+    <h4>Pager</h4>
+    <pager num-pages="noOfPages" current-page="currentPage"></pager>
 
+    <hr />
     <h4>Limit the maximimum visible page-buttons</h4>
     <pagination num-pages="bigNoOfPages" current-page="bigCurrentPage" max-size="maxSize" class="pagination-mini" boundary-links="true"></pagination>
     <pagination rotate="false" num-pages="bigNoOfPages" current-page="bigCurrentPage" max-size="maxSize" class="pagination-mini" boundary-links="true"></pagination>
diff --git a/src/pagination/docs/readme.md b/src/pagination/docs/readme.md
index 4a3d62964f..8394e5bb8d 100644
--- a/src/pagination/docs/readme.md
+++ b/src/pagination/docs/readme.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 A lightweight pagination directive that is focused on ... providing pagination & will take care of visualising a pagination bar and enable / disable buttons correctly!
 
-### Settings ###
+### Pagination Settings ###
 
 Settings can be provided as attributes in the `<pagination>` or globally configured through the `paginationConfig`.
 
@@ -49,3 +49,19 @@ Settings can be provided as attributes in the `<pagination>` or globally configu
  	_(Default: 'Last')_ :
  	Text for Last button.
 
+### Pager Settings ###
+
+Settings can be provided as attributes in the `<pager>` or globally configured through the `pagerConfig`.  
+For `num-pages`,  `current-page` and `on-select-page (page)` see pagination settings. Other settings are:
+
+ * `align`
+ 	_(Default: true)_ :
+ 	Whether to align each link to the sides.
+
+ * `previous-text`
+ 	_(Default: '« Previous')_ :
+ 	Text for Previous button.
+
+ * `next-text`
+ 	_(Default: 'Next »')_ :
+ 	Text for Next button.
diff --git a/src/pagination/pagination.js b/src/pagination/pagination.js
index 6abc75aba0..69aec65c52 100644
--- a/src/pagination/pagination.js
+++ b/src/pagination/pagination.js
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 angular.module('ui.bootstrap.pagination', [])
 
+.controller('PaginationController', ['$scope', function (scope) {
+
+  scope.noPrevious = function() {
+    return scope.currentPage === 1;
+  };
+  scope.noNext = function() {
+    return scope.currentPage === scope.numPages;
+  };
+
+  scope.isActive = function(page) {
+    return scope.currentPage === page;
+  };
+
+  scope.selectPage = function(page) {
+    if ( ! scope.isActive(page) && page > 0 && page <= scope.numPages) {
+      scope.currentPage = page;
+      scope.onSelectPage({ page: page });
+    }
+  };
+}])
+
 .constant('paginationConfig', {
   boundaryLinks: false,
   directionLinks: true,
@@ -19,6 +40,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.pagination', [])
       maxSize: '=',
       onSelectPage: '&'
     },
+    controller: 'PaginationController',
     templateUrl: 'template/pagination/pagination.html',
     replace: true,
     link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
@@ -111,22 +133,59 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.pagination', [])
           scope.selectPage(scope.numPages);
         }
       });
-      scope.noPrevious = function() {
-        return scope.currentPage === 1;
-      };
-      scope.noNext = function() {
-        return scope.currentPage === scope.numPages;
-      };
-      scope.isActive = function(page) {
-        return scope.currentPage === page;
-      };
-
-      scope.selectPage = function(page) {
-        if ( ! scope.isActive(page) && page > 0 && page <= scope.numPages) {
-          scope.currentPage = page;
-          scope.onSelectPage({ page: page });
+    }
+  };
+}])
+
+.constant('pagerConfig', {
+  previousText: '« Previous',
+  nextText: 'Next »',
+  align: true
+})
+
+.directive('pager', ['pagerConfig', function(config) {
+  return {
+    restrict: 'EA',
+    scope: {
+      numPages: '=',
+      currentPage: '=',
+      onSelectPage: '&'
+    },
+    controller: 'PaginationController',
+    templateUrl: 'template/pagination/pager.html',
+    replace: true,
+    link: function(scope, element, attrs, paginationCtrl) {
+
+      // Setup configuration parameters
+      var previousText = angular.isDefined(attrs.previousText) ? scope.$parent.$eval(attrs.previousText) : config.previousText;
+      var nextText = angular.isDefined(attrs.nextText) ? scope.$parent.$eval(attrs.nextText) : config.nextText;
+      var align = angular.isDefined(attrs.align) ? scope.$parent.$eval(attrs.align) : config.align;
+
+      // Create page object used in template
+      function makePage(number, text, isDisabled, isPrevious, isNext) {
+        return {
+          number: number,
+          text: text,
+          disabled: isDisabled,
+          previous: ( align && isPrevious ),
+          next: ( align && isNext )
+        };
+      }
+
+      scope.$watch('numPages + currentPage', function() {
+        scope.pages = [];
+
+        // Add previous & next links
+        var previousPage = makePage(scope.currentPage - 1, previousText, scope.noPrevious(), true, false);
+        scope.pages.unshift(previousPage);
+
+        var nextPage = makePage(scope.currentPage + 1, nextText, scope.noNext(), false, true);
+        scope.pages.push(nextPage);
+
+        if ( scope.currentPage > scope.numPages ) {
+          scope.selectPage(scope.numPages);
         }
-      };
+      });
     }
   };
 }]);
diff --git a/src/pagination/test/pager.spec.js b/src/pagination/test/pager.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dbec62ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pagination/test/pager.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+describe('pager directive with default configuration', function () {
+  var $rootScope, element;
+  beforeEach(module('ui.bootstrap.pagination'));
+  beforeEach(module('template/pagination/pager.html'));
+  beforeEach(inject(function(_$compile_, _$rootScope_) {
+    $compile = _$compile_;
+    $rootScope = _$rootScope_;
+    $rootScope.numPages = 5;
+    $rootScope.currentPage = 3;
+    element = $compile('<pager num-pages="numPages" current-page="currentPage"></pager>')($rootScope);
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+  }));
+
+  it('has a "pager" css class', function() {
+    expect(element.hasClass('pager')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('contains 2 li elements', function() {
+    expect(element.find('li').length).toBe(2);
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).text()).toBe('« Previous');
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).text()).toBe('Next »');
+  });
+
+  it('aligns previous & next page', function() {
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).hasClass('previous')).toBe(true);
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).hasClass('next')).toBe(false);
+
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).hasClass('previous')).toBe(false);
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).hasClass('next')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('disables the "previous" link if current-page is 1', function() {
+    $rootScope.currentPage = 1;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).hasClass('disabled')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('disables the "next" link if current-page is num-pages', function() {
+    $rootScope.currentPage = 5;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).hasClass('disabled')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('changes currentPage if the "previous" link is clicked', function() {
+    var previous = element.find('li').eq(0).find('a').eq(0);
+    previous.click();
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect($rootScope.currentPage).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('changes currentPage if the "next" link is clicked', function() {
+    var next = element.find('li').eq(-1).find('a').eq(0);
+    next.click();
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect($rootScope.currentPage).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  it('does not change the current page on "previous" click if already at first page', function() {
+    var previous = element.find('li').eq(0).find('a').eq(0);
+    $rootScope.currentPage = 1;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    previous.click();
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect($rootScope.currentPage).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('does not change the current page on "next" click if already at last page', function() {
+    var next = element.find('li').eq(-1).find('a').eq(0);
+    $rootScope.currentPage = 5;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    next.click();
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect($rootScope.currentPage).toBe(5);
+  });
+
+  it('executes the onSelectPage expression when the current page changes', function() {
+    $rootScope.selectPageHandler = jasmine.createSpy('selectPageHandler');
+    element = $compile('<pager num-pages="numPages" current-page="currentPage" on-select-page="selectPageHandler(page)"></pager>')($rootScope);
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    var next = element.find('li').eq(-1).find('a').eq(0);
+    next.click();
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect($rootScope.selectPageHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(4);
+  });
+
+  it('does not changes the number of items when numPages changes', function() {
+    $rootScope.numPages = 8;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect(element.find('li').length).toBe(2);
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).text()).toBe('« Previous');
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).text()).toBe('Next »');
+  });
+
+  it('sets the current page to the last page if the numPages is changed to less than the current page', function() {
+    $rootScope.selectPageHandler = jasmine.createSpy('selectPageHandler');
+    element = $compile('<pager num-pages="numPages" current-page="currentPage" on-select-page="selectPageHandler(page)"></pager>')($rootScope);
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    $rootScope.numPages = 2;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect(element.find('li').length).toBe(2);
+    expect($rootScope.currentPage).toBe(2);
+    expect($rootScope.selectPageHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('setting pagerConfig', function() {
+  var $rootScope, element;
+  var originalConfig = {};
+  beforeEach(module('ui.bootstrap.pagination'));
+  beforeEach(module('template/pagination/pager.html'));
+  beforeEach(inject(function(_$compile_, _$rootScope_, pagerConfig) {
+    $compile = _$compile_;
+    $rootScope = _$rootScope_;
+    $rootScope.numPages = 5;
+    $rootScope.currentPage = 3;
+    angular.extend(originalConfig, pagerConfig);
+    pagerConfig.previousText = 'PR';
+    pagerConfig.nextText = 'NE';
+    pagerConfig.align = false;
+    element = $compile('<pager num-pages="numPages" current-page="currentPage"></pager>')($rootScope);
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+  }));
+  afterEach(inject(function(pagerConfig) {
+    // return it to the original state
+    angular.extend(pagerConfig, originalConfig);
+  }));
+
+  it('contains 2 li elements', function() {
+    expect(element.find('li').length).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('should change paging text', function () {
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).text()).toBe('PR');
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).text()).toBe('NE');
+  });
+
+  it('should not align previous & next page link', function () {
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).hasClass('previous')).toBe(false);
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).hasClass('next')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+});
+
+describe('pagination bypass configuration from attributes', function () {
+  var $rootScope, element;
+  beforeEach(module('ui.bootstrap.pagination'));
+  beforeEach(module('template/pagination/pager.html'));
+  beforeEach(inject(function(_$compile_, _$rootScope_) {
+    $compile = _$compile_;
+    $rootScope = _$rootScope_;
+    $rootScope.numPages = 5;
+    $rootScope.currentPage = 3;
+    element = $compile('<pager align="false" previous-text="\'<\'" next-text="\'>\'" num-pages="numPages" current-page="currentPage"></pager>')($rootScope);
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+  }));
+
+  it('contains 2 li elements', function() {
+    expect(element.find('li').length).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('should change paging text from attributes', function () {
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).text()).toBe('<');
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).text()).toBe('>');
+  });
+
+  it('should not align previous & next page link', function () {
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(0).hasClass('previous')).toBe(false);
+    expect(element.find('li').eq(-1).hasClass('next')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+});
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diff --git a/template/pagination/pager.html b/template/pagination/pager.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74b77f2d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/pagination/pager.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div class="pager">
+  <ul>
+    <li ng-repeat="page in pages" ng-class="{disabled: page.disabled, previous: page.previous, next: page.next}"><a ng-click="selectPage(page.number)">{{page.text}}</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</div>