diff --git a/django/views/generic/list.py b/django/views/generic/list.py
index e9d57a0702..b316c4bb56 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/list.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/list.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class MultipleObjectMixin(ContextMixin):
     paginate_by = None
     context_object_name = None
     paginator_class = Paginator
+    page_kwarg = 'page'
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         """
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ class MultipleObjectMixin(ContextMixin):
         Paginate the queryset, if needed.
         """
         paginator = self.get_paginator(queryset, page_size, allow_empty_first_page=self.get_allow_empty())
-        page = self.kwargs.get('page') or self.request.GET.get('page') or 1
+        page_kwarg = self.page_kwarg
+        page = self.kwargs.get(page_kwarg) or self.request.GET.get(page_kwarg) or 1
         try:
             page_number = int(page)
         except ValueError:
diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object.txt
index cdb743fcbd..fb5a1715e6 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object.txt
@@ -69,8 +69,17 @@ MultipleObjectMixin
         An integer specifying how many objects should be displayed per page. If
         this is given, the view will paginate objects with
         :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.paginate_by` objects per page. The view will
-        expect either a ``page`` query string parameter (via ``GET``) or a
-        ``page`` variable specified in the URLconf.
+        expect either a ``page`` query string parameter (via ``request.GET``)
+        or a ``page`` variable specified in the URLconf.
+
+    .. attribute:: page_kwarg
+
+        .. versionadded:: 1.5
+
+        A string specifying the name to use for the page parameter.
+        The view will expect this prameter to be available either as a query
+        string parameter (via ``request.GET``) or as a kwarg variable specified
+        in the URLconf. Defaults to ``page``.
 
     .. attribute:: paginator_class
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/list.py b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/list.py
index a8ed9e856b..28d37f0e71 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/list.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/list.py
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ class ListViewTests(TestCase):
         # Custom pagination allows for 2 orphans on a page size of 5
         self.assertEqual(len(res.context['object_list']), 7)
 
+    def test_paginated_custom_page_kwarg(self):
+        self._make_authors(100)
+        res = self.client.get('/list/authors/paginated/custom_page_kwarg/', {'pagina': '2'})
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(res, 'generic_views/author_list.html')
+        self.assertEqual(len(res.context['object_list']), 30)
+        self.assertIs(res.context['author_list'], res.context['object_list'])
+        self.assertEqual(res.context['author_list'][0].name, 'Author 30')
+        self.assertEqual(res.context['page_obj'].number, 2)
+
     def test_paginated_custom_paginator_constructor(self):
         self._make_authors(7)
         res = self.client.get('/list/authors/paginated/custom_constructor/')
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/urls.py b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/urls.py
index c72bfecb65..a212b830a5 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/urls.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/urls.py
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
         views.AuthorList.as_view(queryset=None)),
     (r'^list/authors/paginated/custom_class/$',
         views.AuthorList.as_view(paginate_by=5, paginator_class=views.CustomPaginator)),
+    (r'^list/authors/paginated/custom_page_kwarg/$',
+        views.AuthorList.as_view(paginate_by=30, page_kwarg='pagina')),
     (r'^list/authors/paginated/custom_constructor/$',
         views.AuthorListCustomPaginator.as_view()),