diff --git a/wp-includes/classes.php b/wp-includes/classes.php
index cdacc9c4c4..610bff4f06 100644
--- a/wp-includes/classes.php
+++ b/wp-includes/classes.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 		$this->is_feed = false;
 		$this->is_home = false;
 		$this->is_404 = false;
+		$this->is_paged = false;
 
 		unset($this->posts);
 		unset($this->query);
@@ -171,7 +172,11 @@ class WP_Query {
 			$this->is_404 = true;
 		}
 
-		if ( ($this->is_date || $this->is_author || $this->is_category)
+		if ('' != $qv['paged']) {
+			$this->is_paged = true;
+		}
+
+		if ( ($this->is_date || $this->is_author || $this->is_category || $this->is_paged)
 				 && (! ($this->is_single || $this->is_page)) ) {
 			$this->is_archive = true;
 		}
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 9e89f0dd6b..93fe485c19 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1986,6 +1986,12 @@ function is_404 () {
     return $wp_query->is_404;
 }
 
+function is_paged () {
+    global $wp_query;
+
+    return $wp_query->is_paged;
+}
+
 function get_query_var($var) {
   global $wp_query;