diff --git a/wp-includes/general-template.php b/wp-includes/general-template.php
index 426e958b6c..40b84dcc50 100644
--- a/wp-includes/general-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/general-template.php
@@ -1633,7 +1633,8 @@ function paginate_links( $args = '' ) {
 		'end_size' => 1,
 		'mid_size' => 2,
 		'type' => 'plain',
-		'add_args' => false // array of query args to add
+		'add_args' => false, // array of query args to add
+		'add_fragment' => ''
 	);
 
 	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
@@ -1657,6 +1658,7 @@ function paginate_links( $args = '' ) {
 		$link = str_replace('%#%', $current - 1, $link);
 		if ( $add_args )
 			$link = add_query_arg( $add_args, $link );
+		$link .= $add_fragment;
 		$page_links[] = "<a class='prev page-numbers' href='" . clean_url($link) . "'>$prev_text</a>";
 	endif;
 	for ( $n = 1; $n <= $total; $n++ ) :
@@ -1669,6 +1671,7 @@ function paginate_links( $args = '' ) {
 				$link = str_replace('%#%', $n, $link);
 				if ( $add_args )
 					$link = add_query_arg( $add_args, $link );
+				$link .= $add_fragment;
 				$page_links[] = "<a class='page-numbers' href='" . clean_url($link) . "'>$n</a>";
 				$dots = true;
 			elseif ( $dots && !$show_all ) :
@@ -1682,6 +1685,7 @@ function paginate_links( $args = '' ) {
 		$link = str_replace('%#%', $current + 1, $link);
 		if ( $add_args )
 			$link = add_query_arg( $add_args, $link );
+		$link .= $add_fragment;
 		$page_links[] = "<a class='next page-numbers' href='" . clean_url($link) . "'>$next_text</a>";
 	endif;
 	switch ( $type ) :
diff --git a/wp-includes/link-template.php b/wp-includes/link-template.php
index cd149e62ee..c10e4c83c4 100644
--- a/wp-includes/link-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/link-template.php
@@ -815,6 +815,8 @@ function get_comments_pagenum_link($pagenum = 1) {
 		$result = $base . $request;
 	}
 
+	$result .= '#comments';
+
 	$result = apply_filters('get_comments_pagenum_link', $result);
 
 	return $result;
@@ -828,9 +830,6 @@ function next_comments_link($label='', $max_page = 0) {
 
 	$page = get_query_var('cpage');
 	
-	if ( !$page )
-		$page = 1;
-
 	if ( !$page )
 		$page = 1;
 
@@ -858,6 +857,9 @@ function previous_comments_link($label='') {
 
 	$page = get_query_var('cpage');
 
+	if ( !$page )
+		$page = 1;
+
 	if ( $page <= 1 )
 		return;
 
@@ -871,6 +873,42 @@ function previous_comments_link($label='') {
 	echo "\" $attr>". preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/', '&#038;$1', $label) .'</a>';
 }
 
+/** Create pagination links for the comments on the current post
+ *
+ * @package WordPress
+ * @see paginate_links
+ * @since 2.7
+ *
+ * @param string|array $args Optional args. See paginate_links.
+ * @return string Markup for pagination links
+*/
+function paginate_comments_links($args = array()) {
+	global $wp_query;
+
+	if ( !is_singular() )
+		return;
+
+	$page = get_query_var('cpage');
+	if ( !$page )
+		$page = 1;
+	$max_page = $wp_query->max_num_comment_pages;
+	$defaults = array(
+		'base' => add_query_arg( 'cpage', '%#%' ),
+		'format' => '',
+		'total' => $max_page,
+		'current' => $page,
+		'echo' => true,
+		'add_fragment' => '#comments'
+	);
+	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
+	$page_links = paginate_links( $args );
+
+	if ( $args['echo'] )
+		echo $page_links;
+	else
+		return $page_links;
+}
+
 function get_shortcut_link() {
 	$link = "javascript:
 			var d=document,