diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index f8572aa2..0762edb9 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     * Generation for a specific time (#59)
     * site.time allocated on render not per site_payload invocation (#59)
     * pages now present in the site payload and can be used through the site.pages and site.html_pages variables
+    * generate phase added to site#process and pagination is now a generator
   * Bug Fixes
     * Render highlighted code for non markdown/textile pages (#116)
     * Expand source to full path so includes work anywhere (#101)
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/page.rb b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
index 12544e7d..20e52f5f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/page.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Jekyll
   class Page
     include Convertible
 
-    attr_accessor :site
+    attr_accessor :site, :pager
     attr_accessor :name, :ext, :basename, :dir
     attr_accessor :data, :content, :output
 
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ module Jekyll
     # Returns nothing
     def render(layouts, site_payload)
       payload = {
-        "page" => self.to_liquid
+        "page" => self.to_liquid,
+        'paginator' => pager.to_liquid
       }.deep_merge(site_payload)
 
       do_layout(payload, layouts)
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/pager.rb b/lib/jekyll/pager.rb
index b4e73161..b759a2a8 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/pager.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/pager.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module Jekyll
       @next_page = @page != @total_pages ? @page + 1 : nil
     end
     
-    def to_hash
+    def to_liquid
       {
         'page' => page, 
         'per_page' => per_page, 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index e43d0b89..4315e2cb 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ module Jekyll
     end
 
     # Do the actual work of processing the site and generating the
-    # real deal.  Now has 4 phases; reset, read, render, write.  This allows
+    # real deal.  5 phases; reset, read, generate, render, write.  This allows
     # rendering to have full site payload available.
     #
     # Returns nothing
     def process
       self.reset
       self.read
+      self.generate
       self.render
       self.write
     end
@@ -154,12 +155,8 @@ module Jekyll
         post.render(self.layouts, site_payload)
       end
 
-      self.pages.dup.each do |page|
-        if Pager.pagination_enabled?(self.config, page.name)
-          paginate(page)
-        else
-          page.render(self.layouts, site_payload)
-        end
+      self.pages.each do |page|
+        page.render(self.layouts, site_payload)
       end
 
       self.categories.values.map { |ps| ps.sort! { |a, b| b <=> a} }
@@ -254,6 +251,12 @@ module Jekyll
       end
     end
 
+    def generate
+      self.pages.dup.each do |page|
+        paginate(page) if Pager.pagination_enabled?(self.config, page.name)
+      end
+    end
+
     # Paginates the blog's posts. Renders the index.html file into paginated
     # directories, ie: page2/index.html, page3/index.html, etc and adds more
     # site-wide data.
@@ -273,11 +276,11 @@ module Jekyll
         pager = Pager.new(self.config, num_page, all_posts, pages)
         if num_page > 1
           newpage = Page.new(self, self.source, page.dir, page.name)
-          newpage.render(self.layouts, site_payload.merge({'paginator' => pager.to_hash}))
+          newpage.pager = pager
           newpage.dir = File.join(page.dir, "page#{num_page}")
           self.pages << newpage
         else
-          page.render(self.layouts, site_payload.merge({'paginator' => pager.to_hash}))
+          page.pager = pager
         end
       end
     end