diff --git a/rest_framework/generics.py b/rest_framework/generics.py
index 4f134bce6..127957514 100644
--- a/rest_framework/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/generics.py
@@ -11,20 +11,10 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from rest_framework import views, mixins, exceptions
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+from rest_framework.pagination import strict_positive_int
 import warnings
 
 
-def strict_positive_int(integer_string, cutoff=None):
-    """
-    Cast a string to a strictly positive integer.
-    """
-    ret = int(integer_string)
-    if ret <= 0:
-        raise ValueError()
-    if cutoff:
-        ret = min(ret, cutoff)
-    return ret
-
 def get_object_or_404(queryset, *filter_args, **filter_kwargs):
     """
     Same as Django's standard shortcut, but make sure to raise 404
diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index 426865ff9..a562868cd 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
+from rest_framework import pagination
 import warnings
 
 
@@ -187,3 +188,35 @@ class DestroyModelMixin(object):
         obj = self.get_object()
         obj.delete()
         return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+
+
+class OffsetLimitPaginationMixin(object):
+    offset_kwarg = 'offset'
+    paginate_by_param = 'limit'
+    pagination_serializer_class = pagination.OffsetLimitPaginationSerializer
+
+    def paginate_queryset(self, queryset):
+        limit = self.get_paginate_by()
+        if not limit:
+            return  # pagination not configured
+        offset_kwarg = self.kwargs.get(self.offset_kwarg)
+        offset_query_param = self.request.QUERY_PARAMS.get(self.offset_kwarg)
+        offset = offset_kwarg or offset_query_param or 0
+        try:
+            offset_number = pagination.strict_positive_int(offset)
+        except ValueError:
+            offset_number = 0
+        return pagination.OffsetLimitPage(queryset, offset_number, limit)
+
+
+class LinkPaginationMixin(object):
+    pagination_serializer_class = pagination.LinkPaginationSerializer
+
+    def paginate_queryset(self, queryset, page_size=None):
+        page = super(LinkPaginationMixin, self).paginate_queryset(
+            queryset, page_size)
+        if page is not None:
+            page_ser = self.get_pagination_serializer(page)
+            self.headers.update(page_ser.get_link_header())
+            self.object_list = page.object_list
+        return None  # Don't use pagination serializer on response
diff --git a/rest_framework/pagination.py b/rest_framework/pagination.py
index d51ea929b..c3c06ac34 100644
--- a/rest_framework/pagination.py
+++ b/rest_framework/pagination.py
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.templatetags.rest_framework import replace_query_param
 
 
+def strict_positive_int(integer_string, cutoff=None):
+    """
+    Cast a string to a strictly positive integer.
+    """
+    ret = int(integer_string)
+    if ret <= 0:
+        raise ValueError()
+    if cutoff:
+        ret = min(ret, cutoff)
+    return ret
+
+
 class NextPageField(serializers.Field):
     """
     Field that returns a link to the next page in paginated results.
@@ -37,6 +49,35 @@ class PreviousPageField(serializers.Field):
         return replace_query_param(url, self.page_field, page)
 
 
+class FirstPageField(serializers.Field):
+    """
+    Field that returns a link to the first page in paginated results.
+    """
+    page_field = 'page'
+
+    def to_native(self, value):
+        if not value.has_previous():
+            return None
+        request = self.context.get('request')
+        url = request and request.build_absolute_uri() or ''
+        return replace_query_param(url, self.page_field, 1)
+
+
+class LastPageField(serializers.Field):
+    """
+    Field that returns a link to the previous page in paginated results.
+    """
+    page_field = 'page'
+
+    def to_native(self, value):
+        if not value.has_next():
+            return None
+        page = value.paginator.num_pages
+        request = self.context.get('request')
+        url = request and request.build_absolute_uri() or ''
+        return replace_query_param(url, self.page_field, page)
+
+
 class DefaultObjectSerializer(serializers.Field):
     """
     If no object serializer is specified, then this serializer will be applied
@@ -82,7 +123,8 @@ class BasePaginationSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         else:
             context_kwarg = {}
 
-        self.fields[results_field] = object_serializer(source='object_list', **context_kwarg)
+        self.fields[results_field] = object_serializer(source='object_list',
+                                                       **context_kwarg)
 
 
 class PaginationSerializer(BasePaginationSerializer):
@@ -92,3 +134,42 @@ class PaginationSerializer(BasePaginationSerializer):
     count = serializers.Field(source='paginator.count')
     next = NextPageField(source='*')
     previous = PreviousPageField(source='*')
+
+
+class LinkPaginationSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    """ Pagination serializer in order to build Link header """
+    first = FirstPageField(source='*')
+    next = NextPageField(source='*')
+    previous = PreviousPageField(source='*')
+    last = LastPageField(source='*')
+
+    def get_link_header(self):
+        link_keader_items = [
+            '<%s>; rel="%s"' % (link, rel)
+            for rel, link in self.data.items()
+            if link is not None
+        ]
+        return {'Link': ', '.join(link_keader_items)}
+
+
+class OffsetLimitPage(object):
+    """
+    A base class to allow offset and limit when listing a queryset.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, queryset, offset, limit):
+        self.count = self._set_count(queryset)
+        self.object_list = queryset[offset:offset + limit]
+
+    def _set_count(self, queryset):
+        try:
+            return queryset.count()
+        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+        # AttributeError if object_list has no count() method.
+        # TypeError if object_list.count() requires arguments
+        # (i.e. is of type list).
+            return len(queryset)
+
+
+class OffsetLimitPaginationSerializer(BasePaginationSerializer):
+    """ OffsetLimitPage serializer """
+    count = serializers.Field()
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_pagination.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_pagination.py
index d6bc7895c..29d790e8f 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_pagination.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_pagination.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import unittest
-from rest_framework import generics, status, pagination, filters, serializers
+from rest_framework import (generics, status, pagination, filters, serializers,
+                            mixins)
 from rest_framework.compat import django_filters
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 from rest_framework.tests.models import BasicModel
@@ -13,6 +14,48 @@ from rest_framework.tests.models import BasicModel
 factory = APIRequestFactory()
 
 
+def parse_header_link(value):
+    # Got it from python-requests code
+    # https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/blob/master/requests/utils.py#L467
+    def parse_header_links(value):
+        """Return a dict of parsed link headers proxies.
+
+        i.e. Link: <http:/.../front.jpeg>; rel=front; type="image/jpeg",<http://.../back.jpeg>; rel=back;type="image/jpeg"
+
+        """
+
+        links = []
+
+        replace_chars = " '\""
+
+        for val in value.split(","):
+            try:
+                url, params = val.split(";", 1)
+            except ValueError:
+                url, params = val, ''
+
+            link = {}
+
+            link["url"] = url.strip("<> '\"")
+
+            for param in params.split(";"):
+                try:
+                    key, value = param.split("=")
+                except ValueError:
+                    break
+
+                link[key.strip(replace_chars)] = value.strip(replace_chars)
+
+            links.append(link)
+
+        return links
+    links = parse_header_links(value)
+    link_map = {}
+    for link in links:
+        link_map[link['rel']] = link['url']
+    return link_map
+
+
 class FilterableItem(models.Model):
     text = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     decimal = models.DecimalField(max_digits=4, decimal_places=2)
@@ -52,6 +95,18 @@ class MaxPaginateByView(generics.ListAPIView):
     paginate_by_param = 'page_size'
 
 
+class LinkPaginationView(mixins.LinkPaginationMixin,
+                         generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    model = BasicModel
+    paginate_by = 10
+
+
+class OffsetLimitPaginationView(mixins.OffsetLimitPaginationMixin,
+                                generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    model = BasicModel
+    paginate_by = 10
+
+
 class IntegrationTestPagination(TestCase):
     """
     Integration tests for paginated list views.
@@ -103,6 +158,102 @@ class IntegrationTestPagination(TestCase):
         self.assertNotEqual(response.data['previous'], None)
 
 
+class IntegrationTestLinkPagination(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Create 26 BasicModel instances.
+        """
+        for char in 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz':
+            BasicModel(text=char * 3).save()
+        self.objects = BasicModel.objects
+        self.data = [
+            {'id': obj.id, 'text': obj.text}
+            for obj in self.objects.all()
+        ]
+        self.view = LinkPaginationView.as_view()
+
+    def test_get_paginated_root_view(self):
+        """
+        GET requests to paginated ListCreateAPIView should return paginated results.
+        """
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        # Note: Database queries are a `SELECT COUNT`, and `SELECT <fields>`
+        with self.assertNumQueries(2):
+            response = self.view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data, self.data[0:10])
+        link_header = parse_header_link(response['Link'])
+        self.assertTrue('next' in link_header)
+        self.assertTrue('last' in link_header)
+        self.assertFalse('previous' in link_header)
+        self.assertFalse('first' in link_header)
+
+        request = factory.get(link_header['next'])
+        with self.assertNumQueries(2):
+            response = self.view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data, self.data[10:20])
+        link_header = parse_header_link(response['Link'])
+        self.assertTrue('next' in link_header)
+        self.assertTrue('last' in link_header)
+        self.assertTrue('previous' in link_header)
+        self.assertTrue('first' in link_header)
+
+        request = factory.get(link_header['last'])
+        with self.assertNumQueries(2):
+            response = self.view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data, self.data[20:])
+        link_header = parse_header_link(response['Link'])
+        self.assertFalse('next' in link_header)
+        self.assertFalse('last' in link_header)
+        self.assertTrue('previous' in link_header)
+        self.assertTrue('first' in link_header)
+
+
+class IntegrationTestOffsetLimitPagination(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Create 26 BasicModel instances.
+        """
+        for char in 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz':
+            BasicModel(text=char * 3).save()
+        self.objects = BasicModel.objects
+        self.data = [
+            {'id': obj.id, 'text': obj.text}
+            for obj in self.objects.all()
+        ]
+        self.view = OffsetLimitPaginationView.as_view()
+
+    def test_get_paginated_root_view(self):
+        """
+        GET requests to paginated ListCreateAPIView should return paginated results.
+        """
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        # Note: Database queries are a `SELECT COUNT`, and `SELECT <fields>`
+        with self.assertNumQueries(2):
+            response = self.view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['results'], self.data[0:10])
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['count'], 26)
+
+        request = factory.get('/', {'offset': 10})
+        with self.assertNumQueries(2):
+            response = self.view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['results'], self.data[10:20])
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['count'], 26)
+
+        request = factory.get('/', {'offset': 20, 'limit': 3})
+        with self.assertNumQueries(2):
+            response = self.view(request).render()
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['results'], self.data[20:23])
+        self.assertEqual(response.data['count'], 26)
+
+
 class IntegrationTestPaginationAndFiltering(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -258,6 +409,63 @@ class UnitTestPagination(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(serializer.context, results.context)
 
 
+class UnitTestLinkPagination(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.objects = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
+        paginator = Paginator(self.objects, 2)
+        self.first_page = paginator.page(1)
+        self.third_page = paginator.page(3)
+        self.last_page = paginator.page(5)
+
+    def test_native_pagination(self):
+        serializer = pagination.LinkPaginationSerializer(self.first_page)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['next'], '?page=2')
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['previous'], None)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['first'], None)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['last'], '?page=5')
+
+        serializer = pagination.LinkPaginationSerializer(self.third_page)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['next'], '?page=4')
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['previous'], '?page=2')
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['first'], '?page=1')
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['last'], '?page=5')
+
+        serializer = pagination.LinkPaginationSerializer(self.last_page)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['next'], None)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['previous'], '?page=4')
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['first'], '?page=1')
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['last'], None)
+
+
+class UnitTestOffsetLimitPagination(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.objects = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
+        self.first_page = pagination.OffsetLimitPage(
+            self.objects, offset=0, limit=2)
+        self.third_page = pagination.OffsetLimitPage(
+            self.objects, offset=4, limit=2)
+        self.last_page = pagination.OffsetLimitPage(
+            self.objects, offset=8, limit=2)
+
+    def test_native_pagination(self):
+        serializer = pagination.OffsetLimitPaginationSerializer(
+            self.first_page)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['count'], 10)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['results'], self.objects[:2])
+
+        serializer = pagination.OffsetLimitPaginationSerializer(
+            self.third_page)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['count'], 10)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['results'], self.objects[4:6])
+
+        serializer = pagination.OffsetLimitPaginationSerializer(
+            self.last_page)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['count'], 10)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['results'], self.objects[8:])
+
+
 class TestUnpaginated(TestCase):
     """
     Tests for list views without pagination.