diff --git a/templates/bulletproof/UTF-8/lang_de.inc.php b/templates/bulletproof/UTF-8/lang_de.inc.php
index a3378ab7..83e95e64 100644
--- a/templates/bulletproof/UTF-8/lang_de.inc.php
+++ b/templates/bulletproof/UTF-8/lang_de.inc.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 @define('PREV_NEXT_TEXT','Nur Text');
 @define('PREV_NEXT_TEXT_ICON','Text und Icon');
 @define('PREV_NEXT_ICON','Nur Icon');
+@define('SHOW_PAGINATION','Zusätzliche Seitennummerierung (Pagination) anzeigen');
 // coComment support
 @define('COCOMMENT_ACTIVE','coComment (http://www.cocomment.com) in Kommentarformulare einbinden');
 // Counter code
diff --git a/templates/bulletproof/UTF-8/lang_en.inc.php b/templates/bulletproof/UTF-8/lang_en.inc.php
index 6aa2157c..13251f91 100644
--- a/templates/bulletproof/UTF-8/lang_en.inc.php
+++ b/templates/bulletproof/UTF-8/lang_en.inc.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 @define('PREV_NEXT_TEXT','Text only');
 @define('PREV_NEXT_TEXT_ICON','Text and icon');
 @define('PREV_NEXT_ICON','Icon only');
+@define('SHOW_PAGINATION','Show additional page numbers (pagination)');
 // coComment support
 @define('COCOMMENT_ACTIVE','Integrate coComment (http://www.cocomment.com) into comment form');
 // Counter code
diff --git a/templates/bulletproof/config.inc.php b/templates/bulletproof/config.inc.php
index 0c369fb6..f452d2b3 100644
--- a/templates/bulletproof/config.inc.php
+++ b/templates/bulletproof/config.inc.php
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ $template_config = array(
                                  'texticon' => PREV_NEXT_TEXT_ICON,
                                  'icon' => PREV_NEXT_ICON)
     ),
+    array(
+        'var'           => 'show_pagination',
+        'name'          => SHOW_PAGINATION,
+        'type'          => 'boolean',
+        'default'       => 'false',
+    ),
     array(
         'var'           => 'counter_code',
         'name'          => COUNTER_CODE,
diff --git a/templates/bulletproof/entries.tpl b/templates/bulletproof/entries.tpl
index 8cca46df..82c50b60 100644
--- a/templates/bulletproof/entries.tpl
+++ b/templates/bulletproof/entries.tpl
@@ -415,6 +415,28 @@
         {/if}
     {/if}
 
+    {if $template_option.show_pagination == 'true'}
+    <div class="pagination">
+        {eval var=$footer_currentPage-3 assign="paginationStartPage"}
+    {if $footer_currentPage+3 > $footer_totalPages}
+        {eval var=$footer_totalPages-6 assign="paginationStartPage"}
+    {/if}
+    {if $paginationStartPage <= 0}
+        {assign var="paginationStartPage" value="1"}
+    {/if}
+    {section name=i start=$paginationStartPage loop=$footer_totalPages+1 max=7}
+        {if $smarty.section.i.index != $footer_currentPage}
+        <a href="{$smarty.section.i.index|string_format:$footer_pageLink}">{$smarty.section.i.index}</a>
+        {else}
+        <span id="thispage">{$smarty.section.i.index}</span>
+        {/if}
+    {/section}
+    {if $smarty.section.i.index <= $footer_totalPages}
+        &hellip; <a href="{$footer_totalPages|string_format:$footer_pageLink}">{$footer_totalPages}</a>
+    {/if}
+    </div>
+    {/if}
+
     {serendipity_hookPlugin hook="entries_footer"}
 </div>
 <!-- ENTRIES END -->
diff --git a/templates/bulletproof/lang_de.inc.php b/templates/bulletproof/lang_de.inc.php
index d77be3a1..1cc400e3 100644
--- a/templates/bulletproof/lang_de.inc.php
+++ b/templates/bulletproof/lang_de.inc.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 @define('PREV_NEXT_TEXT','Nur Text');
 @define('PREV_NEXT_TEXT_ICON','Text und Icon');
 @define('PREV_NEXT_ICON','Nur Icon');
+@define('SHOW_PAGINATION','Zusätzliche Seitennummerierung (Pagination) anzeigen');
 // coComment support
 @define('COCOMMENT_ACTIVE','coComment (http://www.cocomment.com) in Kommentarformulare einbinden');
 // Counter code
diff --git a/templates/bulletproof/lang_en.inc.php b/templates/bulletproof/lang_en.inc.php
index b692c840..31f39b10 100644
--- a/templates/bulletproof/lang_en.inc.php
+++ b/templates/bulletproof/lang_en.inc.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 @define('PREV_NEXT_TEXT','Text only');
 @define('PREV_NEXT_TEXT_ICON','Text and icon');
 @define('PREV_NEXT_ICON','Icon only');
+@define('SHOW_PAGINATION','Show additional page numbers (pagination)');
 // coComment support
 @define('COCOMMENT_ACTIVE','Integrate coComment (http://www.cocomment.com) into comment form');
 // Counter code
diff --git a/templates/bulletproof/style.css b/templates/bulletproof/style.css
index 8a1f2bba..fad9724d 100644
--- a/templates/bulletproof/style.css
+++ b/templates/bulletproof/style.css
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ abbr, acronym, .help{
     background: #ddd;
 }
 
+/* optional pagination in the footer */
+.pagination { padding: 0.5em 0; }
+
 /* optional nav links in the footer */
 #footer_sitenav {
     clear: both;