diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
index a04467e2f..d046bb65a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
@@ -865,6 +865,14 @@ class PaginatorHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 
+		$result = $this->Paginator->prev('<< Previous', array('tag' => false), null, array('class' => 'disabled'));
+		$expected = array(
+			'a' => array('href' => '/index/page:1', 'rel' => 'prev', 'class' => 'prev'),
+			'&lt;&lt; Previous',
+			'/a'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+
 		$result = $this->Paginator->next('Next');
 		$expected = array(
 			'span' => array('class' => 'next'),
@@ -885,6 +893,14 @@ class PaginatorHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 
+		$result = $this->Paginator->next('Next', array('tag' => false));
+		$expected = array(
+			'a' => array('href' => '/index/page:3', 'rel' => 'next', 'class' => 'next'),
+			'Next',
+			'/a'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+
 		$result = $this->Paginator->prev('<< Previous', array('escape' => true));
 		$expected = array(
 			'span' => array('class' => 'prev'),
@@ -944,6 +960,14 @@ class PaginatorHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 
+		$result = $this->Paginator->prev('<< Previous', array('tag' => false), '<strong>Disabled</strong>');
+		$expected = array(
+			'span' => array('class' => 'prev'),
+			'&lt;strong&gt;Disabled&lt;/strong&gt;',
+			'/span'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+
 		$this->Paginator->request->params['paging'] = array(
 			'Client' => array(
 				'page' => 1,
@@ -1016,6 +1040,14 @@ class PaginatorHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 
+		$result = $this->Paginator->next('Next', array(), null, array('tag' => false));
+		$expected = array(
+			'span' => array('class' => 'next'),
+			'Next',
+			'/span'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+
 		$this->Paginator->request->params['paging'] = array(
 			'Client' => array(
 				'page' => 2, 'current' => 1, 'count' => 13, 'prevPage' => true,
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
index 154cc6af4..dab0d6212 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
  *
  * ### Options:
  *
- * - `tag` The tag wrapping tag you want to use, defaults to 'span'
+ * - `tag` The tag wrapping tag you want to use, defaults to 'span'. Set this to false to disable this option
  * - `escape` Whether you want the contents html entity encoded, defaults to true
  * - `model` The model to use, defaults to PaginatorHelper::defaultModel()
  *
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
  *
  * ### Options:
  *
- * - `tag` The tag wrapping tag you want to use, defaults to 'span'
+ * - `tag` The tag wrapping tag you want to use, defaults to 'span'. Set this to false to disable this option
  * - `escape` Whether you want the contents html entity encoded, defaults to true
  * - `model` The model to use, defaults to PaginatorHelper::defaultModel()
  *
@@ -468,12 +468,16 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
 			${$key} = $options[$key];
 			unset($options[$key]);
 		}
-		$url = array_merge(array('page' => $paging['page'] + ($which == 'Prev' ? $step * -1 : $step)), $url);
 
 		if ($this->{$check}($model)) {
+			$url = array_merge(array('page' => $paging['page'] + ($which == 'Prev' ? $step * -1 : $step)), $url);
+			if ($tag === false) {
+				return $this->link($title, $url, array_merge($options, compact('escape', 'model', 'class')));
+			}
 			return $this->Html->tag($tag, $this->link($title, $url, array_merge($options, compact('escape', 'model'))), compact('class'));
 		} else {
 			unset($options['rel']);
+			$tag = $tag ? $tag : $_defaults['tag'];
 			return $this->Html->tag($tag, $title, array_merge($options, compact('escape', 'class')));
 		}
 	}