diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponent.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponent.php
index 6e34fa6d7..f422623c0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponent.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponent.php
@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ class PaginatorComponent extends Component {
  * - `paramType` What type of parameters you want pagination to use?
  *      - `named` Use named parameters / routed parameters.
  *      - `querystring` Use query string parameters.
+ * - `queryScope` By using request parameter scopes you can paginate multiple queries in the same controller action.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * $paginator->paginate = array(
+ *	'Article' => array('queryScope' => 'articles'),
+ *	'Tag' => array('queryScope' => 'tags'),
+ * );
+ * ```
+ *
+ * Each of the above queries will use different query string parameter sets
+ * for pagination data. An example URL paginating both results would be:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * /dashboard/articles[page]:1/tags[page]:2
+ * ```
  *
  * @var array
  */
@@ -87,7 +102,8 @@ class PaginatorComponent extends Component {
 		'page' => 1,
 		'limit' => 20,
 		'maxLimit' => 100,
-		'paramType' => 'named'
+		'paramType' => 'named',
+		'queryScope' => null
 	);
 
 /**
@@ -225,7 +241,8 @@ class PaginatorComponent extends Component {
 			'order' => $order,
 			'limit' => $limit,
 			'options' => Hash::diff($options, $defaults),
-			'paramType' => $options['paramType']
+			'paramType' => $options['paramType'],
+			'queryScope' => $options['queryScope'],
 		);
 
 		if (!isset($this->Controller->request['paging'])) {
@@ -317,6 +334,9 @@ class PaginatorComponent extends Component {
 				$request = $this->Controller->request->query;
 				break;
 		}
+		if ($defaults['queryScope']) {
+			$request = Hash::get($request, $defaults['queryScope'], array());
+		}
 		$request = array_intersect_key($request, array_flip($this->whitelist));
 		return array_merge($defaults, $request);
 	}
@@ -337,7 +357,8 @@ class PaginatorComponent extends Component {
 			'page' => 1,
 			'limit' => 20,
 			'maxLimit' => 100,
-			'paramType' => 'named'
+			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'queryScope' => null
 		);
 		return $defaults;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponentTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponentTest.php
index 087b92029..b5775c4c6 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponentTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/PaginatorComponentTest.php
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'contain' => array('ControllerPaginateModel'),
 			'group' => 'Comment.author_id',
 			'maxLimit' => 10,
-			'paramType' => 'named'
+			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'queryScope' => null
 		);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Controller->ControllerPaginateModel->extra);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Controller->ControllerPaginateModel->extraCount);
@@ -519,7 +520,8 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				'foo', 'contain' => array('ControllerPaginateModel'),
 				'group' => 'Comment.author_id',
 				'maxLimit' => 10,
-				'paramType' => 'named'
+				'paramType' => 'named',
+				'queryScope' => null
 			)
 		);
 		$Controller->Paginator->paginate('ControllerPaginateModel');
@@ -528,7 +530,8 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'group' => 'Comment.author_id',
 			'type' => 'foo',
 			'maxLimit' => 10,
-			'paramType' => 'named'
+			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'queryScope' => null
 		);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Controller->ControllerPaginateModel->extra);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Controller->ControllerPaginateModel->extraCount);
@@ -706,6 +709,7 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'limit' => 20,
 			'maxLimit' => 100,
 			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'queryScope' => null,
 			'Post' => array(
 				'page' => 1,
 				'limit' => 10,
@@ -717,7 +721,7 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals($this->Paginator->settings, $result);
 
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
-		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 10, 'paramType' => 'named', 'maxLimit' => 50);
+		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 10, 'paramType' => 'named', 'maxLimit' => 50, 'queryScope' => null);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
@@ -738,7 +742,75 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'paramType' => 'named',
 		);
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
-		$expected = array('page' => 10, 'limit' => 10, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named');
+		$expected = array('page' => 10, 'limit' => 10, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named', 'queryScope' => null);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * test mergeOptions with custom scope
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testMergeOptionsCustomScope() {
+		$this->request->params['named'] = array(
+			'page' => 10,
+			'limit' => 10,
+			'scope' => array(
+				'page' => 2,
+				'limit' => 5,
+			)
+		);
+		$this->Paginator->settings = array(
+			'page' => 1,
+			'limit' => 20,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'findType' => 'myCustomFind',
+		);
+		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
+		$expected = array(
+			'page' => 10,
+			'limit' => 10,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'findType' => 'myCustomFind',
+			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'queryScope' => null
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+		$this->Paginator->settings = array(
+			'page' => 1,
+			'limit' => 20,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'findType' => 'myCustomFind',
+			'queryScope' => 'non-existent',
+		);
+		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
+		$expected = array(
+			'page' => 1,
+			'limit' => 20,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'findType' => 'myCustomFind',
+			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'queryScope' => 'non-existent',
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+		$this->Paginator->settings = array(
+			'page' => 1,
+			'limit' => 20,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'findType' => 'myCustomFind',
+			'queryScope' => 'scope',
+		);
+		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
+		$expected = array(
+			'page' => 2,
+			'limit' => 5,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'findType' => 'myCustomFind',
+			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'queryScope' => 'scope',
+		);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
@@ -760,7 +832,14 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'findType' => 'myCustomFind'
 		);
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
-		$expected = array('page' => 10, 'limit' => 10, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named', 'findType' => 'myCustomFind');
+		$expected = array(
+			'page' => 10,
+			'limit' => 10,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'findType' => 'myCustomFind',
+			'queryScope' => null
+		);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
@@ -785,7 +864,13 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'paramType' => 'querystring',
 		);
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
-		$expected = array('page' => 99, 'limit' => 75, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'querystring');
+		$expected = array(
+			'page' => 99,
+			'limit' => 75,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'paramType' => 'querystring',
+			'queryScope' => null
+		);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
@@ -810,7 +895,7 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'paramType' => 'named',
 		);
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
-		$expected = array('page' => 10, 'limit' => 10, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named');
+		$expected = array('page' => 10, 'limit' => 10, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named', 'queryScope' => null);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
@@ -837,7 +922,12 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Paginator->whitelist[] = 'fields';
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
 		$expected = array(
-			'page' => 10, 'limit' => 10, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named', 'fields' => array('bad.stuff')
+			'page' => 10,
+			'limit' => 10,
+			'maxLimit' => 100,
+			'paramType' => 'named',
+			'queryScope' => null,
+			'fields' => array('bad.stuff')
 		);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
@@ -853,7 +943,7 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'paramType' => 'named',
 		);
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
-		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 200, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named');
+		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 200, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named', 'queryScope' => null);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
 		$this->Paginator->settings = array(
@@ -861,7 +951,7 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'paramType' => 'named',
 		);
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
-		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 20, 'maxLimit' => 10, 'paramType' => 'named');
+		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 20, 'maxLimit' => 10, 'paramType' => 'named', 'queryScope' => null);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
 		$this->request->params['named'] = array(
@@ -872,7 +962,7 @@ class PaginatorComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'paramType' => 'named',
 		);
 		$result = $this->Paginator->mergeOptions('Post');
-		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 500, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named');
+		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 500, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named', 'queryScope' => null);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
index 6290bd7c9..bde42c134 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/ControllerTest.php
@@ -1332,10 +1332,15 @@ class ControllerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$Controller->uses = array('ControllerPost', 'ControllerComment');
 		$Controller->passedArgs[] = '1';
 		$Controller->params['url'] = array();
+		$Controller->params['named'] = array(
+			'posts' => array(
+				'page' => 2,
+				'limit' => 2,
+			),
+		);
 		$Controller->constructClasses();
-		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 20, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named');
+		$expected = array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 20, 'maxLimit' => 100, 'paramType' => 'named', 'queryScope' => null);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $Controller->paginate);
-
 		$results = Hash::extract($Controller->paginate('ControllerPost'), '{n}.ControllerPost.id');
 		$this->assertEquals(array(1, 2, 3), $results);
 
@@ -1347,6 +1352,13 @@ class ControllerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['pageCount'], 3);
 		$this->assertFalse($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['prevPage']);
 		$this->assertTrue($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['nextPage']);
+		$this->assertNull($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['queryScope']);
+
+		$Controller->paginate = array('queryScope' => 'posts');
+		$Controller->paginate('ControllerPost');
+		$this->assertSame($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['page'], 2);
+		$this->assertSame($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['pageCount'], 2);
+		$this->assertSame($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['queryScope'], 'posts');
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
index 246f368be..f29e2d21e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/PaginatorHelperTest.php
@@ -406,6 +406,52 @@ class PaginatorHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test multiple pagination sort links
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSortLinksMultiplePagination() {
+		Router::reload();
+		Router::parse('/');
+		Router::setRequestInfo(array(
+			array(
+				'plugin' => null,
+				'controller' => 'accounts',
+				'action' => 'index',
+				'pass' => array(),
+				'form' => array(),
+				'url' => array('url' => 'accounts/', 'mod_rewrite' => 'true'),
+				'bare' => 0
+			),
+			array('base' => '', 'here' => '/accounts/', 'webroot' => '/')
+		));
+
+		$this->Paginator->options(array('model' => 'Articles'));
+		$this->Paginator->request['paging'] = array(
+			'Articles' => array(
+				'current' => 9,
+				'count' => 62,
+				'prevPage' => false,
+				'nextPage' => true,
+				'pageCount' => 7,
+				'order' => null,
+				'options' => array(
+					'page' => 1,
+				),
+				'paramType' => 'named',
+				'queryScope' => 'article'
+			)
+		);
+		$result = $this->Paginator->sort('title');
+		$expected = array(
+			'a' => array('href' => '/accounts/index/article%5Bsort%5D:title/article%5Bdirection%5D:asc/article%5Border%5D:', 'model' => 'Articles'),
+			'Title',
+			'/a'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testSortKey method
  *
@@ -691,6 +737,59 @@ class PaginatorHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test url with multiple pagination
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testUrlMultiplePagination() {
+		Router::reload();
+		Router::parse('/');
+		Router::setRequestInfo(array(
+			array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => 'index', 'form' => array(), 'url' => array(), 'plugin' => null),
+			array('base' => '', 'here' => 'posts/index', 'webroot' => '/')
+		));
+		$this->Paginator->request->params['paging']['Article']['queryScope'] = 'article';
+		$this->Paginator->request->params['paging']['Article']['page'] = 3;
+		$this->Paginator->request->params['paging']['Article']['options']['page'] = 3;
+		$this->Paginator->request->params['paging']['Article']['prevPage'] = true;
+		$this->Paginator->options(array('model' => 'Article'));
+		$result = $this->Paginator->url(array());
+		$expected = '/posts/index/article%5Bpage%5D:3';
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$result = $this->Paginator->sort('name');
+		$expected = array(
+			'a' => array(
+				'href' => '/posts/index/article%5Bpage%5D:3/article%5Bsort%5D:name/article%5Bdirection%5D:asc/article%5Border%5D:',
+				'model' => 'Article'
+			),
+			'Name',
+			'/a'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+		$result = $this->Paginator->next('next');
+		$expected = array(
+			'span' => array('class' => 'next'),
+			'a' => array('href' => '/posts/index/article%5Bpage%5D:4', 'rel' => 'next', 'model' => 'Article'),
+			'next',
+			'/a',
+			'/span'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+		$result = $this->Paginator->prev('prev');
+		$expected = array(
+			'span' => array('class' => 'prev'),
+			'a' => array('href' => '/posts/index/article%5Bpage%5D:2', 'rel' => 'prev', 'model' => 'Article'),
+			'prev',
+			'/a',
+			'/span'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+		$result = $this->Paginator->url(array('sort' => 'name'));
+		$expected = '/posts/index/article%5Bpage%5D:3/article%5Bsort%5D:name';
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testOptions method
  *
@@ -2831,6 +2930,20 @@ class PaginatorHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertNull($this->Paginator->defaultModel());
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test the defaultModel() method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testDefaultModel() {
+		$this->Paginator->request = new CakeRequest(null, false);
+		$this->Paginator->defaultModel('Article');
+		$this->assertEquals('Article', $this->Paginator->defaultModel());
+
+		$this->Paginator->options(array('model' => 'Client'));
+		$this->assertEquals('Client', $this->Paginator->defaultModel());
+	}
+
 /**
  * test the numbers() method when there is only one page
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
index 917eb7f7f..096640889 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/PaginatorHelper.php
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
 			$options['convertKeys'] = array_merge($this->options['convertKeys'], $options['convertKeys']);
 		}
 		$this->options = array_filter(array_merge($this->options, $options));
+		if (!empty($this->options['model'])) {
+			$this->defaultModel($this->options['model']);
+		}
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -359,10 +362,16 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
 
 		$sortKey = $this->sortKey($options['model']);
 		$defaultModel = $this->defaultModel();
+		$model = $options['model'] ?: $defaultModel;
+		list($table, $field) = explode('.', $key . '.');
+		if (!$field) {
+			$field = $table;
+			$table = $model;
+		}
 		$isSorted = (
-			$sortKey === $key ||
+			$sortKey === $table . '.' . $field ||
 			$sortKey === $defaultModel . '.' . $key ||
-			$key === $defaultModel . '.' . $sortKey
+			$table . '.' . $field === $defaultModel . '.' . $sortKey
 		);
 
 		$dir = $defaultDir;
@@ -451,6 +460,13 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
 		if (!empty($url['?']['page']) && $url['?']['page'] == 1) {
 			unset($url['?']['page']);
 		}
+		if (!empty($paging['queryScope'])) {
+			$url = [$paging['queryScope'] => $url];
+			if (empty($url[$paging['queryScope']]['page'])) {
+				unset($url[$paging['queryScope']]['page']);
+			}
+		}
+
 		if ($asArray) {
 			return $url;
 		}
@@ -599,12 +615,16 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
 	}
 
 /**
- * Gets the default model of the paged sets
+ * Gets or sets the default model of the paged sets
  *
+ * @param string|null $model Model name to set
  * @return string|null Model name or null if the pagination isn't initialized.
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/paginator.html#PaginatorHelper::defaultModel
  */
-	public function defaultModel() {
+	public function defaultModel($model = null) {
+		if ($model !== null) {
+			$this->_defaultModel = $model;
+		}
 		if ($this->_defaultModel) {
 			return $this->_defaultModel;
 		}