diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Pager.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Pager.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6221d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Pager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\Pager.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
+
+/**
+ * Provides an area handler to render the pager.
+ *
+ * @ingroup views_area_handlers
+ *
+ * @PluginID("pager")
+ */
+class Pager extends AreaPluginBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function defineOptions() {
+    $options = parent::defineOptions();
+    $options['disable_pager_region'] = array('bool' => TRUE, 'default' => FALSE);
+
+    return $options;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
+    parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
+
+    // Remove the 'Display if empty' checkbox. As this doesn't make sense for a
+    // pager, as it is determined by results.
+    unset($form['empty']);
+
+    $form['disable_pager_region'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Disable pager region'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('Remove the regular pager region from the rendered view output.'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['disable_pager_region'],
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function preRender(array $results) {
+    if ($this->options['disable_pager_region']) {
+      $this->view->display_handler->setRenderPagerRegion(FALSE);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function render($empty = FALSE) {
+    if (!$empty) {
+      if ($this->view->display_handler->renderPager()) {
+        return $this->view->renderPager($this->view->exposed_raw_input);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return array();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
index f37f950..225b749 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/DisplayPluginBase.php
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@
   protected $usesAreas = TRUE;
 
   /**
+   * Whether or not the pager region should be rendered.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  protected $renderPagerRegion = TRUE;
+
+  /**
    * Constructs a new DisplayPluginBase object.
    *
    * Because DisplayPluginBase::initDisplay() takes the display configuration by
@@ -2453,13 +2460,33 @@ public function query() {
   public function renderFilters() { }
 
   /**
-   * Not all display plugins will suppert pager rendering.
+   * Not all display plugins will support pager rendering.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   Whether this display should render the pager or not.
    */
   public function renderPager() {
     return TRUE;
   }
 
   /**
+   * @return bool
+   */
+  public function renderPagerRegion() {
+    return $this->renderPagerRegion;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the renderPagerRegion property.
+   *
+   * @param bool $value
+   *   Whether or not the pager region should be rendered.
+   */
+  public function setRenderPagerRegion($value) {
+    $this->renderPagerRegion = (bool) $value;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Render the 'more' link
    */
   public function renderMoreLink() {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
index 65f8ac4..c3a1ac9 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view(&$variables) {
   // Render title for the admin preview.
   $variables['title'] = !empty($view->views_ui_context) ? filter_xss_admin($view->getTitle()) : '';
 
-  if ($view->display_handler->renderPager()) {
+  if ($view->display_handler->renderPager() && $view->display_handler->renderPagerRegion()) {
     $exposed_input = isset($view->exposed_raw_input) ? $view->exposed_raw_input : NULL;
     $variables['pager'] = $view->renderPager($exposed_input);
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.views.inc b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
index b3af1d4..c43ecce 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ function views_views_data() {
     ),
   );
 
+  $data['views']['pager'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Pager'),
+    'help' => t('Display the pager for this view.'),
+    'area' => array(
+      'id' => 'pager',
+      'sub_type' => array('header', 'footer'),
+    ),
+  );
+
   // Registers an entity area handler per entity type.
   foreach (entity_get_info() as $entity_type => $entity_info) {
     // Exclude entity types, which cannot be rendered.