diff --git plugins/views_plugin_display.inc plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
index 08f5a93..202faaf 100644
--- plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
+++ plugins/views_plugin_display.inc
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ class views_plugin_display extends views_plugin {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Does the display render the pager if it has it enabled?
+   */
+  function render_pager() {
+    return $this->use_pager();
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Does the display have a more link enabled?
    */
   function use_more() {
diff --git plugins/views_plugin_display_attachment.inc plugins/views_plugin_display_attachment.inc
index 583293e..d0bd7fe 100644
--- plugins/views_plugin_display_attachment.inc
+++ plugins/views_plugin_display_attachment.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class views_plugin_display_attachment extends views_plugin_display {
     $options['attachment_position'] = array('default' => 'before');
     $options['inherit_arguments'] = array('default' => TRUE);
     $options['inherit_exposed_filters'] = array('default' => FALSE);
+    $options['inherit_pager'] = array('default' => FALSE);
     $options['displays'] = array('default' => array());
 
     return $options;
@@ -69,6 +70,12 @@ class views_plugin_display_attachment extends views_plugin_display {
       'value' => $this->get_option('inherit_exposed_filters') ? t('Yes') : t('No'),
     );
 
+    $options['inherit_pager'] = array(
+      'category' => 'attachment',
+      'title' => t('Inherit pager'),
+      'value' => $this->get_option('inherit_pager') ? t('Yes') : t('No'),
+    );
+
     $options['attachment_position'] = array(
       'category' => 'attachment',
       'title' => t('Position'),
@@ -123,6 +130,15 @@ class views_plugin_display_attachment extends views_plugin_display {
           '#default_value' => $this->get_option('inherit_exposed_filters'),
         );
         break;
+      case 'inherit_pager':
+        $form['#title'] .= t('Inherit pager');
+        $form['inherit_pager'] = array(
+          '#type' => 'checkbox',
+          '#title' => t('Inherit'),
+          '#description' => t('Should this display inherit its paging values from the parent display to which it is attached? Note that this will provide unexpected results if the number of items to display do not match.'),
+          '#default_value' => $this->get_option('inherit_pager'),
+        );
+        break;
       case 'attachment_position':
         $form['#title'] .= t('Position');
         $form['attachment_position'] = array(
@@ -159,6 +175,7 @@ class views_plugin_display_attachment extends views_plugin_display {
     parent::options_submit($form, $form_state);
     switch ($form_state['section']) {
       case 'inherit_arguments':
+      case 'inherit_pager':
       case 'inherit_exposed_filters':
       case 'attachment_position':
       case 'displays':
@@ -188,6 +205,11 @@ class views_plugin_display_attachment extends views_plugin_display {
 
     $args = $this->get_option('inherit_arguments') ? $this->view->args : array();
     $view->set_arguments($args);
+    $view->set_display($this->display->id);
+    if ($this->get_option('inherit_pager')) {
+      $view->display_handler->use_pager = $this->view->display[$display_id]->handler->use_pager();
+      $view->display_handler->set_option('pager_element', $this->view->display[$display_id]->handler->get_option('pager_element'));
+    }
 
     // because of this, it is very very important that displays that can accept
     // attachments not also be attachments, or this could explode messily.
@@ -229,4 +251,12 @@ class views_plugin_display_attachment extends views_plugin_display {
   function displays_exposed() {
     return $this->options['inherit_exposed_filters'] ? FALSE : TRUE;
   }
+
+  function use_pager() {
+    return !empty($this->use_pager);
+  }
+
+  function render_pager() {
+    return !empty($this->use_pager);
+  }
 }
diff --git theme/theme.inc theme/theme.inc
index 267de23..5c9142d 100644
--- theme/theme.inc
+++ theme/theme.inc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view(&$vars) {
   $vars['pager']      = '';
 
   $exposed_input = isset($view->exposed_data_raw) ? $view->exposed_data_raw : NULL;
-  if (!empty($view->pager['use_pager'])) {
+  if ($view->display_handler->render_pager()) {
     $pager_type = ($view->pager['use_pager'] === 'mini' ? 'views_mini_pager' : 'pager');
     $pager_theme = views_theme_functions($pager_type, $view, $view->display_handler->display);
     $vars['pager']    = theme($pager_theme, $exposed_input, $view->pager['items_per_page'], $view->pager['element']);