diff --git a/core/modules/views/templates/views-mini-pager.html.twig b/core/modules/views/templates/views-mini-pager.html.twig
index 2eff3f5..c50d9da 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/templates/views-mini-pager.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/views/templates/views-mini-pager.html.twig
@@ -11,30 +11,30 @@
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
 #}
-{% if items %}
+{% if items.previous or items.next %}
   <nav class="pager" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="pagination-heading">
     <h4 id="pagination-heading" class="visually-hidden">{{ 'Pagination'|t }}</h4>
     <ul class="pager__items">
       {% if items.previous %}
-        <li class="pager__item pager__item-previous">
-          <a href="{{ items.previous.href }}"{{ items.previous.attributes }}>
+        <li class="pager__item pager__item--previous">
+          <a href="{{ items.previous.href }}" title="{{ "Go to previous page"|t }}" rel="prev"{{ items.previous.attributes }}>
             <span class="visually-hidden">{{ 'Previous page'|t }}</span>
-            <span aria-hidden="true">{{ items.previous.text }}</span>
+            <span aria-hidden="true">{{ items.previous.text|default('‹‹') }}</span>
           </a>
         </li>
       {% endif %}
       {% if items.current %}
-        <li class="pager__item pager__item-current">
+        <li class="pager__item pager__item--current">
           {% trans %}
             Page {{ items.current }}
           {% endtrans %}
         </li>
       {% endif %}
       {% if items.next %}
-        <li class="pager__item pager__item-next">
-          <a href="{{ items.next.href }}"{{ items.next.attributes }}>
+        <li class="pager__item pager__item--next">
+          <a href="{{ items.next.href }}" title="{{ "Go to next page"|t }}" rel="next"{{ items.next.attributes }}>
             <span class="visually-hidden">{{ 'Next page'|t }}</span>
-            <span aria-hidden="true">{{ items.next.text }}</span>
+            <span aria-hidden="true">{{ items.next.text|default('››') }}</span>
           </a>
         </li>
       {% endif %}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
index cb9f436..2ea004f 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
@@ -1099,54 +1099,31 @@ function template_preprocess_views_mini_pager(&$variables) {
   $element = $variables['element'];
   $parameters = $variables['parameters'];
 
-  // Fill in default link labels.
-  $tags += array(
-    1 => t('‹‹'),
-    3 => t('››'),
-  );
-
   // Current is the page we are currently paged to.
-  $pager_current = $pager_page_array[$element] + 1;
+  $variables['items']['current'] = $pager_page_array[$element] + 1;
   $current_path = current_path();
 
-  $li_previous = array();
   if ($pager_total[$element] > 1 && $pager_page_array[$element] > 0) {
     $options = array(
       'query' => pager_query_add_page($parameters, $element, $pager_page_array[$element] - 1),
     );
-    $li_previous['href'] = url($current_path, $options);
-    $li_previous['text'] = $tags[1];
-    $li_previous['attributes'] = new Attribute(array(
-      'title' => t('Go to previous page'),
-      'rel' => 'prev',
-    ));
+    $variables['items']['previous']['href'] = url($current_path, $options);
+    if (isset($tags[1])) {
+      $variables['items']['previous']['text'] = $tags[1];
+    }
+    $variables['items']['previous']['attributes'] = new Attribute();
   }
 
-  $li_next = array();
   if ($pager_page_array[$element] < ($pager_total[$element] - 1)) {
     $options = array(
       'query' => pager_query_add_page($parameters, $element, $pager_page_array[$element] + 1),
     );
-    $li_next['href'] = url($current_path, $options);
-    $li_next['text'] = $tags[3];
-    $li_next['attributes'] = new Attribute(array(
-      'title' => t('Go to next page'),
-      'rel' => 'next',
-    ));
-  }
-
-  // Don't show the pager if there is neither a next page nor a previous page
-  // link, which means that we are on the first page and there is no next page
-  // available/wanted.
-  if (empty($li_next) && empty($li_previous)) {
-    return;
+    $variables['items']['next']['href'] = url($current_path, $options);
+    if (isset($tags[3])) {
+      $variables['items']['next']['text'] = $tags[3];
+    }
+    $variables['items']['next']['attributes'] = new Attribute();
   }
-
-  $items['previous'] = $li_previous;
-  $items['current'] = $pager_current;
-  $items['next'] = $li_next;
-
-  $variables['items'] = $items;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/src/Tests/PreviewTest.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/Tests/PreviewTest.php
index b6031d0..9b2d352 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/src/Tests/PreviewTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/Tests/PreviewTest.php
@@ -168,15 +168,15 @@ public function testPreviewWithPagersUI() {
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($elements), 'Mini pager found.');
 
     // Verify elements and links to pages.
-    // We expect to find 3 elements: previous and current pages, with no link,
-    // and next page with a link.
-    $this->assertClass($elements[0], 'pager__item-current', 'Element for current page has .pager__item-current class.');
+    // We expect to find current pages element with no link, next page element
+    // with a link, and not to find previous page element.
+    $this->assertClass($elements[0], 'pager__item--current', 'Element for current page has .pager__item--current class.');
 
-    $this->assertClass($elements[1], 'pager__item-next', 'Element for next page has .pager__item-next class.');
+    $this->assertClass($elements[1], 'pager__item--next', 'Element for next page has .pager__item--next class.');
     $this->assertTrue($elements[1]->a, 'Link to next page found.');
 
     // Navigate to next page.
-    $elements = $this->xpath('//li[contains(@class, :class)]/a', array(':class' => 'pager__item-next'));
+    $elements = $this->xpath('//li[contains(@class, :class)]/a', array(':class' => 'pager__item--next'));
     $this->clickPreviewLinkAJAX($elements[0]['href'], 3);
 
     // Test that the pager is present and rendered.
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ public function testPreviewWithPagersUI() {
     // Verify elements and links to pages.
     // We expect to find 3 elements: previous page with a link, current
     // page with no link, and next page with a link.
-    $this->assertClass($elements[0], 'pager__item-previous', 'Element for previous page has .pager__item-previous class.');
+    $this->assertClass($elements[0], 'pager__item--previous', 'Element for previous page has .pager__item--previous class.');
     $this->assertTrue($elements[0]->a, 'Link to previous page found.');
 
-    $this->assertClass($elements[1], 'pager__item-current', 'Element for current page has .pager__item-current class.');
+    $this->assertClass($elements[1], 'pager__item--current', 'Element for current page has .pager__item--current class.');
 
-    $this->assertClass($elements[2], 'pager__item-next', 'Element for next page has .pager__item-next class.');
+    $this->assertClass($elements[2], 'pager__item--next', 'Element for next page has .pager__item--next class.');
     $this->assertTrue($elements[2]->a, 'Link to next page found.');
   }