diff --git a/lib/plugins/helper/paginator.js b/lib/plugins/helper/paginator.js
index 622251c63a..195f9d7e3e 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/helper/paginator.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/helper/paginator.js
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ const createLink = (options, ctx) => {
 
 const createPageTag = (options, ctx) => {
   const link = createLink(options, ctx);
-  const { current, transform } = options;
+  const { current, escape, transform } = options;
 
   return i => {
     if (i === current) {
-      return htmlTag('span', { class: 'page-number current' }, transform ? transform(i) : i);
+      return htmlTag('span', { class: 'page-number current' }, transform ? transform(i) : i, escape);
     }
-    return htmlTag('a', { class: 'page-number', href: link(i) }, transform ? transform(i) : i);
+    return htmlTag('a', { class: 'page-number', href: link(i) }, transform ? transform(i) : i, escape);
   };
 };
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const pagenasionPartShow = (tags, options, ctx) => {
   const rightEnd = total - current <= endSize ? current + 1 : total - endSize + 1;
   const leftMid = current - midSize <= endSize ? leftEnd + 1 : current - midSize;
   const rightMid = current + midSize + endSize > total ? rightEnd - 1 : current + midSize;
-  const spaceHtml = htmlTag('span', { class: 'space' }, space);
+  const spaceHtml = htmlTag('span', { class: 'space' }, space, false);
 
   const pageTag = createPageTag(options, ctx);
 
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ function paginatorHelper(options = {}) {
     space: '&hellip;',
     next_text: 'Next',
     prev_text: 'Prev',
-    prev_next: true
+    prev_next: true,
+    escape: true
   }, options);
 
   const {
@@ -105,7 +106,8 @@ function paginatorHelper(options = {}) {
     total,
     prev_text: prevText,
     next_text: nextText,
-    prev_next: prevNext
+    prev_next: prevNext,
+    escape
   } = options;
 
   if (!current) return '';
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ function paginatorHelper(options = {}) {
 
   // Display the link to the previous page
   if (prevNext && current > 1) {
-    tags.push(htmlTag('a', { class: 'extend prev', rel: 'prev', href: link(current - 1)}, prevText));
+    tags.push(htmlTag('a', { class: 'extend prev', rel: 'prev', href: link(current - 1)}, prevText, escape));
   }
 
   if (options.show_all) {
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ function paginatorHelper(options = {}) {
 
   // Display the link to the next page
   if (prevNext && current < total) {
-    tags.push(htmlTag('a', { class: 'extend next', rel: 'next', href: link(current + 1) }, nextText));
+    tags.push(htmlTag('a', { class: 'extend next', rel: 'next', href: link(current + 1) }, nextText, escape));
   }
 
   return tags.join('');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dad44f3323..d2be457a63 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "hexo-fs": "^2.0.0",
     "hexo-i18n": "^1.0.0",
     "hexo-log": "^0.2.0",
-    "hexo-util": "^1.2.0",
+    "hexo-util": "^1.3.1",
     "js-yaml": "^3.12.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.2",
diff --git a/test/scripts/helpers/paginator.js b/test/scripts/helpers/paginator.js
index d02ea0d75c..8de29e809e 100644
--- a/test/scripts/helpers/paginator.js
+++ b/test/scripts/helpers/paginator.js
@@ -280,4 +280,26 @@ describe('paginator', () => {
 
     result.should.eql('');
   });
+
+  it('escape', () => {
+    const result = paginator({
+      current: 2,
+      prev_text: '<foo>',
+      next_text: '<bar>',
+      escape: false
+    });
+
+    result.should.eql([
+      '<a class="extend prev" rel="prev" href="/">',
+      '<foo></a>',
+      '<a class="page-number" href="/">1</a>',
+      '<span class="page-number current">2</span>',
+      '<a class="page-number" href="/page/3/">3</a>',
+      '<a class="page-number" href="/page/4/">4</a>',
+      '<span class="space">&hellip;</span>',
+      '<a class="page-number" href="/page/10/">10</a>',
+      '<a class="extend next" rel="next" href="/page/3/">',
+      '<bar></a>'
+    ].join(''));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/scripts/tags/link.js b/test/scripts/tags/link.js
index 07740cceed..4e75d6d146 100644
--- a/test/scripts/tags/link.js
+++ b/test/scripts/tags/link.js
@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ describe('link', () => {
   it('text + url', () => {
     const $ = cheerio.load(link('Click here to Google https://google.com'.split(' ')));
 
-    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com');
+    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com/');
     $('a').html().should.eql('Click here to Google');
   });
 
   it('text + url + external', () => {
     let $ = cheerio.load(link('Click here to Google https://google.com true'.split(' ')));
 
-    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com');
+    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com/');
     $('a').html().should.eql('Click here to Google');
     $('a').attr('target').should.eql('_blank');
 
     $ = cheerio.load(link('Click here to Google https://google.com false'.split(' ')));
 
-    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com');
+    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com/');
     $('a').html().should.eql('Click here to Google');
     $('a').attr('title').should.eql('');
     $('a').attr('target').should.eql('');
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('link', () => {
   it('text + url + title', () => {
     const $ = cheerio.load(link('Click here to Google https://google.com Google link'.split(' ')));
 
-    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com');
+    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com/');
     $('a').html().should.eql('Click here to Google');
     $('a').attr('title').should.eql('Google link');
   });
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ describe('link', () => {
   it('text + url + external + title', () => {
     let $ = cheerio.load(link('Click here to Google https://google.com true Google link'.split(' ')));
 
-    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com');
+    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com/');
     $('a').html().should.eql('Click here to Google');
     $('a').attr('target').should.eql('_blank');
     $('a').attr('title').should.eql('Google link');
 
     $ = cheerio.load(link('Click here to Google https://google.com false Google link'.split(' ')));
 
-    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com');
+    $('a').attr('href').should.eql('https://google.com/');
     $('a').html().should.eql('Click here to Google');
     $('a').attr('target').should.eql('');
     $('a').attr('title').should.eql('Google link');