diff --git a/django/views/generic/list.py b/django/views/generic/list.py
index ec30c58f29..0c383d609a 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/list.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/list.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class MultipleObjectMixin(ContextMixin):
     paginate_by = None
     context_object_name = None
     paginator_class = Paginator
+    page_kwarg = 'page'
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         """
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ class MultipleObjectMixin(ContextMixin):
         Paginate the queryset, if needed.
         """
         paginator = self.get_paginator(queryset, page_size, allow_empty_first_page=self.get_allow_empty())
-        page = self.kwargs.get('page') or self.request.GET.get('page') or 1
+        page_kwarg = self.page_kwarg
+        page = self.kwargs.get(page_kwarg) or self.request.GET.get(page_kwarg) or 1
         try:
             page_number = int(page)
         except ValueError:
diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object.txt
index cdb743fcbd..e6abf26e6a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-multiple-object.txt
@@ -69,8 +69,15 @@ MultipleObjectMixin
         An integer specifying how many objects should be displayed per page. If
         this is given, the view will paginate objects with
         :attr:`MultipleObjectMixin.paginate_by` objects per page. The view will
-        expect either a ``page`` query string parameter (via ``GET``) or a
-        ``page`` variable specified in the URLconf.
+        expect either a ``page`` query string parameter (via ``request.GET``)
+        or a ``page`` variable specified in the URLconf.
+
+    .. attribute:: page_kwarg
+
+        A string specifying the name to use for the page parameter.
+        The view will expect this prameter to be available either as a query
+        string parameter (via ``request.GET``) or as a kwarg variable specified
+        in the URLconf.  Defaults to ``"page"``.
 
     .. attribute:: paginator_class