diff --git a/src/wp-includes/post-template.php b/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 36dec909ac..e49cdd2164 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ function post_password_required( $post = null ) {
  * Quicktag one or more times). This tag must be within The Loop.
  *
  * @since 1.2.0
+ * @since 5.0.0 Added the `aria_current` argument.
  *
  * @global int $page
  * @global int $numpages
@@ -877,6 +878,8 @@ function post_password_required( $post = null ) {
  *                                          Also prepended to the current item, which is not linked. Default empty.
  *     @type string       $link_after       HTML or text to append to each Pages link inside the `<a>` tag.
  *                                          Also appended to the current item, which is not linked. Default empty.
+ *     @type string       $aria_current     The value for the aria-current attribute. Possible values are 'page',
+ *                                          'step', 'location', 'date', 'time', 'true', 'false'. Default is 'page'.
  *     @type string       $next_or_number   Indicates whether page numbers should be used. Valid values are number
  *                                          and next. Default is 'number'.
  *     @type string       $separator        Text between pagination links. Default is ' '.
@@ -893,10 +896,11 @@ function wp_link_pages( $args = '' ) {
 	global $page, $numpages, $multipage, $more;
 
 	$defaults = array(
-		'before'           => '<p>' . __( 'Pages:' ),
+		'before'           => '<p class="post-nav-links">' . __( 'Pages:' ),
 		'after'            => '</p>',
 		'link_before'      => '',
 		'link_after'       => '',
+		'aria_current'     => 'page',
 		'next_or_number'   => 'number',
 		'separator'        => ' ',
 		'nextpagelink'     => __( 'Next page' ),
@@ -924,6 +928,8 @@ function wp_link_pages( $args = '' ) {
 				$link = $r['link_before'] . str_replace( '%', $i, $r['pagelink'] ) . $r['link_after'];
 				if ( $i != $page || ! $more && 1 == $page ) {
 					$link = _wp_link_page( $i ) . $link . '</a>';
+				} elseif ( $i === $page ) {
+					$link = '<span class="post-page-numbers current" aria-current="' . esc_attr( $r['aria_current'] ) . '">' . $link . '</span>';
 				}
 				/**
 				 * Filters the HTML output of individual page number links.
@@ -1017,7 +1023,7 @@ function _wp_link_page( $i ) {
 		$url = get_preview_post_link( $post, $query_args, $url );
 	}
 
-	return '<a href="' . esc_url( $url ) . '">';
+	return '<a href="' . esc_url( $url ) . '" class="post-page-numbers">';
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/post/template.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/post/template.php
index 4910216b00..9be2fb63d2 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/post/template.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/post/template.php
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ class Tests_Post_Template extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 		setup_postdata( get_post( $post_id ) );
 
-		$permalink = sprintf( '<a href="%s">', get_permalink() );
+		$permalink = sprintf( '<a href="%s" class="post-page-numbers">', get_permalink() );
 		$page2     = _wp_link_page( 2 );
 		$page3     = _wp_link_page( 3 );
 
-		$expected = "<p>Pages: 1 {$page2}2</a> {$page3}3</a></p>";
+		$expected = '<p class="post-nav-links">Pages: <span class="post-page-numbers current" aria-current="page">1</span> ' . $page2 . '2</a> ' . $page3 . '3</a></p>';
 		$output   = wp_link_pages( array( 'echo' => 0 ) );
 
 		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $output );
 
-		$before_after = " 1 {$page2}2</a> {$page3}3</a>";
+		$before_after = " <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\">1</span> {$page2}2</a> {$page3}3</a>";
 		$output       = wp_link_pages(
 			array(
 				'echo'   => 0,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Tests_Post_Template extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 		$this->assertEquals( $before_after, $output );
 
-		$separator = " 1{$page2}2</a>{$page3}3</a>";
+		$separator = " <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\">1</span>{$page2}2</a>{$page3}3</a>";
 		$output    = wp_link_pages(
 			array(
 				'echo'      => 0,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Tests_Post_Template extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 		$this->assertEquals( $separator, $output );
 
-		$link   = " <em>1</em>{$page2}<em>2</em></a>{$page3}<em>3</em></a>";
+		$link   = " <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\"><em>1</em></span>{$page2}<em>2</em></a>{$page3}<em>3</em></a>";
 		$output = wp_link_pages(
 			array(
 				'echo'        => 0,
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Tests_Post_Template extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( $next_prev_link, $output );
 
 		$GLOBALS['page'] = 1;
-		$separator       = "<p>Pages: 1 | {$page2}2</a> | {$page3}3</a></p>";
+		$separator       = "<p class=\"post-nav-links\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\">1</span> | {$page2}2</a> | {$page3}3</a></p>";
 		$output          = wp_link_pages(
 			array(
 				'echo'      => 0,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Tests_Post_Template extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 		$this->assertEquals( $separator, $output );
 
-		$pagelink = " Page 1 | {$page2}Page 2</a> | {$page3}Page 3</a>";
+		$pagelink = " <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\">Page 1</span> | {$page2}Page 2</a> | {$page3}Page 3</a>";
 		$output   = wp_link_pages(
 			array(
 				'echo'      => 0,