diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index a81ae534ee..937657621a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -2193,11 +2193,14 @@ function &get_pages($args = '') {
 		'sort_column' => 'post_title', 'hierarchical' => 1,
 		'exclude' => '', 'include' => '',
 		'meta_key' => '', 'meta_value' => '',
-		'authors' => '', 'parent' => -1, 'exclude_tree' => ''
+		'authors' => '', 'parent' => -1, 'exclude_tree' => '',
+		'number' => '', offset => '0'
 	);
 
 	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
 	extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );
+	$number = (int) $number;
+	$offset = (int) $offset;
 
 	$cache = array();
 	$key = md5( serialize( compact(array_keys($defaults)) ) );
@@ -2295,6 +2298,9 @@ function &get_pages($args = '') {
 	$query .= $author_query;
 	$query .= " ORDER BY " . $sort_column . " " . $sort_order ;
 
+	if ( !empty($number) )
+		$query .= ' LIMIT ' . $offset . ',' . $number;
+
 	$pages = $wpdb->get_results($query);
 
 	if ( empty($pages) ) {