diff --git a/wp-includes/classes.php b/wp-includes/classes.php
index a55123ae53..47593959ff 100644
--- a/wp-includes/classes.php
+++ b/wp-includes/classes.php
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ class Walker_Page extends Walker {
 			$css_class .= ' current_page_parent';
 		}
 
-		$output .= $indent . '<li class="' . $css_class . '"><a href="' . get_page_link($page->ID) . '" title="' . attribute_escape(apply_filters('the_title', $page->post_title)) . '">' . apply_filters('the_title', $page->post_title) . '</a>';
+		$output .= $indent . '<li class="' . $css_class . '"><a href="' . get_page_link($page->ID) . '" title="' . attribute_escape(apply_filters('the_title', $page->post_title)) . '">' . $link_before . apply_filters('the_title', $page->post_title) . $link_after . '</a>';
 
 		if ( !empty($show_date) ) {
 			if ( 'modified' == $show_date )
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index c7d612bd12..6d23e7e3cb 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ function wp_list_pages($args = '') {
 		'date_format' => get_option('date_format'),
 		'child_of' => 0, 'exclude' => '',
 		'title_li' => __('Pages'), 'echo' => 1,
-		'authors' => '', 'sort_column' => 'menu_order, post_title'
+		'authors' => '', 'sort_column' => 'menu_order, post_title',
+		'link_before' => '', 'link_after' => ''
 	);
 
 	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
@@ -643,7 +644,7 @@ function wp_list_pages($args = '') {
  * @param array|string $args
  */
 function wp_page_menu( $args = array() ) {
-	$defaults = array('sort_column' => 'post_title', 'menu_class' => 'menu', 'echo' => true);
+	$defaults = array('sort_column' => 'post_title', 'menu_class' => 'menu', 'echo' => true, 'link_before' => '', 'link_after' => '');
 	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
 	$args = apply_filters( 'wp_page_menu_args', $args );
 
@@ -658,7 +659,7 @@ function wp_page_menu( $args = array() ) {
 		$class = '';
 		if ( is_home() && !is_paged() )
 			$class = 'class="current_page_item"';
-		$menu .= '<li ' . $class . '><a href="' . get_option('home') . '">' . $text . '</a></li>';
+		$menu .= '<li ' . $class . '><a href="' . get_option('home') . '">' . $link_before . $text . $link_after . '</a></li>';
 	}
 
 	$list_args = $args;