diff --git a/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/styles/classic_mirage_color_scheme/_general.scss b/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/styles/classic_mirage_color_scheme/_general.scss
index 06abe8b00a..edc6ee71ae 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/styles/classic_mirage_color_scheme/_general.scss
+++ b/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/styles/classic_mirage_color_scheme/_general.scss
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ header {
 
 .pagination {
     width: 100%;
+    font-size: larger;
 }
 
 .pagination-info {
@@ -463,4 +464,4 @@ header {
     a {
         font-weight: bold;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/xsl/core/attribute-handlers.xsl b/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/xsl/core/attribute-handlers.xsl
index c80de1d59f..d7ccb7590c 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/xsl/core/attribute-handlers.xsl
+++ b/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/xsl/core/attribute-handlers.xsl
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
                                     <xsl:attribute name="href">
                                         <xsl:value-of select="$prev-page"/>
                                     </xsl:attribute>
-                                    <xsl:text>&#171;</xsl:text>
+                                    <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left"></span>
                                 </a>
                             </li>
                             <li>
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
                                     <xsl:attribute name="href">
                                         <xsl:value-of select="$next-page"/>
                                     </xsl:attribute>
-                                    <xsl:text>&#187;</xsl:text>
+                                    <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right"></span>
                                 </a>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
                                             <xsl:value-of
                                                     select="substring-after(parent::node()/@pageURLMask,'{pageNum}')"/>
                                         </xsl:attribute>
-                                        <xsl:text>&#171;</xsl:text>
+                                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left"></span>
                                     </a>
                                 </li>
                                 <xsl:if test="(parent::node()/@currentPage - 4) &gt; 0">
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
                                                 <xsl:value-of
                                                         select="substring-after(parent::node()/@pageURLMask,'{pageNum}')"/>
                                             </xsl:attribute>
-                                            <xsl:text>&#187;</xsl:text>
+                                            <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right"></span>
                                         </a>
                                     </li>
                                 </xsl:if>