diff --git a/core/themes/seven/style.css b/core/themes/seven/style.css
index 84380bb33abf1963de5d4dbcc1a11b6ee4405420..b52771c570b1c069ed793e4a4e7e70d5d195be26 100644
--- a/core/themes/seven/style.css
+++ b/core/themes/seven/style.css
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ ul,
 [dir="rtl"] .item-list ul {
   margin: 0.25em 1.5em 0.25em 0;
 }
-.item-list .pager li {
-  padding: 0.5em;
-}
 .item-list ul li,
 li.leaf,
 ul.menu li {
@@ -492,6 +489,54 @@ div.submitted {
   color: #898989;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Pagination.
+ * The item-list CSS uses quite strong selectors, we have to match them here to
+ * override.
+ */
+.item-list .pager li {
+  display: inline-block;
+  color: #8c8c8c;
+  font-size: 1.08em;
+  padding: 0 0.6em;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+.item-list .pager a,
+.item-list .pager .pager-current {
+  border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
+  line-height: 1.55em;
+  padding: 0 5px;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  -webkit-transition: border-bottom-color 0.2s;
+  -moz-transition: border-bottom-color 0.2s;
+  transition: border-bottom-color 0.2s;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+}
+.item-list .pager a {
+  padding-bottom: 3px;
+}
+.item-list .pager .pager-current {
+  border-bottom-width: 3px;
+  border-bottom-color: #2a678c;
+  color: #2a678c;
+  margin: 0 5px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+.item-list .pager a:focus,
+.item-list .pager a:hover {
+  border-bottom-color: #3395d2;
+  color: #3395d2;
+}
+.item-list .pager-next a,
+.item-list .pager-last a,
+.item-list .pager-first a,
+.item-list .pager-previous a {
+  border-bottom-width: 0;
+  color: #2a678c;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
 /**
  * Tables.
  */