diff --git a/_includes/paginator.html b/_includes/paginator.html
index bffa0794678e..c24d4909f488 100644
--- a/_includes/paginator.html
+++ b/_includes/paginator.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% if paginator.total_pages > 1 %}
 <nav class="pagination">
-  {% assign first_page_path = paginator.first_page_path | default: site.paginate_path | replace: 'page:num', '' | replace: '//', '/' | relative_url %}
+  {% assign paginate_path_last = site.paginate_path | split: '/' | last %}
+  {% assign first_page_path = paginator.first_page_path | default: site.paginate_path | replace: paginate_path_last, '' | replace: '//', '/' | relative_url %}
   <ul>
     {% comment %} Link for previous page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.previous_page %}