diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/render/paginate.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/render/paginate.ts
index 11f5ec2c2a06..f1ba5a29db35 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/render/paginate.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/render/paginate.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ export function generatePaginateFunction(
 		args: PaginateOptions<Props, Params> = {},
 	): ReturnType<PaginateFunction> {
 		const generate = getRouteGenerator(routeMatch.segments, trailingSlash);
-		let { pageSize: _pageSize, params: _params, props: _props } = args;
+		let { pageSize: _pageSize, params: _params, props: _props, format: _format } = args;
 		const pageSize = _pageSize || 10;
 		const paramName = 'page';
 		const additionalParams = _params || {};
 		const additionalProps = _props || {};
+		const formatUrl = _format || ((url: string) => url);
 		let includesFirstPageNumber: boolean;
 		if (routeMatch.params.includes(`...${paramName}`)) {
 			includesFirstPageNumber = false;
@@ -47,36 +48,40 @@ export function generatePaginateFunction(
 				...additionalParams,
 				[paramName]: includesFirstPageNumber || pageNum > 1 ? String(pageNum) : undefined,
 			};
-			const current = addRouteBase(generate({ ...params }), base);
+			const current = formatUrl(addRouteBase(generate({ ...params }), base));
 			const next =
 				pageNum === lastPage
 					? undefined
-					: addRouteBase(generate({ ...params, page: String(pageNum + 1) }), base);
+					: formatUrl(addRouteBase(generate({ ...params, page: String(pageNum + 1) }), base));
 			const prev =
 				pageNum === 1
 					? undefined
-					: addRouteBase(
-							generate({
-								...params,
-								page:
-									!includesFirstPageNumber && pageNum - 1 === 1 ? undefined : String(pageNum - 1),
-							}),
-							base,
+					: formatUrl(
+							addRouteBase(
+								generate({
+									...params,
+									page:
+										!includesFirstPageNumber && pageNum - 1 === 1 ? undefined : String(pageNum - 1),
+								}),
+								base,
+							),
 						);
 			const first =
 				pageNum === 1
 					? undefined
-					: addRouteBase(
-							generate({
-								...params,
-								page: includesFirstPageNumber ? '1' : undefined,
-							}),
-							base,
+					: formatUrl(
+							addRouteBase(
+								generate({
+									...params,
+									page: includesFirstPageNumber ? '1' : undefined,
+								}),
+								base,
+							),
 						);
 			const last =
 				pageNum === lastPage
 					? undefined
-					: addRouteBase(generate({ ...params, page: String(lastPage) }), base);
+					: formatUrl(addRouteBase(generate({ ...params, page: String(lastPage) }), base));
 			return {
 				params,
 				props: {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/types/public/common.ts b/packages/astro/src/types/public/common.ts
index 9f70d6644449..b4188a36d73c 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/types/public/common.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/types/public/common.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ export interface PaginateOptions<PaginateProps extends Props, PaginateParams ext
 	params?: PaginateParams;
 	/** object of props to forward to `page` result */
 	props?: PaginateProps;
+	/**
+	 * Transform each pagination URL before it is set on the page result.
+	 * Useful for adding a file extension (e.g. `.html`) when deploying to a
+	 * static file server that does not support clean URLs.
+	 *
+	 * @example
+	 * ```ts
+	 * paginate(items, {
+	 *   format: (url) => `${url}.html`,
+	 * })
+	 * ```
+	 */
+	format?: (url: string) => string;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/units/render/paginate.test.ts b/packages/astro/test/units/render/paginate.test.ts
index d8b73eb49d1e..b129351d692e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/units/render/paginate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/test/units/render/paginate.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,90 @@ describe('Pagination — multiple params (color + page)', () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe('Pagination — format option transforms URLs', () => {
+	const route = createRouteData({
+		route: '/blog/[...page]',
+		segments: [
+			[{ content: 'blog', dynamic: false, spread: false }],
+			[{ content: '...page', dynamic: true, spread: true }],
+		],
+	});
+	const paginate = generatePaginateFunction(route, '/', 'ignore');
+	const pages = paginate(items, {
+		pageSize: 10,
+		format: (url) => `${url}.html`,
+	});
+
+	it('applies format to current URL', () => {
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.current, '/blog.html');
+		assert.equal(pages[1].props.page.url.current, '/blog/2.html');
+	});
+
+	it('applies format to next URL', () => {
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.next, '/blog/2.html');
+	});
+
+	it('applies format to prev URL', () => {
+		assert.equal(pages[1].props.page.url.prev, '/blog.html');
+	});
+
+	it('applies format to first URL', () => {
+		assert.equal(pages[2].props.page.url.first, '/blog.html');
+	});
+
+	it('applies format to last URL', () => {
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.last, '/blog/3.html');
+	});
+
+	it('does not apply format to undefined URLs', () => {
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.prev, undefined);
+		assert.equal(pages[2].props.page.url.next, undefined);
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.first, undefined);
+		assert.equal(pages[2].props.page.url.last, undefined);
+	});
+});
+
+describe('Pagination — format option with base path', () => {
+	const route = createRouteData({
+		route: '/posts/[...page]',
+		segments: [
+			[{ content: 'posts', dynamic: false, spread: false }],
+			[{ content: '...page', dynamic: true, spread: true }],
+		],
+	});
+	const paginate = generatePaginateFunction(route, '/site', 'ignore');
+	const pages = paginate(items, {
+		pageSize: 10,
+		format: (url) => `${url}.html`,
+	});
+
+	it('applies format after base is prepended', () => {
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.current, '/site/posts.html');
+		assert.equal(pages[1].props.page.url.current, '/site/posts/2.html');
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.next, '/site/posts/2.html');
+		assert.equal(pages[1].props.page.url.prev, '/site/posts.html');
+	});
+});
+
+describe('Pagination — without format option (default behavior unchanged)', () => {
+	const route = createRouteData({
+		route: '/blog/[...page]',
+		segments: [
+			[{ content: 'blog', dynamic: false, spread: false }],
+			[{ content: '...page', dynamic: true, spread: true }],
+		],
+	});
+	const paginate = generatePaginateFunction(route, '/', 'ignore');
+	const pages = paginate(items, { pageSize: 10 });
+
+	it('URLs have no file extension by default', () => {
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.current, '/blog');
+		assert.equal(pages[1].props.page.url.current, '/blog/2');
+		assert.equal(pages[0].props.page.url.next, '/blog/2');
+		assert.equal(pages[1].props.page.url.prev, '/blog');
+	});
+});
+
 describe('Pagination — root spread, correct prev URL — Migrated from astro-pagination-root-spread.test.js', () => {
 	// 4 items, pageSize 1 → 4 pages; root spread means page 1 has no number in URL.
 	const route = createRouteData({
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 37286f3661ed..f9393cc0ab02 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -6736,7 +6736,7 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^4.22.0
         version: 4.22.3
 
-  triage/17120:
+  triage/13604:
     dependencies:
       astro:
         specifier: workspace:*