diff --git a/src/cairo-paginated-surface.c b/src/cairo-paginated-surface.c
index 419eb5b52..c8e46124f 100644
--- a/src/cairo-paginated-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-paginated-surface.c
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ _cairo_paginated_surface_copy_page (void *abstract_surface)
 
     _paint_page (surface);
 
+    surface->page_num++;
+
     /* XXX: It might make sense to add some suport here for calling
      * _cairo_surface_copy_page on the target surface. It would be an
      * optimization for the output, (so that PostScript could include