diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 089c57d93..b8a90deca 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Features added
 * #2216: Texinputs makefile improvements.
 * #2170: Support for Chinese language search index.
 * #2214: Add sphinx.ext.githubpages to publish the docs on GitHub Pages
+* #1030: Make page reference names for latex_show_pagerefs translatable
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 775bfe462..96d9e03a6 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ HEADER = r'''%% Generated by Sphinx.
 %(usepackages)s
 %(contentsname)s
 %(numfig_format)s
+%(pageautorefname)s
 %(preamble)s
 
 \title{%(title)s}
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
         'transition':      '\n\n\\bigskip\\hrule{}\\bigskip\n\n',
         'figure_align':    'htbp',
         'tocdepth':        '',
+        'pageautorefname': '',
     }
 
     # sphinx specific document classes
@@ -302,6 +304,22 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
         self.builder = builder
         self.body = []
 
+        # flags
+        self.in_title = 0
+        self.in_production_list = 0
+        self.in_footnote = 0
+        self.in_caption = 0
+        self.in_container_literal_block = 0
+        self.in_term = 0
+        self.first_document = 1
+        self.this_is_the_title = 1
+        self.literal_whitespace = 0
+        self.no_contractions = 0
+        self.compact_list = 0
+        self.first_param = 0
+        self.remember_multirow = {}
+        self.remember_multirowcol = {}
+
         # sort out some elements
         papersize = builder.config.latex_paper_size + 'paper'
         if papersize == 'paper':  # e.g. command line "-D latex_paper_size="
@@ -366,6 +384,8 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
         if getattr(document.settings, 'contentsname', None):
             self.elements['contentsname'] = \
                 self.babel_renewcommand('\\contentsname', document.settings.contentsname)
+        self.elements['pageautorefname'] = \
+            self.babel_defmacro('\\pageautorefname', self.encode(_('page')))
         self.elements['numfig_format'] = self.generate_numfig_format(builder)
         # allow the user to override them all
         self.elements.update(builder.config.latex_elements)
@@ -411,21 +431,6 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
         self.next_figure_ids = set()
         self.next_table_ids = set()
         self.next_literal_ids = set()
-        # flags
-        self.in_title = 0
-        self.in_production_list = 0
-        self.in_footnote = 0
-        self.in_caption = 0
-        self.in_container_literal_block = 0
-        self.in_term = 0
-        self.first_document = 1
-        self.this_is_the_title = 1
-        self.literal_whitespace = 0
-        self.no_contractions = 0
-        self.compact_list = 0
-        self.first_param = 0
-        self.remember_multirow = {}
-        self.remember_multirowcol = {}
 
     def pushbody(self, newbody):
         self.bodystack.append(self.body)
@@ -494,6 +499,16 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
 
         return ('%s\\renewcommand{%s}{%s}%s\n' % (prefix, command, definition, suffix))
 
+    def babel_defmacro(self, name, definition):
+        if self.elements['babel']:
+            prefix = '\\addto\\extras%s{' % self.babel.get_language()
+            suffix = '}'
+        else:  # babel is disabled (mainly for Japanese environment)
+            prefix = ''
+            suffix = ''
+
+        return ('%s\\def%s{%s}%s\n' % (prefix, name, definition, suffix))
+
     def generate_numfig_format(self, builder):
         ret = []
         figure = self.builder.config.numfig_format['figure'].split('%s', 1)
diff --git a/tests/test_build_latex.py b/tests/test_build_latex.py
index aa443e55e..fdd735244 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_latex.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_latex.py
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ def test_babel_with_no_language_settings(app, status, warning):
             in result)
     assert '\\addto\\captionsenglish{\\renewcommand{\\figurename}{Fig. }}\n' in result
     assert '\\addto\\captionsenglish{\\renewcommand{\\tablename}{Table. }}\n' in result
+    assert '\\addto\\extrasenglish{\\def\\pageautorefname{page}}\n' in result
 
 
 @with_app(buildername='latex', testroot='latex-babel',
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ def test_babel_with_language_de(app, status, warning):
             in result)
     assert '\\addto\\captionsngerman{\\renewcommand{\\figurename}{Fig. }}\n' in result
     assert '\\addto\\captionsngerman{\\renewcommand{\\tablename}{Table. }}\n' in result
+    assert '\\addto\\extrasngerman{\\def\\pageautorefname{page}}\n' in result
 
 
 @with_app(buildername='latex', testroot='latex-babel',
@@ -324,6 +326,7 @@ def test_babel_with_language_ru(app, status, warning):
             in result)
     assert '\\addto\\captionsrussian{\\renewcommand{\\figurename}{Fig. }}\n' in result
     assert '\\addto\\captionsrussian{\\renewcommand{\\tablename}{Table. }}\n' in result
+    assert '\\addto\\extrasrussian{\\def\\pageautorefname{page}}\n' in result
 
 
 @with_app(buildername='latex', testroot='latex-babel',
@@ -341,6 +344,7 @@ def test_babel_with_language_ja(app, status, warning):
     assert '\\renewcommand{\\contentsname}{Table of content}\n' in result
     assert '\\renewcommand{\\figurename}{Fig. }\n' in result
     assert '\\renewcommand{\\tablename}{Table. }\n' in result
+    assert '\\def\\pageautorefname{page}\n' in result
 
 
 @with_app(buildername='latex', testroot='latex-babel',
@@ -359,6 +363,7 @@ def test_babel_with_unknown_language(app, status, warning):
             in result)
     assert '\\addto\\captionsenglish{\\renewcommand{\\figurename}{Fig. }}\n' in result
     assert '\\addto\\captionsenglish{\\renewcommand{\\tablename}{Table. }}\n' in result
+    assert '\\addto\\extrasenglish{\\def\\pageautorefname{page}}\n' in result
 
     assert "WARNING: no Babel option known for language 'unknown'" in warning.getvalue()