diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
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--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ version 1.4.0 (dd MMM 2013)
  - deprecated \phone, \mobile and \fax in favour of \phone[<type>], where <type>
  can be "mobile", "fixed" (default) or "fax".
  - deprecated \firstname and \familyname in favour of \name{<first>}{<last>}.
+ - added a command to control the font of the page numbering: \pagenumberfont.
  - removed the use of the suffix package.
 
 version 1.3.0 (09 Feb 2013)
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diff --git a/moderncv.cls b/moderncv.cls
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--- a/moderncv.cls
+++ b/moderncv.cls
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
           \newlength{\pagenumberwidth}%
           \settowidth{\pagenumberwidth}{\color{color2}\addressfont\itshape\strut\thepage/\pageref{lastpage}}%
           \fancypagestyle{plain}{%
-            \fancyfoot[r]{\parbox[b]{\pagenumberwidth}{\color{color2}\addressfont\itshape\strut\thepage/\pageref{lastpage}}}}% the parbox is required to ensure alignment with a possible center footer (e.g., as in the casual style)
+            \fancyfoot[r]{\parbox[b]{\pagenumberwidth}{\color{color2}\pagenumberfont\strut\thepage/\pageref{lastpage}}}}% the parbox is required to ensure alignment with a possible center footer (e.g., as in the casual style)
           \pagestyle{plain}}{}}%
       \AtEndDocument{\label{lastpage}}\else\fi}}
 \pagestyle{plain}
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@
 \newcommand*{\sectionfont}{}
 \newcommand*{\subsectionfont}{}
 \newcommand*{\hintfont}{}
+\newcommand*{\pagenumberfont}{\addressfont\itshape}
 
 % styles
 \newcommand*{\namestyle}[1]{{\namefont#1}}
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@
 \newcommand*{\sectionstyle}[1]{{\sectionfont#1}}
 \newcommand*{\subsectionstyle}[1]{{\subsectionfont#1}}
 \newcommand*{\hintstyle}[1]{{\hintfont#1}}
+\newcommand*{\pagenumberstyle}[1]{{\pagenumberfont#1}}
 
 % recompute all resume lengths
 \newcommand*{\recomputecvlengths}{}