diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 5ba7e0e2..a11cf212 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -4698,6 +4698,16 @@ Description
     or `cookies <extractor.*.cookies_>`__
 
 
+extractor.vk.offset
+-------------------
+Type
+    ``integer``
+Default
+    ``0``
+Description
+    Custom ``offset`` starting value when paginating over image results.
+
+
 extractor.vsco.include
 ----------------------
 Type
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
index f7213c8a..ea034a79 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ class VkExtractor(Extractor):
     root = "https://vk.com"
     request_interval = (0.5, 1.5)
 
+    def _init(self):
+        self.offset = text.parse_int(self.config("offset"))
+
+    def skip(self, num):
+        self.offset += num
+        return num
+
     def items(self):
         sub = re.compile(r"/imp[fg]/").sub
         sizes = "wzyxrqpo"
@@ -75,7 +82,7 @@ class VkExtractor(Extractor):
             "al"       : "1",
             "direction": "1",
             "list"     : photos_id,
-            "offset"   : self.config("offset") or 0,
+            "offset"   : self.offset,
         }
 
         while True: