diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 41c118e7eb..b81fd4c7a8 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #11168: `yii\helpers\BaseHtml` now uses abstracted `booleanInput()` and `activeBooleanInput()` methods to render `radio()`, `checkbox()`, `activeRadio()` and `activeCheckbox()` (cesarnicola)
 - Bug #11822: Fixed exception on non-string value provided as CSRF token (cebe)
 - Enh #11850: Introduced `yii\widgets\Pjax::$submitEvent` to be able to customize event triggering PJAX form submit (Bvanleeuwen)
+- Bug #11847: Fixed `yii\widgets\Pjax` to properly respond with partials when custom selector is used for container (pigochu, samdark) 
 
 2.0.8 April 28, 2016
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diff --git a/framework/widgets/Pjax.php b/framework/widgets/Pjax.php
index 53a541c09d..e9bb64f1a0 100644
--- a/framework/widgets/Pjax.php
+++ b/framework/widgets/Pjax.php
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Pjax extends Widget
     {
         $headers = Yii::$app->getRequest()->getHeaders();
 
-        return $headers->get('X-Pjax') && $headers->get('X-Pjax-Container') === '#' . $this->options['id'];
+        return $headers->get('X-Pjax') && explode(' ', $headers->get('X-Pjax-Container'))[0] === '#' . $this->options['id'];
     }
 
     /**