diff --git a/jquery.pjax.js b/jquery.pjax.js
index 5b56efd3..4e2bd0ee 100644
--- a/jquery.pjax.js
+++ b/jquery.pjax.js
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ function extractContainer(data, xhr, options) {
     }
 
     if ($fragment.length) {
-      obj.contents = $fragment.contents()
+      obj.contents = options.fragment === 'body' ? $fragment : $fragment.contents()
 
       // If there's no title, look for data-title and title attributes
       // on the fragment
diff --git a/test/unit/pjax.js b/test/unit/pjax.js
index 4b3ac0e5..9767290a 100644
--- a/test/unit/pjax.js
+++ b/test/unit/pjax.js
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ if ($.support.pjax) {
 
     frame.$('body').on('pjax:success', function(event, data) {
       equal(typeof data, 'string')
-      equal(frame.$("body > p").html().trim(), "Hello!")
+      equal(frame.$("body > #main > p").html().trim(), "Hello!")
       equal(frame.document.title, "Hello")
       start()
     })