diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6db68c1..37e1187 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var forEachEls = require("./lib/foreach-els.js")
 var newUid = require("./lib/uniqueid.js")
 
 var noop = require("./lib/util/noop")
+var contains = require("./lib/util/contains.js")
 
 var on = require("./lib/events/on.js")
 // var off = require("./lib/events/on.js")
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ Pjax.prototype = {
 
     // Clear out any focused controls before inserting new page contents.
     // we clear focus on non form elements
-    if (document.activeElement && !document.activeElement.value) {
+    if (document.activeElement && !document.activeElement.value && contains(this.options.selectors, document.activeElement)) {
       try {
         document.activeElement.blur()
       } catch (e) { }
diff --git a/lib/util/contains.js b/lib/util/contains.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f169a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/contains.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module.exports = function contains(doc, selectors, el) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < selectors.length; i++) {
+    var selectedEls = doc.querySelectorAll(selectors[i])
+    for (var j = 0; j < selectedEls.length; j++) {
+      if (selectedEls[j].contains(el)) {
+        return true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false
+}
diff --git a/tests/lib/util/contains.js b/tests/lib/util/contains.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..533bbe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/util/contains.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+var tape = require("tape")
+
+var contains = require("../../../lib/util/contains.js")
+
+tape("test contains function", function(t) {
+  var tempDoc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument()
+  tempDoc.body.innerHTML = "<div><p id='el' class='js-Pjax'></p></div><span></span>"
+  var selectors = ["div"]
+  var el = tempDoc.body.querySelector("#el")
+  t.equal(contains(tempDoc, selectors, el), true, "contains() returns true when a selector contains the element")
+
+  selectors = ["span"]
+  t.equal(contains(tempDoc, selectors, el), false, "contains() returns false when the selectors do not contain the element")
+
+  t.end()
+})