diff --git a/types/jquery.pjax/index.d.ts b/types/jquery.pjax/index.d.ts
index ebb713236e..a8437533c5 100644
--- a/types/jquery.pjax/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jquery.pjax/index.d.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 // Project: https://github.com/defunkt/jquery-pjax
 // Definitions by: Junle Li <https://github.com/lijunle>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-// TypeScript Version: 2.3
-
-/// <reference types="jquery" />
 
 /**
  * Interface for pjax:popstate event.
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@ interface PjaxSettings extends JQueryAjaxSettings {
      * Whether to replaceState the URL. Defaults to false.
      */
     replace?: boolean;
-    
+
     /**
      * How many requests to cache. Defaults to 20.
      */
diff --git a/types/jquery.pjax/jquery.pjax-tests.ts b/types/jquery.pjax/jquery.pjax-tests.ts
index 91cc9391a2..205a1d3cf9 100644
--- a/types/jquery.pjax/jquery.pjax-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jquery.pjax/jquery.pjax-tests.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as jQuery from 'jquery';
+
 function test_fn_pjax() {
     $(document).pjax("a");
     $(document).pjax("a", "#pjax-container");
@@ -66,4 +68,4 @@ function test_events() {
 			console.log('pjax:popstate is OK');
 		}
 	});
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/types/jquery.pjax/tsconfig.json b/types/jquery.pjax/tsconfig.json
index e48007101b..0cd3f55757 100644
--- a/types/jquery.pjax/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/jquery.pjax/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
         ],
+        "paths": {
+            "jquery": [
+                "jquery/v2"
+            ]
+        },
         "types": [],
         "noEmit": true,
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
@@ -20,4 +25,4 @@
         "index.d.ts",
         "jquery.pjax-tests.ts"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}