diff --git a/spec/selenium/miscellaneous/jquery_spec.rb b/spec/selenium/miscellaneous/jquery_spec.rb
index 11e32198497..5e8710093bd 100644
--- a/spec/selenium/miscellaneous/jquery_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/selenium/miscellaneous/jquery_spec.rb
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ describe "jquery" do
     expect(driver.execute_script("return $('form input[name=_method]').val()")).to eq "delete"
   end
 
-  it "is able to handle ':hidden' and ':visible' pseudo-selector on window" do
+  it "is able to handle ':hidden' and ':visible' pseudo-selector on document body" do
     get("/login")
-    expect(driver.execute_script("return $(window).is(':visible')")).to be true
-    expect(driver.execute_script("return $(window).is(':hidden')")).to be false
+    expect(driver.execute_script("return $(document.body).is(':visible')")).to be true
+    expect(driver.execute_script("return $(document.body).is(':hidden')")).to be false
   end
 end
diff --git a/ui/shared/pagination/backbone/views/PaginatedView.js b/ui/shared/pagination/backbone/views/PaginatedView.js
index 4aae81dd96b..b60539805d3 100644
--- a/ui/shared/pagination/backbone/views/PaginatedView.js
+++ b/ui/shared/pagination/backbone/views/PaginatedView.js
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ function PaginatedView() {
 
 PaginatedView.prototype.paginationLoaderTemplate = template
 
-PaginatedView.prototype.paginationScrollContainer = window
+// set default scroll container to window.document.body, because as of jquery 2.0, $(window).is(':visible') is no longer supported, see https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/14709/
+PaginatedView.prototype.paginationScrollContainer = window.document.body
 
 PaginatedView.prototype.distanceTillFetchNextPage = 100