diff --git a/src/rails.js b/src/rails.js
index 8de1faaa..d58e0674 100644
--- a/src/rails.js
+++ b/src/rails.js
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@
             data.push(button);
             element.data('ujs:submit-button', null);
           }
+          // get target node selector
+          var target = element.data('target');
         } else if (element.is(rails.inputChangeSelector)) {
           method = element.data('method');
           url = element.data('url');
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@
             return rails.fire(element, 'ajax:beforeSend', [xhr, settings]);
           },
           success: function(data, status, xhr) {
+            if (dataType == 'html' && target) { $(target).html(data); }
             element.trigger('ajax:success', [data, status, xhr]);
           },
           complete: function(xhr, status) {