diff --git a/lib/rules/button-has-type.js b/lib/rules/button-has-type.js
index 64de17bbed..724623c39b 100644
--- a/lib/rules/button-has-type.js
+++ b/lib/rules/button-has-type.js
@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@
 const getProp = require('jsx-ast-utils/getProp');
 const getLiteralPropValue = require('jsx-ast-utils/getLiteralPropValue');
 const docsUrl = require('../util/docsUrl');
+const pragmaUtil = require('../util/pragma');
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helpers
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-function isCreateElement(node) {
+function isCreateElement(node, context) {
+  const pragma = pragmaUtil.getFromContext(context);
   return node.callee
     && node.callee.type === 'MemberExpression'
     && node.callee.property.name === 'createElement'
+    && node.callee.object
+    && node.callee.object.name === pragma
     && node.arguments.length > 0;
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ module.exports = {
         checkValue(node, getLiteralPropValue(typeProp));
       },
       CallExpression: function(node) {
-        if (!isCreateElement(node)) {
+        if (!isCreateElement(node, context)) {
           return;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/button-has-type.js b/tests/lib/rules/button-has-type.js
index b4a4a85d26..4bd02a164d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/button-has-type.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/button-has-type.js
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ ruleTester.run('button-has-type', rule, {
     {
       code: 'React.createElement("button", {type: "button"})',
       options: [{reset: false}]
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'document.createElement("button")'
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'Foo.createElement("span")',
+      settings: {
+        react: {
+          pragma: 'Foo'
+        }
+      }
     }
   ],
   invalid: [
@@ -83,6 +94,17 @@ ruleTester.run('button-has-type', rule, {
       errors: [{
         message: '"reset" is a forbidden value for button type attribute'
       }]
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'Foo.createElement("button")',
+      errors: [{
+        message: 'Missing an explicit type attribute for button'
+      }],
+      settings: {
+        react: {
+          pragma: 'Foo'
+        }
+      }
     }
   ]
 });