diff --git a/django_select2/forms.py b/django_select2/forms.py
index 81d87e0..da6af18 100644
--- a/django_select2/forms.py
+++ b/django_select2/forms.py
@@ -300,7 +300,25 @@ class ModelSelect2Mixin(object):
         defaults.update(kwargs)
         super(ModelSelect2Mixin, self).__init__(*args, **defaults)
 
-    def filter_queryset(self, term):
+    def set_to_cache(self):
+        """
+        Add widget's attributes to Djnago's cache.
+
+        Split the queryset, to not pickle the result set.
+        """
+        queryset = self.get_queryset()
+        cache.set(self._get_cache_key(), {
+            'queryset':
+                [
+                    queryset.none(),
+                    queryset.query,
+                ],
+            'cls': self.__class__,
+            'search_fields': self.search_fields,
+            'max_results': self.max_results,
+        })
+
+    def filter_queryset(self, term, queryset=None):
         """
         Return queryset filtered by search_fields matching the passed term.
 
@@ -309,7 +327,8 @@ class ModelSelect2Mixin(object):
         :return: Filtered queryset
         :rtype: :class:`.django.db.models.QuerySet`
         """
-        qs = self.get_queryset()
+        if not queryset:
+            queryset = self.get_queryset()
         search_fields = self.get_search_fields()
         select = Q()
         term = term.replace('\t', ' ')
@@ -317,7 +336,7 @@ class ModelSelect2Mixin(object):
         for t in [t for t in term.split(' ') if not t == '']:
             select &= reduce(lambda x, y: x | Q(**{y: t}), search_fields,
                              Q(**{search_fields.pop(): t}))
-        return qs.filter(select).distinct()
+        return queryset.filter(select).distinct()
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         """
diff --git a/django_select2/views.py b/django_select2/views.py
index c1adab2..f410ffd 100644
--- a/django_select2/views.py
+++ b/django_select2/views.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class AutoResponseView(BaseListView):
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         """Get queryset from cached widget."""
-        return self.widget.filter_queryset(self.term)
+        return self.widget.filter_queryset(self.term, self.queryset)
 
     def get_paginate_by(self, queryset):
         """Paginate response by size of widget's `max_results` parameter."""
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ class AutoResponseView(BaseListView):
             raise Http404('Invalid "field_id".')
         else:
             cache_key = '%s%s' % (settings.SELECT2_CACHE_PREFIX, key)
-            widget = cache.get(cache_key)
-            if widget is None:
+            widget_dict = cache.get(cache_key)
+            if widget_dict is None:
                 raise Http404('field_id not found')
-        return widget
+        qs, qs.query = widget_dict.pop('queryset')
+        self.queryset = qs.all()
+        widget_dict['queryset'] = self.queryset
+        widget_cls = widget_dict.pop('cls')
+        return widget_cls(**widget_dict)
diff --git a/tests/test_forms.py b/tests/test_forms.py
index 0054f2b..bdac34f 100644
--- a/tests/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/test_forms.py
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ class TestModelSelect2Mixin(TestHeavySelect2Mixin):
         assert result.exists()
 
     def test_queryset_kwarg(self):
-        widget = ModelSelect2Widget(queryset=Genre.objects, search_fields=['title__icontains'])
+        widget = ModelSelect2Widget(queryset=Genre.objects.all(), search_fields=['title__icontains'])
         genre = Genre.objects.last()
         result = widget.filter_queryset(genre.title)
         assert result.exists()
 
     def test_ajax_view_registration(self, client):
-        widget = ModelSelect2Widget(queryset=Genre.objects, search_fields=['title__icontains'])
+        widget = ModelSelect2Widget(queryset=Genre.objects.all(), search_fields=['title__icontains'])
         widget.render('name', 'value')
         url = reverse('django_select2-json')
         genre = Genre.objects.last()
@@ -178,16 +178,20 @@ class TestModelSelect2Mixin(TestHeavySelect2Mixin):
         assert genre.pk in [result['id'] for result in data['results']]
 
     def test_render(self):
-        widget = ModelSelect2Widget()
+        widget = ModelSelect2Widget(queryset=Genre.objects.all())
         widget.render('name', 'value')
         cached_widget = cache.get(widget._get_cache_key())
-        assert isinstance(cached_widget, ModelSelect2Widget)
+        assert cached_widget['max_results'] == widget.max_results
+        assert cached_widget['search_fields'] == widget.search_fields
+        qs = widget.get_queryset()
+        assert isinstance(cached_widget['queryset'][0], qs.__class__)
+        assert text_type(cached_widget['queryset'][1]) == text_type(qs.query)
 
 
 class TestHeavySelect2TagWidget(TestHeavySelect2Mixin):
 
     def test_tag_attrs(self):
-        widget = ModelSelect2TagWidget(queryset=Genre.objects, search_fields=['title__icontains'])
+        widget = ModelSelect2TagWidget(queryset=Genre.objects.all(), search_fields=['title__icontains'])
         output = widget.render('name', 'value')
         assert 'data-minimum-input-length="1"' in output
         assert 'data-tags="true"' in output