diff --git a/wagtail/tests/migrations/0009_eventpagechoosermodel.py b/wagtail/tests/migrations/0009_eventpagechoosermodel.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d51460cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/tests/migrations/0009_eventpagechoosermodel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import models, migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('tests', '0008_registerdecorator'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='EventPageChooserModel',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
+                ('page', models.ForeignKey(help_text=b'more help text', to='tests.EventPage')),
+            ],
+            options={
+            },
+            bases=(models.Model,),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/wagtail/tests/models.py b/wagtail/tests/models.py
index c419de7c7..2169ef209 100644
--- a/wagtail/tests/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/tests/models.py
@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@ TaggedPage.content_panels = [
 class PageChooserModel(models.Model):
     page = models.ForeignKey('wagtailcore.Page', help_text='help text')
 
+class EventPageChooserModel(models.Model):
+    page = models.ForeignKey('tests.EventPage', help_text='more help text')
 
 class SnippetChooserModel(models.Model):
     advert = models.ForeignKey(Advert, help_text='help text')
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
index 19b5d6a27..23c129ed2 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ class BasePageChooserPanel(BaseChooserPanel):
 
                 cls._target_content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(model)
             else:
-                # TODO: infer the content type by introspection on the foreign key
-                cls._target_content_type = ContentType.objects.get_by_natural_key('wagtailcore', 'page')
+                target_model = cls.model._meta.get_field(cls.field_name).rel.to
+                cls._target_content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(target_model)
 
         return cls._target_content_type
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_edit_handlers.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_edit_handlers.py
index 57fde93a0..281c6f92c 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_edit_handlers.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_edit_handlers.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from wagtail.wagtailadmin.edit_handlers import (
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin.widgets import AdminPageChooser, AdminDateInput
 from wagtail.wagtailimages.edit_handlers import ImageChooserPanel
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page, Site
-from wagtail.tests.models import PageChooserModel, EventPage, EventPageSpeaker
+from wagtail.tests.models import PageChooserModel, EventPageChooserModel, EventPage, EventPageSpeaker
 from wagtail.tests.utils import WagtailTestUtils
 from wagtail.utils.deprecation import RemovedInWagtail11Warning
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class TestPageChooserPanel(TestCase):
         model = PageChooserModel  # a model with a foreign key to Page which we want to render as a page chooser
 
         # a PageChooserPanel class that works on PageChooserModel's 'page' field
-        self.MyPageChooserPanel = PageChooserPanel('page', 'tests.EventPage').bind_to_model(PageChooserModel)
+        self.MyPageChooserPanel = PageChooserPanel('page').bind_to_model(PageChooserModel)
 
         # build a form class containing the fields that MyPageChooserPanel wants
         self.PageChooserForm = self.MyPageChooserPanel.get_form_class(PageChooserModel)
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ class TestPageChooserPanel(TestCase):
         self.test_instance = model.objects.create(page=self.christmas_page)
 
         self.form = self.PageChooserForm(instance=self.test_instance)
-        # self.form.errors['page'] = self.form.error_class(['errors'])  # FIXME: wat
         self.page_chooser_panel = self.MyPageChooserPanel(instance=self.test_instance,
                                                                 form=self.form)
 
@@ -350,7 +349,7 @@ class TestPageChooserPanel(TestCase):
     def test_render_js_init(self):
         result = self.page_chooser_panel.render_as_field()
         expected_js = 'createPageChooser("{id}", "{model}", {parent});'.format(
-            id="id_page", model="tests.eventpage", parent=self.events_index_page.id)
+            id="id_page", model="wagtailcore.page", parent=self.events_index_page.id)
 
         self.assertIn(expected_js, result)
 
@@ -370,6 +369,34 @@ class TestPageChooserPanel(TestCase):
                                                                 form=form)
         self.assertIn('<span>This field is required.</span>', page_chooser_panel.render_as_field())
 
+    def test_override_page_type(self):
+        # Model has a foreign key to Page, but we specify EventPage in the PageChooserPanel
+        # to restrict the chooser to that page type
+        MyPageChooserPanel = PageChooserPanel('page', 'tests.EventPage').bind_to_model(EventPageChooserModel)
+        PageChooserForm = MyPageChooserPanel.get_form_class(EventPageChooserModel)
+        form = PageChooserForm(instance=self.test_instance)
+        page_chooser_panel = self.MyPageChooserPanel(instance=self.test_instance, form=form)
+
+        result = page_chooser_panel.render_as_field()
+        expected_js = 'createPageChooser("{id}", "{model}", {parent});'.format(
+            id="id_page", model="tests.eventpage", parent=self.events_index_page.id)
+
+        self.assertIn(expected_js, result)
+
+    def test_autodetect_page_type(self):
+        # Model has a foreign key to EventPage, which we want to autodetect
+        # instead of specifying the page type in PageChooserPanel
+        MyPageChooserPanel = PageChooserPanel('page').bind_to_model(EventPageChooserModel)
+        PageChooserForm = MyPageChooserPanel.get_form_class(EventPageChooserModel)
+        form = PageChooserForm(instance=self.test_instance)
+        page_chooser_panel = self.MyPageChooserPanel(instance=self.test_instance, form=form)
+
+        result = page_chooser_panel.render_as_field()
+        expected_js = 'createPageChooser("{id}", "{model}", {parent});'.format(
+            id="id_page", model="tests.eventpage", parent=self.events_index_page.id)
+
+        self.assertIn(expected_js, result)
+
     def test_target_content_type(self):
         result = PageChooserPanel(
             'barbecue',