diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/joschect-fix-pickers-suggestions_2018-03-29-23-30.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/joschect-fix-pickers-suggestions_2018-03-29-23-30.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5008d0b20d6b55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/joschect-fix-pickers-suggestions_2018-03-29-23-30.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Pickers: fix bug where suggestions wouldn't have correct value selected",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "joschect@microsoft.com"
+}
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diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/Suggestions/Suggestions.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/Suggestions/Suggestions.tsx
index ef784ceb26bec4..94683df7cb52c6 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/Suggestions/Suggestions.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/Suggestions/Suggestions.tsx
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export class Suggestions<T> extends BaseComponent<ISuggestionsProps<T>, ISuggest
       >
         { suggestions.map((suggestion, index) =>
           <div
-            ref={ this._selectedElement }
+            ref={ suggestion.selected ? this._selectedElement : '' }
             // tslint:disable-next-line:no-string-literal
             key={ (suggestion.item as any)['key'] ? (suggestion.item as any)['key'] : index }
             id={ 'sug-' + index }