diff --git a/system/web/context/RequestContext.cfc b/system/web/context/RequestContext.cfc
index 7d65176c5..962bc7d26 100644
--- a/system/web/context/RequestContext.cfc
+++ b/system/web/context/RequestContext.cfc
@@ -1926,7 +1926,18 @@ component serializable="false" accessors="true" {
 	 * Determines if in an Ajax call or not by looking at the request headers
 	 */
 	boolean function isAjax(){
-		return ( getHTTPHeader( "X-Requested-With", "" ) eq "XMLHttpRequest" );
+		var xRequestedWith = getHTTPHeader( "X-Requested-With", "" );
+		var fetchMode      = getHTTPHeader( "Sec-Fetch-Mode", "" );
+		var fetchDest      = getHTTPHeader( "Sec-Fetch-Dest", "" );
+
+		return (
+			xRequestedWith eq "XMLHttpRequest" ||
+			(
+				len( fetchMode ) &&
+				fetchMode neq "navigate" &&
+				fetchDest eq "empty"
+			)
+		);
 	}
 
 	/***********************************************************************************************************/
diff --git a/tests/specs/web/context/RequestContextTest.cfc b/tests/specs/web/context/RequestContextTest.cfc
index 1321af75b..b52004f1e 100755
--- a/tests/specs/web/context/RequestContextTest.cfc
+++ b/tests/specs/web/context/RequestContextTest.cfc
@@ -616,6 +616,45 @@ component extends="coldbox.system.testing.BaseModelTest" {
 		assertTrue( isSimpleValue( test ) );
 	}
 
+	function testIsAjaxWithXMLHttpRequestHeader(){
+		var event = getRequestContext()
+			.$( "getHTTPHeader" )
+			.$args( "X-Requested-With", "" )
+			.$results( "XMLHttpRequest" );
+
+		expect( event.isAjax() ).toBeTrue();
+	}
+
+	function testIsAjaxWithFetchMetadataHeaders(){
+		var event = getRequestContext()
+			.$( "getHTTPHeader" )
+			.$args( "X-Requested-With", "" )
+			.$results( "" )
+			.$( "getHTTPHeader" )
+			.$args( "Sec-Fetch-Mode", "" )
+			.$results( "cors" )
+			.$( "getHTTPHeader" )
+			.$args( "Sec-Fetch-Dest", "" )
+			.$results( "empty" );
+
+		expect( event.isAjax() ).toBeTrue();
+	}
+
+	function testIsAjaxFalseForNavigationRequests(){
+		var event = getRequestContext()
+			.$( "getHTTPHeader" )
+			.$args( "X-Requested-With", "" )
+			.$results( "" )
+			.$( "getHTTPHeader" )
+			.$args( "Sec-Fetch-Mode", "" )
+			.$results( "navigate" )
+			.$( "getHTTPHeader" )
+			.$args( "Sec-Fetch-Dest", "" )
+			.$results( "document" );
+
+		expect( event.isAjax() ).toBeFalse();
+	}
+
 	function testNoLayout(){
 		var event = getRequestContext();