diff --git a/extensions/yii/elasticsearch/ActiveRecord.php b/extensions/yii/elasticsearch/ActiveRecord.php
index 3c8b4a8..9cc6549 100644
--- a/extensions/yii/elasticsearch/ActiveRecord.php
+++ b/extensions/yii/elasticsearch/ActiveRecord.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 	{
 		$query = static::createQuery();
 		if (is_array($q)) {
-			if (count($q) == 1 && (array_key_exists(ActiveRecord::PRIMARY_KEY_NAME, $q))) {
+			if (count($q) == 1 && (array_key_exists(ActiveRecord::PRIMARY_KEY_NAME, $q)) && $query->where === null) {
 				$pk = $q[ActiveRecord::PRIMARY_KEY_NAME];
 				if (is_array($pk)) {
 					return  static::mget($pk);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 					return static::get($pk);
 				}
 			}
-			return $query->where($q)->one();
+			return $query->andWhere($q)->one();
 		} elseif ($q !== null) {
 			return static::get($q);
 		}
diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index e1f3899..53067a2 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #1293: Replaced Console::showProgress() with a better approach. See Console::startProgress() for details (cebe)
 - Enh #1406: DB Schema support for Oracle Database (p0larbeer, qiangxue)
 - Enh #1437: Added ListView::viewParams (qiangxue)
+- Enh #1469: ActiveRecord::find() now works with default conditions (default scope) applied by createQuery (cebe)
 - New extension #1438: [MongoDB integration](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-mongodb) ActiveRecord and Query (klimov-paul)
 
 2.0.0 alpha, December 1, 2013
diff --git a/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecord.php b/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecord.php
index 7f7e6f3..cc67224 100644
--- a/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecord.php
+++ b/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecord.php
@@ -150,9 +150,23 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates an [[ActiveQuery]] instance.
+	 *
 	 * This method is called by [[find()]], [[findBySql()]] to start a SELECT query.
 	 * You may override this method to return a customized query (e.g. `CustomerQuery` specified
 	 * written for querying `Customer` purpose.)
+	 *
+	 * You may also define default conditions that should apply to all queries unless overridden:
+	 *
+	 * ```php
+	 * public static function createQuery()
+	 * {
+	 *     return parent::createQuery()->where(['deleted' => false]);
+	 * }
+	 * ```
+	 *
+	 * Note that all queries should use [[Query::andWhere()]] and [[Query::orWhere()]] to keep the
+	 * default condition. Using [[Query::where()]] will override the default condition.
+	 *
 	 * @return ActiveQuery the newly created [[ActiveQuery]] instance.
 	 */
 	public static function createQuery()
diff --git a/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecordInterface.php b/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecordInterface.php
index 4965a26..556384b 100644
--- a/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecordInterface.php
+++ b/framework/yii/db/ActiveRecordInterface.php
@@ -94,9 +94,23 @@ interface ActiveRecordInterface
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates an [[ActiveQueryInterface|ActiveQuery]] instance.
+	 *
 	 * This method is called by [[find()]] to start a SELECT query.
 	 * You may override this method to return a customized query (e.g. `CustomerQuery` specified
 	 * written for querying `Customer` purpose.)
+	 *
+	 * You may also define default conditions that should apply to all queries unless overridden:
+	 *
+	 * ```php
+	 * public static function createQuery()
+	 * {
+	 *     return parent::createQuery()->where(['deleted' => false]);
+	 * }
+	 * ```
+	 *
+	 * Note that all queries should use [[Query::andWhere()]] and [[Query::orWhere()]] to keep the
+	 * default condition. Using [[Query::where()]] will override the default condition.
+	 *
 	 * @return ActiveQueryInterface the newly created [[ActiveQueryInterface|ActiveQuery]] instance.
 	 */
 	public static function createQuery();
diff --git a/framework/yii/db/BaseActiveRecord.php b/framework/yii/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
index 01e1925..dae7134 100644
--- a/framework/yii/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
+++ b/framework/yii/db/BaseActiveRecord.php
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ abstract class BaseActiveRecord extends Model implements ActiveRecordInterface
 	{
 		$query = static::createQuery();
 		if (is_array($q)) {
-			return $query->where($q)->one();
+			return $query->andWhere($q)->one();
 		} elseif ($q !== null) {
 			// query by primary key
 			$primaryKey = static::primaryKey();
 			if (isset($primaryKey[0])) {
-				return $query->where([$primaryKey[0] => $q])->one();
+				return $query->andWhere([$primaryKey[0] => $q])->one();
 			} else {
 				throw new InvalidConfigException(get_called_class() . ' must have a primary key.');
 			}