diff --git a/src/uiSelectController.js b/src/uiSelectController.js
index c0a1a94ac..c14e4bea3 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectController.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectController.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * put as much logic in the controller (instead of the link functions) as possible so it can be easily tested.
  */
 uis.controller('uiSelectCtrl',
-  ['$scope', '$element', '$timeout', '$filter', 'uisRepeatParser', 'uiSelectMinErr', 'uiSelectConfig',
-  function($scope, $element, $timeout, $filter, RepeatParser, uiSelectMinErr, uiSelectConfig) {
+  ['$scope', '$element', '$timeout', '$filter', '$q', 'uisRepeatParser', 'uiSelectMinErr', 'uiSelectConfig',
+  function($scope, $element, $timeout, $filter, $q, RepeatParser, uiSelectMinErr, uiSelectConfig) {
 
   var ctrl = this;
 
@@ -284,24 +284,43 @@ uis.controller('uiSelectCtrl',
           }
         }
 
-        $scope.$broadcast('uis:select', item);
+        var completeSelection = function() {
+          $scope.$broadcast('uis:select', item);
+
+          $timeout(function(){
+            ctrl.onSelectCallback($scope, callbackContext);
+          });
+
+          if (ctrl.closeOnSelect) {
+            ctrl.close(skipFocusser);
+          }
+          if ($event && $event.type === 'click') {
+            ctrl.clickTriggeredSelect = true;
+          }
+        };
 
         var locals = {};
         locals[ctrl.parserResult.itemName] = item;
 
-        $timeout(function(){
-          ctrl.onSelectCallback($scope, {
-            $item: item,
-            $model: ctrl.parserResult.modelMapper($scope, locals)
-          });
-        });
+        var callbackContext = {
+          $item: item,
+          $model: ctrl.parserResult.modelMapper($scope, locals)
+        };
 
-        if (ctrl.closeOnSelect) {
-          ctrl.close(skipFocusser);
-        }
-        if ($event && $event.type === 'click') {
-          ctrl.clickTriggeredSelect = true;
+        var onBeforeSelectResult = ctrl.onBeforeSelectCallback($scope, callbackContext);
+
+        if (angular.isDefined(onBeforeSelectResult)) {
+          if (!onBeforeSelectResult) {
+            return;  // abort the selection in case of deliberate falsey result
+          } else if (angular.isFunction(onBeforeSelectResult.then)) {
+            onBeforeSelectResult.then(completeSelection);
+          } else {
+            completeSelection();
+          }
+        } else {
+          completeSelection();
         }
+
       }
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/uiSelectDirective.js b/src/uiSelectDirective.js
index fc6cc4138..4af6acb7f 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectDirective.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectDirective.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ uis.directive('uiSelect',
           }
         }();
 
+        $select.onBeforeSelectCallback = $parse(attrs.onBeforeSelect);
         $select.onSelectCallback = $parse(attrs.onSelect);
         $select.onRemoveCallback = $parse(attrs.onRemove);
         
diff --git a/test/select.spec.js b/test/select.spec.js
index 2ba86fb2a..0ef4d4394 100644
--- a/test/select.spec.js
+++ b/test/select.spec.js
@@ -959,6 +959,196 @@ describe('ui-select tests', function() {
 
   });
 
+  it('should invoke before-select callback before select callback synchronously', function () {
+
+    var order = [];
+    scope.onBeforeSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      order.push('onBeforeSelectFn');
+    };
+    scope.onSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      order.push('onSelectFn');
+    };
+    var el = compileTemplate(
+      '<ui-select on-before-select="onBeforeSelectFn($item, $model)" on-select="onSelectFn($item, $model)" ng-model="selection.selected"> \
+        <ui-select-match placeholder="Pick one...">{{$select.selected.name}}</ui-select-match> \
+        <ui-select-choices repeat="person.name as person in people | filter: $select.search"> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.name | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.email | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+        </ui-select-choices> \
+      </ui-select>'
+    );
+
+    clickItem(el, 'Samantha');
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    expect(order[0]).toEqual('onBeforeSelectFn');
+    expect(order[1]).toEqual('onSelectFn');
+
+  });
+
+  it('should invoke before-select callback before select callback when promised', inject(function ($q) {
+
+    var order = [];
+    scope.onBeforeSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      var deferred = $q.defer();
+      $timeout(function () {
+        order.push('onBeforeSelectFn');
+        deferred.resolve(order);
+      });
+      return deferred.promise;
+    };
+    scope.onSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      order.push('onSelectFn');
+    };
+    var el = compileTemplate(
+      '<ui-select on-before-select="onBeforeSelectFn($item, $model)" on-select="onSelectFn($item, $model)" ng-model="selection.selected"> \
+        <ui-select-match placeholder="Pick one...">{{$select.selected.name}}</ui-select-match> \
+        <ui-select-choices repeat="person.name as person in people | filter: $select.search"> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.name | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.email | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+        </ui-select-choices> \
+      </ui-select>'
+    );
+
+    clickItem(el, 'Samantha');
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    expect(order[0]).toEqual('onBeforeSelectFn');
+    expect(order[1]).toEqual('onSelectFn');
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should complete on-select if before-select callback promise is resolved', inject(function ($q) {
+
+    scope.onBeforeSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      var deferred = $q.defer();
+      $timeout(function () {
+        deferred.resolve();
+      });
+      return deferred.promise;
+    };
+    scope.onSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      scope.$item = $item;
+      scope.$model = $model;
+    };
+    var el = compileTemplate(
+      '<ui-select on-before-select="onBeforeSelectFn($item, $model)" on-select="onSelectFn($item, $model)" ng-model="selection.selected"> \
+        <ui-select-match placeholder="Pick one...">{{$select.selected.name}}</ui-select-match> \
+        <ui-select-choices repeat="person.name as person in people | filter: $select.search"> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.name | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.email | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+        </ui-select-choices> \
+      </ui-select>'
+    );
+
+    expect(scope.$item).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(scope.$model).toBeFalsy();
+
+    clickItem(el, 'Samantha');
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    expect(scope.selection.selected).toBe('Samantha');
+
+    expect(scope.$item).toEqual(scope.people[5]);
+    expect(scope.$model).toEqual('Samantha');
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should abort selection if before-select callback returns falsy', function () {
+
+    scope.onBeforeSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      return false;
+    };
+    scope.onSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      scope.$item = $item;
+      scope.$model = $model;
+    };
+    var el = compileTemplate(
+      '<ui-select on-before-select="onBeforeSelectFn($item, $model)" on-select="onSelectFn($item, $model)" ng-model="selection.selected"> \
+        <ui-select-match placeholder="Pick one...">{{$select.selected.name}}</ui-select-match> \
+        <ui-select-choices repeat="person.name as person in people | filter: $select.search"> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.name | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.email | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+        </ui-select-choices> \
+      </ui-select>'
+    );
+
+    expect(scope.$item).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(scope.$model).toBeFalsy();
+
+    clickItem(el, 'Samantha');
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    expect(scope.$item).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(scope.$model).toBeFalsy();
+
+  });
+
+  it('should abort selection if before-select callback rejects promise', inject(function ($q) {
+
+    scope.onBeforeSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      var deferred = $q.defer();
+      $timeout(function () {
+        deferred.reject();
+      });
+      return deferred.promise;
+    };
+    scope.onSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      scope.$item = $item;
+      scope.$model = $model;
+    };
+    var el = compileTemplate(
+      '<ui-select on-before-select="onBeforeSelectFn($item, $model)" on-select="onSelectFn($item, $model)" ng-model="selection.selected"> \
+        <ui-select-match placeholder="Pick one...">{{$select.selected.name}}</ui-select-match> \
+        <ui-select-choices repeat="person.name as person in people | filter: $select.search"> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.name | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.email | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+        </ui-select-choices> \
+      </ui-select>'
+    );
+
+    expect(scope.$item).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(scope.$model).toBeFalsy();
+
+    clickItem(el, 'Samantha');
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    expect(scope.$item).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(scope.$model).toBeFalsy();
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should keep reference to current selection and incoming selection within before-select callback', function () {
+
+    var currentSelection, incomingSelection;
+    scope.onBeforeSelectFn = function ($item, $model, $label) {
+      incomingSelection = $item;
+      currentSelection = scope.selection.selected;
+    };
+    var el = compileTemplate(
+      '<ui-select on-before-select="onBeforeSelectFn($item, $model)" ng-model="selection.selected"> \
+        <ui-select-match placeholder="Pick one...">{{$select.selected.name}}</ui-select-match> \
+        <ui-select-choices repeat="person.name as person in people | filter: $select.search"> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.name | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+          <div ng-bind-html="person.email | highlight: $select.search"></div> \
+        </ui-select-choices> \
+      </ui-select>'
+    );
+
+    clickItem(el, 'Samantha');
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    expect(currentSelection).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(incomingSelection.name).toBe('Samantha');
+
+    clickItem(el, 'Adam');
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    expect(currentSelection).toBe('Samantha');
+    expect(incomingSelection.name).toBe('Adam');
+
+  });
+
   it('should invoke hover callback', function(){
 
     var highlighted;