diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
index e9ed5d99793e9..52531a3520a8c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ def reset
         @target = []
       end
 
-      def select(select = nil)
+      def select(*fields)
         if block_given?
           load_target.select.each { |e| yield e }
         else
-          scope.select(select)
+          scope.select(*fields)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
index 0dabe256e32c9..a28cc2993b6aa 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def loaded?
       #   #      #<Pet id: nil, name: "Choo-Choo">
       #   #    ]
       #
-      #   person.pets.select([:id, :name])
+      #   person.pets.select(:id, :name )
       #   # => [
       #   #      #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy">,
       #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook">,
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ def loaded?
       #   #      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook">,
       #   #      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo">
       #   #    ]
-      def select(select = nil, &block)
-        @association.select(select, &block)
+      def select(*fields, &block)
+        @association.select(*fields, &block)
       end
 
       # Finds an object in the collection responding to the +id+. Uses the same
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
index c6291e8aa4200..e45efb01617c2 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
@@ -455,7 +455,11 @@ def test_default_select
   end
 
   def test_select_query_method
-    assert_equal ['id'], posts(:welcome).comments.select(:id).first.attributes.keys
+    assert_equal ['id', 'body'], posts(:welcome).comments.select(:id, :body).first.attributes.keys
+  end
+
+  def test_select_with_block
+    assert_equal [1], posts(:welcome).comments.select { |c| c.id == 1 }.map(&:id)
   end
 
    def test_select_without_foreign_key