diff --git a/source/components/Select/README.md b/source/components/Select/README.md
index 5551c41..dcab7c8 100644
--- a/source/components/Select/README.md
+++ b/source/components/Select/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Use `Select.createOption` to create options to feed to the `options` prop.
 Basic usage:
 ```js
 <Select
+    onBlur={(val, label) => console.log('blur', val, label)}
+    onChange={(val, label) => console.log('change', val, label)}
     options={[
         Select.createOption(1, "label 1"),
         Select.createOption(2, "label 2"),
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ Multi-select
 ```js
 <Select
     multi
+    onBlur={(val) => console.log('blur', val)}
+    onChange={(val) => console.log('change', val)}
     options={[
         Select.createOption(1, "label 1"),
         Select.createOption(2, "label 2"),
diff --git a/source/components/Select/SelectContainer.js b/source/components/Select/SelectContainer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f0e9151..0000000
--- a/source/components/Select/SelectContainer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { components } from 'react-select';
-
-const SelectContainer = props => (
-    <div className={`${props.selectProps.classNamePrefix}__wrapper`}>
-        <components.SelectContainer {...props} />
-    </div>
-);
-
-export default SelectContainer;
diff --git a/source/components/Select/createSelectContainer.js b/source/components/Select/createSelectContainer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c83d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/components/Select/createSelectContainer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { components } from 'react-select';
+
+function createSelectContainer(classNamePrefix, customClassName) {
+    const className = [`${classNamePrefix}__wrapper`, customClassName]
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .join(' ');
+
+    return props => (
+        <div className={className}>
+            <components.SelectContainer {...props} />
+        </div>
+    );
+}
+
+export default createSelectContainer;
diff --git a/source/components/Select/index.js b/source/components/Select/index.js
index 3c69e77..cfa14f3 100644
--- a/source/components/Select/index.js
+++ b/source/components/Select/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import ReactSelect from 'react-select';
 
 import IndicatorsContainer from './IndicatorsContainer';
-import SelectContainer from './SelectContainer';
+import createSelectContainer from './createSelectContainer';
 import { DefaultDropdownIndicator, SearchDropdownIndicator } from './DropdownIndicator';
 import LoadingIndicator from './LoadingIndicator';
 
@@ -97,10 +97,14 @@ export default class Select extends React.Component {
         super(props);
 
         this.selectRef = React.createRef();
+        // react-select blur immediately follows change, but the updated value isn't available yet, so we're
+        // going to manually fire the onBlur handler on a change so that we can reliably pass the value
+        this.preventBlur = false;
     }
 
     onBlur = () => {
-        if (!this.props.onBlur || !this.selectRef.current) {
+        if (this.preventBlur || !this.selectRef.current) {
+            this.preventBlur = false;
             return;
         }
 
@@ -108,8 +112,10 @@ export default class Select extends React.Component {
     }
 
     onChange = (values) => {
+        this.preventBlur = true;
         const valuesAsArray = this.props.multi ? values : [values];
         callWithValues(this.props.onChange, valuesAsArray, this.props.multi);
+        callWithValues(this.props.onBlur, valuesAsArray, this.props.multi);
     }
 
     onFocus = () => {
@@ -135,12 +141,6 @@ export default class Select extends React.Component {
         }
     }
 
-    getRootClassName() {
-        return ['fandom-select', this.props.className]
-            .filter(Boolean)
-            .join(' ');
-    }
-
     getValueFromProps() {
         const { value, options } = this.props;
 
@@ -169,13 +169,16 @@ export default class Select extends React.Component {
     }
 
     render() {
+        const className = 'fandom-select';
+
         return (
             <ReactSelect
                 ref={this.selectRef}
+                openMenuOnFocus
                 autoFocus={this.props.autoFocus}
                 blurInputOnSelect
-                className={this.getRootClassName()}
-                classNamePrefix="fandom-select"
+                className={className}
+                classNamePrefix={className}
                 controlShouldRenderValue={this.props.multi ? this.props.multiValueRender : true}
                 isDisabled={this.props.disabled || this.props.loading}
                 isLoading={this.props.loading}
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ export default class Select extends React.Component {
                     DropdownIndicator: this.props.searchable ? SearchDropdownIndicator : DefaultDropdownIndicator,
                     LoadingIndicator,
                     IndicatorsContainer,
-                    SelectContainer,
+                    SelectContainer: createSelectContainer(className, this.props.className),
                 }}
             />
         );
diff --git a/source/components/Select/index.spec.js b/source/components/Select/index.spec.js
index 189bf40..499ffd5 100644
--- a/source/components/Select/index.spec.js
+++ b/source/components/Select/index.spec.js
@@ -203,3 +203,8 @@ test('onTextInputChange tests', () => {
     input.props.onChange({ currentTarget: { value: '😀' } });
     expect(onTextInputChangeSpy.withArgs('😀').calledOnce).toBe(true);
 });
+
+test('custom className is at root level', () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(<Select className="custom-select" />);
+    expect(wrapper.find('.fandom-select__wrapper.custom-select')).toHaveLength(1);
+});
diff --git a/source/components/Select/styles.scss b/source/components/Select/styles.scss
index 5a0df44..a029b61 100644
--- a/source/components/Select/styles.scss
+++ b/source/components/Select/styles.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @import "~design-system/dist/scss/wds-variables/index.scss";
 
 .fandom-select__wrapper {
+	background-color: $wds-color-white;
 	border: 1px solid $wds-color-light-gray;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 	padding: 5px 10px;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 	// it's odd to have the separate selector here but it's needed for specificity to avoid !important
 	.fandom-select {
 		&__control {
+			background-color: inherit;
 			border: none;
 			border-radius: 0;
 			box-shadow: none;