diff --git a/src/aria/html/Select.js b/src/aria/html/Select.js
index 24cc81029..fca773769 100644
--- a/src/aria/html/Select.js
+++ b/src/aria/html/Select.js
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Aria.classDefinition({
             scope : this
         });
 
+        this._chainListener(cfg.on, 'change', {
+            fn : this.__updateDataModel,
+            scope : this
+        });
+
         this.$Element.constructor.call(this, cfg, context, line);
     },
     $prototype : {
diff --git a/test/aria/html/HTMLTestSuite.js b/test/aria/html/HTMLTestSuite.js
index 1a02df457..9064768fa 100644
--- a/test/aria/html/HTMLTestSuite.js
+++ b/test/aria/html/HTMLTestSuite.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Aria.classDefinition({
         this.addTests("test.aria.html.radioButton.RadioButtonTest");
         this.addTests("test.aria.html.select.SelectTest");
         this.addTests("test.aria.html.select.bodycontent.BodyContentTestCase");
+        this.addTests("test.aria.html.select.onchange.DataModelOnChangeTestCase");
         this.addTests("test.aria.html.DisabledTraitTest");
         this.addTests("test.aria.html.radioButton.ieBug.RadioButtonTestCase");
         this.addTests("test.aria.html.textarea.TextAreaTestSuite");
diff --git a/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTestCase.js b/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTestCase.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9430b9522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTestCase.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Amadeus s.a.s.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+Aria.classDefinition({
+    $classpath : "test.aria.html.select.onchange.DataModelOnChangeTestCase",
+    $extends : "aria.jsunit.TemplateTestCase",
+    $dependencies : ["aria.utils.Dom", "aria.html.Select", "aria.utils.SynEvents"],
+    $constructor : function () {
+        this.$TemplateTestCase.constructor.call(this);
+
+        this.data = {
+            selectedOption : "EURO",
+            onChangeOption : ""
+        };
+        this.setTestEnv({
+            template : "test.aria.html.select.onchange.DataModelOnChangeTpl",
+            data : this.data
+        });
+
+    },
+    $prototype : {
+        runTemplateTest : function () {
+
+            var document = Aria.$window.document;
+            var selectWidgets = this.testDiv.getElementsByTagName("select");
+
+            // we know there's only one
+            var selectWidget = selectWidgets[0];
+            this.assertEquals(selectWidget.selectedIndex, 0, "The selected Index should be %2  but was %1 ");
+
+            // to be nullified in the callback of the click action
+            this.selectWidget = selectWidget;
+            this.selectWidget.focus();
+
+            this.synEvent.type(this.selectWidget, "[down][down][enter]", {
+                fn : function () {
+                    this.templateCtxt.$focus("justToFocusOut");
+                    this.waitFor({
+                        condition : function () {
+                            return this.data.onChangeOption !== "";
+                        },
+                        callback : this.afterChange
+                    });
+
+                },
+                scope : this
+            });
+        },
+
+        afterChange : function () {
+            this.assertEquals(this.data.selectedOption, "POUND", "Selected Option should be %2  but was %1");
+            this.assertEquals(this.data.onChangeOption, "POUND", "Changed Option should be %2  but was %1");
+            this.end();
+        }
+
+    }
+});
diff --git a/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTpl.tpl b/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTpl.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18db36a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTpl.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Amadeus s.a.s.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+{Template {
+	$classpath : "test.aria.html.select.onchange.DataModelOnChangeTpl",
+	$wlibs : {
+		html : "aria.html.HtmlLibrary"
+	},
+	$hasScript : true
+}}
+
+{macro main()}
+
+ {var myStringOptions = ["EURO","FRANC SUISSE","POUND"]/}
+
+  {@html:Select{
+    options : myStringOptions,
+	bind : {
+			value : {
+					inside : data,
+					to : "selectedOption"
+					}
+			},
+	on  :{
+		change:myFunc
+		}
+	}/}
+	<input {id "justToFocusOut"/}>
+{/macro}
+{/Template}
diff --git a/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTplScript.js b/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTplScript.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d9448504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/aria/html/select/onchange/DataModelOnChangeTplScript.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Amadeus s.a.s.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+Aria.tplScriptDefinition({
+    $classpath : "test.aria.html.select.onchange.DataModelOnChangeTplScript",
+    $prototype : {
+        myFunc : function () {
+            this.data.onChangeOption = this.data.selectedOption;
+        }
+    }
+});