diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Field/ChoiceFormField.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Field/ChoiceFormField.php
index 12194091e0..4f378a4dd8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Field/ChoiceFormField.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Field/ChoiceFormField.php
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ class ChoiceFormField extends FormField
     {
         $option = array();
 
-        $defaultValue = (isset($node->nodeValue) && !empty($node->nodeValue)) ? $node->nodeValue : '1';
+        $defaultDefaultValue = 'select' === $this->node->nodeName ? '' : '1';
+        $defaultValue = (isset($node->nodeValue) && !empty($node->nodeValue)) ? $node->nodeValue : $defaultDefaultValue;
         $option['value'] = $node->hasAttribute('value') ? $node->getAttribute('value') : $defaultValue;
         $option['disabled'] = $node->hasAttribute('disabled');
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Tests/Field/ChoiceFormFieldTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Tests/Field/ChoiceFormFieldTest.php
index ce87b15c2e..0afbe6e7e2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Tests/Field/ChoiceFormFieldTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Tests/Field/ChoiceFormFieldTest.php
@@ -336,6 +336,14 @@ class ChoiceFormFieldTest extends FormFieldTestCase
         $this->assertEquals('foo', $field->getValue(), '->select() changes the selected option');
     }
 
+    public function testSelectWithEmptyValue()
+    {
+        $node = $this->createSelectNodeWithEmptyOption(array('' => true, 'Female' => false, 'Male' => false));
+        $field = new ChoiceFormField($node);
+
+        $this->assertSame('', $field->getValue());
+    }
+
     protected function createSelectNode($options, $attributes = array(), $selectedAttrText = 'selected')
     {
         $document = new \DOMDocument();