diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/DialogHelper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/DialogHelper.php
index 3eac8d1923..23558691a2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/DialogHelper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/DialogHelper.php
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ class DialogHelper extends Helper
      * @param Boolean         $default      The default answer if the user enters nothing
      * @param Boolean|integer $attempts Max number of times to ask before giving up (false by default, which means infinite)
      * @param string          $errorMessage Message which will be shown if invalid value from choice list would be picked
+     * @param Boolean         $multiselect  Select more than one value separated by comma
      *
-     * @return integer|string The selected value (the key of the choices array)
+     * @return integer|string|array The selected value or values (the key of the choices array)
      *
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
      */
-    public function select(OutputInterface $output, $question, $choices, $default = null, $attempts = false, $errorMessage = 'Value "%s" is invalid')
+    public function select(OutputInterface $output, $question, $choices, $default = null, $attempts = false, $errorMessage = 'Value "%s" is invalid', $multiselect = false)
     {
         $width = max(array_map('strlen', array_keys($choices)));
 
@@ -50,11 +51,33 @@ class DialogHelper extends Helper
 
         $output->writeln($messages);
 
-        $result = $this->askAndValidate($output, '> ', function ($picked) use ($choices, $errorMessage) {
-            if (empty($choices[$picked])) {
-                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf($errorMessage, $picked));
+        $result = $this->askAndValidate($output, '> ', function ($picked) use ($choices, $errorMessage, $multiselect) {
+            // Collapse all spaces.
+            $selectedChoices = str_replace(" ", "", $picked);
+
+            if ($multiselect) {
+                // Check for a separated comma values
+                if(!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+(?:,[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)*$/', $selectedChoices, $matches)) {
+                    throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf($errorMessage, $picked));
+                }
+                $selectedChoices = explode(",", $selectedChoices);
+            } else {
+                $selectedChoices = array($picked);
             }
 
+            $multiselectChoices = array();
+
+            foreach ($selectedChoices as $value) {
+                if (empty($choices[$value])) {
+                    throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf($errorMessage, $value));
+                }
+                array_push($multiselectChoices, $value);
+            }
+
+            if ($multiselect){
+                return $multiselectChoices;
+            } 
+            
             return $picked;
         }, $attempts, $default);
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/DialogHelperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/DialogHelperTest.php
index 12f27005cb..618d0f061f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/DialogHelperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/DialogHelperTest.php
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ class DialogHelperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $heroes = array('Superman', 'Batman', 'Spiderman');
 
-        $dialog->setInputStream($this->getInputStream("\n1\nFabien\n1\nFabien\nFabien\n"));
+        $dialog->setInputStream($this->getInputStream("\n1\nFabien\n1\nFabien\n1\n0,2\n\n"));
         $this->assertEquals('2', $dialog->select($this->getOutputStream(), 'What is your favorite superhero?', $heroes, '2'));
         $this->assertEquals('1', $dialog->select($this->getOutputStream(), 'What is your favorite superhero?', $heroes));
-        $this->assertEquals('1', $dialog->select($output = $this->getOutputStream(), 'What is your favorite superhero?', $heroes, null, false, 'Input "%s" is not a superhero!'));
+        $this->assertEquals('1', $dialog->select($output = $this->getOutputStream(), 'What is your favorite superhero?', $heroes, null, false, 'Input "%s" is not a superhero!', false));
 
         rewind($output->getStream());
         $this->assertContains('Input "Fabien" is not a superhero!', stream_get_contents($output->getStream()));
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ class DialogHelperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
             $this->assertEquals('Value "Fabien" is invalid', $e->getMessage());
         }
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array('1'), $dialog->select($this->getOutputStream(), 'What is your favorite superhero?', $heroes, null, false, 'Input "%s" is not a superhero!', true));
+        $this->assertEquals(array('0', '2'), $dialog->select($this->getOutputStream(), 'What is your favorite superhero?', $heroes, null, false, 'Input "%s" is not a superhero!', true));
+        $this->assertEquals(array('0', '1'), $dialog->select($this->getOutputStream(), 'What is your favorite superhero?', $heroes, '0,1', false, 'Input "%s" is not a superhero!', true));
     }
 
     public function testAsk()