diff --git a/src/ng/directive/select.js b/src/ng/directive/select.js
index e44b61e955cb..06ce30c4dc37 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/select.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/select.js
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ var selectDirective = ['$compile', '$parse', function($compile,   $parse) {
             // We try to reuse these if possible
             // - optionGroupsCache[0] is the options with no option group
             // - optionGroupsCache[?][0] is the parent: either the SELECT or OPTGROUP element
-            optionGroupsCache = [[{element: selectElement, label:''}]];
+            optionGroupsCache = [[{element: selectElement, label:''}]],
+            changeEventFired = false;
 
         if (nullOption) {
           // compile the element since there might be bindings in it
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ var selectDirective = ['$compile', '$parse', function($compile,   $parse) {
         selectElement.empty();
 
         selectElement.on('change', function() {
+          changeEventFired = true;
           scope.$apply(function() {
             var optionGroup,
                 collection = valuesFn(scope) || [],
@@ -409,8 +411,8 @@ var selectDirective = ['$compile', '$parse', function($compile,   $parse) {
               optionGroupName,
               optionGroup,
               option,
-              existingParent, existingOptions, existingOption,
               modelValue = ctrl.$modelValue,
+              existingParent, existingOptions, existingOption,
               values = valuesFn(scope) || [],
               keys = keyName ? sortedKeys(values) : values,
               key,
@@ -529,7 +531,10 @@ var selectDirective = ['$compile', '$parse', function($compile,   $parse) {
                   lastElement.val(existingOption.id = option.id);
                 }
                 // lastElement.prop('selected') provided by jQuery has side-effects
-                if (lastElement[0].selected !== option.selected) {
+                // FF will update selected property on DOM elements when hovering,
+                // so we shouldn't check those unless a change event has happened
+                if ((changeEventFired && lastElement[0].selected !== option.selected) ||
+                  existingOption.selected !== option.selected) {
                   lastElement.prop('selected', (existingOption.selected = option.selected));
                 }
               } else {
@@ -573,6 +578,7 @@ var selectDirective = ['$compile', '$parse', function($compile,   $parse) {
           while(optionGroupsCache.length > groupIndex) {
             optionGroupsCache.pop()[0].element.remove();
           }
+          changeEventFired = false;
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/selectSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/selectSpec.js
index 6fcd1fe05f82..d2215506d2f1 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/selectSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/selectSpec.js
@@ -733,6 +733,21 @@ describe('select', function() {
       expect(sortedHtml(options[2])).toEqual('<option value="1">3</option>');
     });
 
+    it('should ignore option object selected changes', function() {
+      createSingleSelect();
+
+      scope.$apply(function() {
+        scope.values = [{name: 'A'}, {name: 'B'}, {name: 'C'}];
+        scope.selected = scope.values[0];
+      });
+
+      var options = element.find('option');
+      var optionToSelect = options.eq(1);
+      optionToSelect.prop('selected', true);
+      scope.$digest();
+      expect(optionToSelect.prop('selected')).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     describe('binding', function() {
 
       it('should bind to scope value', function() {