diff --git a/lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb b/lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb
index 5af1d92f..3eb9f873 100644
--- a/lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module SimpleForm
     map_type :integer, :decimal, :float,           :to => SimpleForm::Inputs::NumericInput
     map_type :range,                               :to => SimpleForm::Inputs::RangeInput
     map_type :select, :radio, :check_boxes,        :to => SimpleForm::Inputs::CollectionInput
+    map_type :grouped_select,                      :to => SimpleForm::Inputs::GroupedCollectionInput
     map_type :date, :time, :datetime,              :to => SimpleForm::Inputs::DateTimeInput
     map_type :country, :time_zone,                 :to => SimpleForm::Inputs::PriorityInput
     map_type :boolean,                             :to => SimpleForm::Inputs::BooleanInput
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/inputs.rb b/lib/simple_form/inputs.rb
index 40bfc593..0fc116d8 100644
--- a/lib/simple_form/inputs.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_form/inputs.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 module SimpleForm
   module Inputs
-    autoload :Base,            'simple_form/inputs/base'
-    autoload :BlockInput,      'simple_form/inputs/block_input'
-    autoload :BooleanInput,    'simple_form/inputs/boolean_input'
-    autoload :CollectionInput, 'simple_form/inputs/collection_input'
-    autoload :DateTimeInput,   'simple_form/inputs/date_time_input'
-    autoload :FileInput,       'simple_form/inputs/file_input'
-    autoload :HiddenInput,     'simple_form/inputs/hidden_input'
-    autoload :NumericInput,    'simple_form/inputs/numeric_input'
-    autoload :PasswordInput,   'simple_form/inputs/password_input'
-    autoload :PriorityInput,   'simple_form/inputs/priority_input'
-    autoload :RangeInput,      'simple_form/inputs/range_input'
-    autoload :StringInput,     'simple_form/inputs/string_input'
-    autoload :TextInput,       'simple_form/inputs/text_input'
+    autoload :Base,                   'simple_form/inputs/base'
+    autoload :BlockInput,             'simple_form/inputs/block_input'
+    autoload :BooleanInput,           'simple_form/inputs/boolean_input'
+    autoload :CollectionInput,        'simple_form/inputs/collection_input'
+    autoload :GroupedCollectionInput, 'simple_form/inputs/grouped_collection_input'
+    autoload :DateTimeInput,          'simple_form/inputs/date_time_input'
+    autoload :FileInput,              'simple_form/inputs/file_input'
+    autoload :HiddenInput,            'simple_form/inputs/hidden_input'
+    autoload :NumericInput,           'simple_form/inputs/numeric_input'
+    autoload :PasswordInput,          'simple_form/inputs/password_input'
+    autoload :PriorityInput,          'simple_form/inputs/priority_input'
+    autoload :RangeInput,             'simple_form/inputs/range_input'
+    autoload :StringInput,            'simple_form/inputs/string_input'
+    autoload :TextInput,              'simple_form/inputs/text_input'
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/inputs/collection_input.rb b/lib/simple_form/inputs/collection_input.rb
index d1ec9ec6..1e409fa4 100644
--- a/lib/simple_form/inputs/collection_input.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_form/inputs/collection_input.rb
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@ module SimpleForm
         [label, value]
       end
 
-      def detect_common_display_methods
-        collection_classes = detect_collection_classes
-
+      def detect_common_display_methods(collection_classes = detect_collection_classes)
         if collection_classes.include?(Array)
           { :label => :first, :value => :last }
         elsif collection_includes_basic_objects?(collection_classes)
@@ -80,8 +78,8 @@ module SimpleForm
         end
       end
 
-      def detect_collection_classes
-        collection.map { |e| e.class }.uniq
+      def detect_collection_classes(some_collection = collection)
+        some_collection.map { |e| e.class }.uniq
       end
 
       def collection_includes_basic_objects?(collection_classes)
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/inputs/grouped_collection_input.rb b/lib/simple_form/inputs/grouped_collection_input.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..392f5990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/simple_form/inputs/grouped_collection_input.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+module SimpleForm
+  module Inputs
+    class GroupedCollectionInput < CollectionInput
+      def input
+        label_method, value_method = detect_collection_methods
+        @builder.grouped_collection_select(attribute_name, group_collection,
+                      group_method, group_label_method, value_method, label_method,
+                      input_options, input_html_options)
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def group_collection
+        @group_collection ||= options.delete(:collection)
+      end
+
+      # Sample collection
+      def collection
+        @collection ||= group_collection.first.try(:send, group_method)
+      end
+
+      def group_method
+        @group_method ||= options.delete(:group_method)
+      end
+
+      def group_label_method
+        label = options.delete(:group_label_method)
+
+        unless label
+          common_method_for = detect_common_display_methods( detect_collection_classes(group_collection) )
+          label = common_method_for[:label]
+        end
+
+        label
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/inputs/grouped_collection_input_test.rb b/test/inputs/grouped_collection_input_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18623778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inputs/grouped_collection_input_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class GroupedCollectionInputTest < ActionView::TestCase
+  test 'input should have grouped options' do
+    with_input_for @user, :name, :grouped_select,
+                   :collection => [['Authors', ['Jose', 'Carlos']], ['General', ['Bob', 'John']]],
+                   :group_method => :last
+    assert_select 'select.grouped_select#user_name' do
+      assert_select 'optgroup[label=Authors]' do
+        assert_select 'option', 'Jose'
+        assert_select 'option', 'Carlos'
+      end
+
+      assert_select 'optgroup[label=General]' do
+        assert_select 'option', 'Bob'
+        assert_select 'option', 'John'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end