diff --git a/lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb b/lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb
index 09e87f03..2a3eb4c7 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/node/matchers.rb
@@ -345,13 +345,18 @@ module Capybara
       #
       #     page.has_select?('Language', :selected => ['English', 'German'])
       #
-      # It's also possible to check if a given set of options exists for
+      # It's also possible to check if the exact set of options exists for
       # this select box:
       #
-      #     page.has_select?('Language', :options => ['English', 'German'])
+      #     page.has_select?('Language', :options => ['English', 'German', 'Spanish'])
+      #
+      # You can also check for a partial set of options:
+      #
+      #     page.has_select?('Language', :with_options => ['English', 'German'])
       #
       # @param [String] locator                      The label, name or id of a select box
       # @option options [Array] :options             Options which should be contained in this select box
+      # @option options [Array] :with_options        Partial set of options which should be contained in this select box
       # @option options [String, Array] :selected    Options which should be selected
       # @return [Boolean]                            Whether it exists
       #
diff --git a/lib/capybara/selector.rb b/lib/capybara/selector.rb
index 3b101ebc..a5d85c17 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/selector.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/selector.rb
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ end
 Capybara.add_selector(:select) do
   xpath { |locator| XPath::HTML.select(locator) }
   failure_message { |node, selector| "no select box with id, name, or label '#{selector.locator}' found" }
-  filter(:options) { |node, options| options.all? { |option| node.first(:option, option) } }
+  filter(:options) do |node, options|
+    actual = node.all(:xpath, './/option').map { |option| option.text }
+    options.sort == actual.sort
+  end
+  filter(:with_options) { |node, options| options.all? { |option| node.first(:option, option) } }
   filter(:selected) do |node, selected|
     actual = node.all(:xpath, './/option').select { |option| option.selected? }.map { |option| option.text }
     ([selected].flatten - actual).empty?
diff --git a/lib/capybara/spec/session/has_select_spec.rb b/lib/capybara/spec/session/has_select_spec.rb
index 4d53597e..df5da522 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/spec/session/has_select_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/spec/session/has_select_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-shared_examples_for "has_select" do  
+shared_examples_for "has_select" do
   describe '#has_select?' do
     before { @session.visit('/form') }
 
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ shared_examples_for "has_select" do
 
     context 'with selected value' do
       it "should be true if a field with the given value is on the page" do
-        @session.should have_select('form_locale', :selected => 'English')  
-        @session.should have_select('Region', :selected => 'Norway')  
+        @session.should have_select('form_locale', :selected => 'English')
+        @session.should have_select('Region', :selected => 'Norway')
         @session.should have_select('Underwear', :selected => ['Briefs', 'Commando'])
       end
 
       it "should be false if the given field is not on the page" do
-        @session.should_not have_select('Locale', :selected => 'Swedish')  
-        @session.should_not have_select('Does not exist', :selected => 'John')  
+        @session.should_not have_select('Locale', :selected => 'Swedish')
+        @session.should_not have_select('Does not exist', :selected => 'John')
         @session.should_not have_select('City', :selected => 'Not there')
         @session.should_not have_select('Underwear', :selected => ['Briefs', 'Nonexistant'])
         @session.should_not have_select('Underwear', :selected => ['Briefs', 'Boxers'])
@@ -48,16 +48,31 @@ shared_examples_for "has_select" do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with options' do
+    context 'with exact options' do
       it "should be true if a field with the given options is on the page" do
-        @session.should have_select('form_locale', :options => ['English'])  
-        @session.should have_select('Region', :options => ['Norway', 'Sweden'])  
+        @session.should have_select('Region', :options => ['Norway', 'Sweden', 'Finland'])
+        @session.should have_select('Tendency', :options => [])
       end
 
       it "should be false if the given field is not on the page" do
-        @session.should_not have_select('Locale', :options => ['Not there'])
-        @session.should_not have_select('Does not exist', :options => ['John'])  
+        @session.should_not have_select('Locale', :options => ['Swedish'])
+        @session.should_not have_select('Does not exist', :options => ['John'])
         @session.should_not have_select('City', :options => ['London', 'Made up city'])
+        @session.should_not have_select('Region', :options => ['Norway', 'Sweden'])
+        @session.should_not have_select('Region', :options => ['Norway', 'Norway', 'Norway'])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with partial options' do
+      it "should be true if a field with the given partial options is on the page" do
+        @session.should have_select('Region', :with_options => ['Norway', 'Sweden'])
+        @session.should have_select('City', :with_options => ['London'])
+      end
+
+      it "should be false if a field with the given partial options is not on the page" do
+        @session.should_not have_select('Locale', :with_options => ['Uruguayan'])
+        @session.should_not have_select('Does not exist', :with_options => ['John'])
+        @session.should_not have_select('Region', :with_options => ['Norway', 'Sweden', 'Finland', 'Latvia'])
       end
     end
   end
@@ -77,14 +92,14 @@ shared_examples_for "has_select" do
 
     context 'with selected value' do
       it "should be false if a field with the given value is on the page" do
-        @session.should_not have_no_select('form_locale', :selected => 'English')  
-        @session.should_not have_no_select('Region', :selected => 'Norway')  
+        @session.should_not have_no_select('form_locale', :selected => 'English')
+        @session.should_not have_no_select('Region', :selected => 'Norway')
         @session.should_not have_no_select('Underwear', :selected => ['Briefs', 'Commando'])
       end
 
       it "should be true if the given field is not on the page" do
-        @session.should have_no_select('Locale', :selected => 'Swedish')  
-        @session.should have_no_select('Does not exist', :selected => 'John')  
+        @session.should have_no_select('Locale', :selected => 'Swedish')
+        @session.should have_no_select('Does not exist', :selected => 'John')
         @session.should have_no_select('City', :selected => 'Not there')
         @session.should have_no_select('Underwear', :selected => ['Briefs', 'Nonexistant'])
         @session.should have_no_select('Underwear', :selected => ['Briefs', 'Boxers'])
@@ -111,19 +126,31 @@ shared_examples_for "has_select" do
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with options' do
+    context 'with exact options' do
       it "should be false if a field with the given options is on the page" do
-        @session.should_not have_no_select('form_locale', :options => ['English'])  
-        @session.should_not have_no_select('Region', :options => ['Norway', 'Sweden'])  
+        @session.should_not have_no_select('Region', :options => ['Norway', 'Sweden', 'Finland'])
       end
 
       it "should be true if the given field is not on the page" do
-        @session.should have_no_select('Locale', :options => ['Not there'])
-        @session.should have_no_select('Does not exist', :options => ['John'])  
+        @session.should have_no_select('Locale', :options => ['Swedish'])
+        @session.should have_no_select('Does not exist', :options => ['John'])
         @session.should have_no_select('City', :options => ['London', 'Made up city'])
+        @session.should have_no_select('Region', :options => ['Norway', 'Sweden'])
+        @session.should have_no_select('Region', :options => ['Norway', 'Norway', 'Norway'])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with partial options' do
+      it "should be false if a field with the given partial options is on the page" do
+        @session.should_not have_no_select('Region', :with_options => ['Norway', 'Sweden'])
+        @session.should_not have_no_select('City', :with_options => ['London'])
+      end
+
+      it "should be true if a field with the given partial options is not on the page" do
+        @session.should have_no_select('Locale', :with_options => ['Uruguayan'])
+        @session.should have_no_select('Does not exist', :with_options => ['John'])
+        @session.should have_no_select('Region', :with_options => ['Norway', 'Sweden', 'Finland', 'Latvia'])
       end
     end
   end
 end
-
-