diff --git a/src/ng/directive/select.js b/src/ng/directive/select.js
index 9fd2077dca65..292ecb1666f9 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/select.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/select.js
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
 
 var ngOptionsDirective = valueFn({ terminal: true });
 var selectDirective = ['$compile', '$parse', function($compile,   $parse) {
-                         //0000111110000000000022220000000000000000000000333300000000000000444444444444444440000000005555555555555555500000006666666666666666600000000000000007777000000000000000000088888
-  var NG_OPTIONS_REGEXP = /^\s*(.*?)(?:\s+as\s+(.*?))?(?:\s+group\s+by\s+(.*))?\s+for\s+(?:([\$\w][\$\w\d]*)|(?:\(\s*([\$\w][\$\w\d]*)\s*,\s*([\$\w][\$\w\d]*)\s*\)))\s+in\s+(.*?)(?:\s+track\s+by\s+(.*?))?$/,
+                         //00001111100000000000222200000000000000000000003333000000000000004444444444444444400000000055555555555555555000000066666666666666666000000000000000077770000000000000000000888880009999999
+  var NG_OPTIONS_REGEXP = /^\s*(.*?)(?:\s+as\s+(.*?))?(?:\s+group\s+by\s+(.*))?\s+for\s+(?:([\$\w][\$\w\d]*)|(?:\(\s*([\$\w][\$\w\d]*)\s*,\s*([\$\w][\$\w\d]*)\s*\)))\s+in\s+(.*?)(?:\s+track\s+by\s+(.*?))?$[\s\n]*/,
       nullModelCtrl = {$setViewValue: noop};
 
   return {
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/selectSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/selectSpec.js
index 584fe6140e59..cc0248bbb1d7 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/selectSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/selectSpec.js
@@ -494,7 +494,13 @@ describe('select', function() {
     it('should throw when not formated "? for ? in ?"', function() {
       expect(function() {
           compile('<select ng-model="selected" ng-options="i dont parse"></select>');
-        }).toThrowMinErr('ngOptions', 'iexp', /Expected expression in form of/);
+      }).toThrowMinErr('ngOptions', 'iexp', /Expected expression in form of/);
+    });
+
+    it('should accept new lines in the format', function(){
+      compile('<select ng-model="selected" ng-options="value.name\n for \nvalue in \nvalues\n     \n"></select>');
+
+      expect(element).toBeValid();
     });