diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/ListUIBean.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/ListUIBean.java
index 522197a1a..a088d56dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/ListUIBean.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/ListUIBean.java
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ public abstract class ListUIBean extends UIBean {
         }
 
         if (listValue != null) {
+            if (altSyntax()) {
+                // the same logic as with findValue(String)
+                // if value start with %{ and end with }, just cut it off!
+                if (listValue.startsWith("%{") && listValue.endsWith("}")) {
+                    listValue = listValue.substring(2, listValue.length() - 1);
+                }
+            }
             addParameter("listValue", listValue);
         } else if (value instanceof Map) {
             addParameter("listValue", "value");
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/SelectTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/SelectTest.java
index a56e15b9b..d3e8fea08 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/SelectTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/SelectTest.java
@@ -189,6 +189,36 @@ public class SelectTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
         verify(SelectTag.class.getResource("Select-1.txt"));
     }
 
+    public void testExtended() throws Exception {
+        TestAction testAction = (TestAction) action;
+        testAction.setFoo("hello");
+        testAction.setList(new String[][]{
+                {"hello", "world"},
+                {"foo", "bar"}
+        });
+
+        SelectTag tag = new SelectTag();
+        tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
+        tag.setEmptyOption("true");
+        tag.setLabel("mylabel");
+        tag.setName("foo");
+        tag.setList("list");
+        tag.setListKey("top[0]");
+        tag.setListValue("%{top[0] + ' - ' + top[1]}");
+
+        // header stuff
+        tag.setHeaderKey("headerKey");
+        tag.setHeaderValue("%{foo + ': headerValue'}");
+
+        // empty option
+        tag.setEmptyOption("true");
+
+        tag.doStartTag();
+        tag.doEndTag();
+
+        verify(SelectTag.class.getResource("Select-7.txt"));
+     }
+
     public void testGenericSimple() throws Exception {
         SelectTag tag = new SelectTag();
         prepareTagGeneric(tag);
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Select-7.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Select-7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3688f2e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Select-7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<tr>
+    <td class="tdLabel"><label for="foo" class="label">mylabel:</label></td>
+    <td><select name="foo" id="foo">
+    <option value="headerKey">hello: headerValue</option>
+    <option value=""></option>
+    <option value="hello" selected="selected">hello - world</option>
+    <option value="foo">foo - bar</option>
+</select></td>
+</tr>
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