diff --git a/src/components/select/demoBasicUsage/index.html b/src/components/select/demoBasicUsage/index.html
index 77dd72292c9..8e4e5a589c4 100755
--- a/src/components/select/demoBasicUsage/index.html
+++ b/src/components/select/demoBasicUsage/index.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div ng-app="selectDemoBasic" ng-controller="AppCtrl" layout="column" layout-align="center center" style="min-height: 300px;">
   <p>A select can be used to select a single element from a list:</p>
-  <md-select ng-model="neighborhood" placeholder="Neighborhood">
+  <md-select disabled ng-model="neighborhood" placeholder="Neighborhood">
     <md-option ng-value="opt" ng-repeat="opt in neighborhoods">{{ opt }}</md-option>
   </md-select>
   <p class="result">{{ neighborhood ? 'You selected ' + neighborhood : 'You haven\'t selected a neighborhood yet' }}</p>
diff --git a/src/components/select/select-theme.scss b/src/components/select/select-theme.scss
index a2850bcf116..412d2b21e64 100644
--- a/src/components/select/select-theme.scss
+++ b/src/components/select/select-theme.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 md-select.md-THEME_NAME-theme {
-  &:focus {
+  &:not([disabled]):focus {
     .md-select-label {
       border-bottom-color: '{{primary-color}}';
       color: '{{ foreground-1 }}';
@@ -14,9 +14,17 @@ md-select.md-THEME_NAME-theme {
       border-bottom-color: '{{warn-color}}';
     }
   }
+  &[disabled] {
+    .md-select-label {
+      color: '{{foreground-3}}';
+      &.md-placeholder {
+        color: '{{foreground-3}}';
+      }
+    }
+  }
   .md-select-label {
     &.md-placeholder {
-      color: '{{foreground-3}}';
+      color: '{{foreground-2}}';
     }
     border-bottom-color: '{{foreground-4}}';
   }
diff --git a/src/components/select/select.js b/src/components/select/select.js
index 91965b7c555..8f99a712741 100755
--- a/src/components/select/select.js
+++ b/src/components/select/select.js
@@ -121,9 +121,22 @@ function SelectDirective($mdSelect, $mdUtil, $mdTheming) {
     $mdTheming(element);
 
     return function postLink(scope, element, attr, ngModel) {
-      element.on('click', openSelect);
+      attr.$observe('disabled', function(disabled) {
+        if (disabled !== undefined) {
+          element.attr('tabindex', -1);
+          element.off('click', openSelect);
+          element.off('keydown', openOnKeypress);
+        } else {
+          element.attr('tabindex', 0);
+          element.on('click', openSelect);
+          element.on('keydown', openOnKeypress);
+        }
+      });
 
-      element.on('keydown', openOnKeypress);
+      if (attr.disabled === undefined) {
+        element.on('click', openSelect);
+        element.on('keydown', openOnKeypress);
+      }
 
       element.attr({
         'role': 'combobox',
diff --git a/src/components/select/select.scss b/src/components/select/select.scss
index 18de16b330a..42c53d1949a 100755
--- a/src/components/select/select.scss
+++ b/src/components/select/select.scss
@@ -49,13 +49,18 @@ $select-max-visible-options: 5;
 md-select {
   display: inline-block;
   margin-top: 2.5 * $baseline-grid;
-  &:hover {
-    cursor: pointer
+  &[disabled]:hover {
+    cursor: default;
   }
-  &:focus {
-    .md-select-label {
-      border-bottom: 2px solid;
-      padding-bottom: $baseline-grid - 1;
+  &:not([disabled]) {
+    &:hover {
+      cursor: pointer
+    }
+    &:focus {
+      .md-select-label {
+        border-bottom: 2px solid;
+        padding-bottom: $baseline-grid - 1;
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/select/select.spec.js b/src/components/select/select.spec.js
index 1f1354f6643..6939546b616 100755
--- a/src/components/select/select.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/select/select.spec.js
@@ -47,18 +47,22 @@ describe('<md-select-menu>', function() {
   }
 
   function openSelect(el) {
-    el.triggerHandler('click');
-    waitForSelectOpen();
-    inject(function($timeout) {
-      $timeout.flush();
-    });
+    try {
+      el.triggerHandler('click');
+      waitForSelectOpen();
+      inject(function($timeout) {
+        $timeout.flush();
+      });
+    } catch(e) { }
   }
 
   function waitForSelectOpen() {
-    inject(function($rootScope, $animate) {
-      $rootScope.$digest();
-      $animate.triggerCallbacks();
-    });
+    try {
+      inject(function($rootScope, $animate) {
+          $rootScope.$digest();
+          $animate.triggerCallbacks();
+      });
+    } catch(e) { }
   }
 
   function pressKey(el, code) {
@@ -77,6 +81,13 @@ describe('<md-select-menu>', function() {
     });
   }
 
+  it('supports disabled state', inject(function($document) {
+    var select = setupSelect('disabled="disabled", ng-model="val"');
+    openSelect(select);
+    waitForSelectOpen();
+    expect($document.find('md-select-menu').length).toBe(0);
+  }));
+
   it('errors for duplicate md-options, non-dynamic value', inject(function($rootScope) {
     expect(function() {
       setup('ng-model="$root.model"', '<md-option value="a">Hello</md-option>' +