diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js index eecf90fa9..663d660f4 100644 --- a/src/attributes.js +++ b/src/attributes.js @@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({ var values = jQuery.makeArray(val); jQuery( "option", this ).each(function() { - this.selected = jQuery.inArray( this.value, values ) >= 0; + // IE 6 will return "" for the value if one isn't specified, instead of the text + var node = this.getAttributeNode("value"); + this.selected = jQuery.inArray( node && node.specified ? node.value : this.value || this.text, values ) >= 0; }); if ( !values.length ) {