diff --git a/examples/src/app.js b/examples/src/app.js
index ba23d8954b..26c14fa42f 100644
--- a/examples/src/app.js
+++ b/examples/src/app.js
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ import NumericSelect from './components/NumericSelect';
 import BooleanSelect from './components/BooleanSelect';
 import Virtualized from './components/Virtualized';
 import States from './components/States';
+import AutoComplete from './components/AutoComplete';
 
 ReactDOM.render(
 	<div>
 		<States label="States" searchable />
+		<AutoComplete label="AutoComplete (testing only example)" autoComplete="country" />
 		<Multiselect label="Multiselect" />
 		<Virtualized label="Virtualized" />
 		<Contributors label="Contributors (Async)" />
diff --git a/examples/src/components/AutoComplete.js b/examples/src/components/AutoComplete.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49435b800d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/components/AutoComplete.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import createClass from 'create-react-class';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import Select from 'react-select';
+
+const STATES = require('../data/states');
+
+var AutoCompleteField = createClass({
+	displayName: 'AutoCompleteField',
+	propTypes: {
+		label: PropTypes.string,
+		searchable: PropTypes.bool,
+	},
+	componentDidMount() {
+		// reveal hidden input for testing
+		document.querySelector('[autocomplete="country"]').classList.remove('Select-hidden');
+	},
+	getDefaultProps () {
+		return {
+			label: 'States:',
+			searchable: true,
+		};
+	},
+	getInitialState () {
+		return {
+			selectValue: '',
+			clearable: true,
+			rtl: false,
+		};
+	},
+	switchCountry (e) {
+		var newCountry = e.target.value;
+		this.setState({
+			country: newCountry,
+			selectValue: null,
+		});
+	},
+	updateValue (newValue) {
+		this.setState({
+			selectValue: newValue,
+		});
+	},
+	toggleCheckbox (e) {
+		let newState = {};
+		newState[e.target.name] = e.target.checked;
+		this.setState(newState);
+	},
+	render () {
+		var options = [
+			{ value: 'EN', label: 'England' },
+			{ value: 'DE', label: 'Germany' },
+		];
+		return (
+			<div className="section">
+				<h3 className="section-heading">{this.props.label} <a href="/JedWatson/react-select/tree/master/examples/src/components/AutoComplete.js">(Source)</a></h3>
+				<div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'flex-end' }}>
+					<input placeholder="email" type="email" autoComplete="email" />
+				</div>
+				<Select
+					id="country"
+					ref="autoCompleteSelect"
+					autoFocus
+					autosize={false}
+					options={options}
+					simpleValue
+					joinValues
+					name="country"
+					value={this.state.selectValue}
+					onChange={this.updateValue}
+					autoComplete={this.props.autoComplete}
+				/>
+			</div>
+		);
+	}
+});
+
+
+module.exports = AutoCompleteField;
diff --git a/less/control.less b/less/control.less
index 672f063f0f..2839ed363a 100644
--- a/less/control.less
+++ b/less/control.less
@@ -307,6 +307,19 @@
   float: left;
 }
 
+// visually hidden fields
+
+.Select-hidden {
+	border: 0;
+	clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
+	height: 1px;
+	margin: -1px;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	padding: 0;
+	position: absolute;
+	width: 1px;
+}
+
 // Animation
 // ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/scss/control.scss b/scss/control.scss
index 3c54a1480f..f4918620e7 100644
--- a/scss/control.scss
+++ b/scss/control.scss
@@ -285,8 +285,18 @@
 	position: relative;
 }
 
+// visually hidden fields
 
-
+.Select-hidden {
+	border: 0;
+	clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
+	height: 1px;
+	margin: -1px;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	padding: 0;
+	position: absolute;
+	width: 1px;
+}
 
 // Animation
 // ------------------------------
diff --git a/src/Select.js b/src/Select.js
index 1e606d21eb..7d29ddeeb0 100644
--- a/src/Select.js
+++ b/src/Select.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 			'handleMouseDownOnArrow',
 			'handleMouseDownOnMenu',
 			'handleRequired',
+			'handleSelect',
 			'handleTouchOutside',
 			'handleTouchMove',
 			'handleTouchStart',
@@ -59,10 +60,12 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 			'onOptionRef',
 			'removeValue',
 			'selectValue',
+			'handleHiddenInputChange',
 		].forEach((fn) => this[fn] = this[fn].bind(this));
 
 		this.state = {
 			inputValue: '',
+			isAutoFilled: false,
 			isFocused: false,
 			isOpen: false,
 			isPseudoFocused: false,
@@ -345,7 +348,6 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 		if (this.state.inputValue !== event.target.value) {
 			newInputValue = this.handleInputValueChange(newInputValue);
 		}
-
 		this.setState({
 			isOpen: true,
 			isPseudoFocused: false,
@@ -364,9 +366,24 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 		return newValue;
 	}
 
+	handleHiddenInputChange (e) {
+		this.selectValue({ value: e.target.value });
+		// basically a change event on the hidden field means the autoComplete function of the browser was used
+		this.setState({
+			isAutoFilled: true,
+		});
+	}
+
+
 	handleKeyDown (event) {
 		if (this.props.disabled) return;
 
+		if (event.key !== 'Unidentified') {
+			this.setState({
+				isAutoFilled: false,
+			});
+		}
+
 		if (typeof this.props.onInputKeyDown === 'function') {
 			this.props.onInputKeyDown(event);
 			if (event.defaultPrevented) {
@@ -587,6 +604,13 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 		this.focus();
 	}
 
+	handleSelect (value) {
+		this.setState({
+			isAutoFilled: false,
+		});
+		this.selectValue(value);
+	}
+
 	clearValue (event) {
 		// if the event was triggered by a mousedown and not the primary
 		// button, ignore it.
@@ -598,6 +622,7 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 		this.setValue(this.getResetValue());
 		this.setState({
 			isOpen: false,
+			isAutoFilled: false,
 			inputValue: this.handleInputValueChange(''),
 		}, this.focus);
 	}
@@ -817,7 +842,7 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 					onFocus={this.handleInputFocus}
 					ref={ref => this.input = ref}
 					aria-disabled={'' + !!this.props.disabled}
-					style={{ border: 0, width: 1, display:'inline-block' }}/>
+					style={{ border: 0 }}/>
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -919,7 +944,7 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 				instancePrefix: this._instancePrefix,
 				labelKey: this.props.labelKey,
 				onFocus: this.focusOption,
-				onSelect: this.selectValue,
+				onSelect: this.handleSelect,
 				optionClassName: this.props.optionClassName,
 				optionComponent: this.props.optionComponent,
 				optionRenderer: this.props.optionRenderer || this.getOptionLabel,
@@ -947,8 +972,10 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 			let value = valueArray.map(i => stringifyValue(i[this.props.valueKey])).join(this.props.delimiter);
 			return (
 				<input
-					type="hidden"
+					className="Select-hidden"
+					onChange={this.handleHiddenInputChange}
 					ref={ref => this.value = ref}
+					autoComplete={this.props.autoComplete}
 					name={this.props.name}
 					value={value}
 					disabled={this.props.disabled} />
@@ -956,8 +983,10 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 		}
 		return valueArray.map((item, index) => (
 			<input key={'hidden.' + index}
-				type="hidden"
+				className="Select-hidden"
+				onChange={this.handleHiddenInputChange}
 				ref={'value' + index}
+				autoComplete={this.props.autoComplete}
 				name={this.props.name}
 				value={stringifyValue(item[this.props.valueKey])}
 				disabled={this.props.disabled} />
@@ -1024,6 +1053,7 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 		let className = classNames('Select', this.props.className, {
 			'Select--multi': this.props.multi,
 			'Select--single': !this.props.multi,
+			'is-autofilled': this.state.isAutoFilled,
 			'is-clearable': this.props.clearable,
 			'is-disabled': this.props.disabled,
 			'is-focused': this.state.isFocused,
@@ -1084,6 +1114,7 @@ Select.propTypes = {
 	'aria-labelledby': PropTypes.string,  // HTML ID of an element that should be used as the label (for assistive tech)
 	arrowRenderer: PropTypes.func,        // Create drop-down caret element
 	autoBlur: PropTypes.bool,             // automatically blur the component when an option is selected
+	autoComplete: PropTypes.string,				// support for form auto completion
 	autoFocus: PropTypes.bool,            // autofocus the component on mount
 	autofocus: PropTypes.bool,            // deprecated; use autoFocus instead
 	autosize: PropTypes.bool,             // whether to enable autosizing or not