diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e833ba786cae..52ac5c6314eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 - Issue #449: [ng:options] should support binding to a property of an item.
+- Issue #464: [ng:options] incorrectly re-grew options on datasource change
 
 ### Breaking changes
 - no longer support MMMMM in filter.date as we need to follow UNICODE LOCALE DATA formats.
diff --git a/src/widgets.js b/src/widgets.js
index 8fa8db4ad19c..f8ada6676209 100644
--- a/src/widgets.js
+++ b/src/widgets.js
@@ -783,10 +783,13 @@ angularWidget('select', function(element){
             }
           }
         }
-        if (fragment) select.append(jqLite(fragment));
+        if (fragment) {
+          select.append(jqLite(fragment));
+        }
         // shrink children
         while(optionElements.length > index) {
           optionElements.pop().remove();
+          optionTexts.pop();
           delete lastSelectValue[optionElements.length];
         }
 
diff --git a/test/widgetsSpec.js b/test/widgetsSpec.js
index 5d39b4ecfe72..342dc8c51d0f 100644
--- a/test/widgetsSpec.js
+++ b/test/widgetsSpec.js
@@ -672,6 +672,24 @@ describe("widget", function(){
       expect(select.find('option').length).toEqual(1); // we add back the special empty option
     });
 
+    it('should shrink and then grow list', function(){
+      createSingleSelect();
+      scope.values = [{name:'A'}, {name:'B'}, {name:'C'}];
+      scope.selected = scope.values[0];
+      scope.$eval();
+      expect(select.find('option').length).toEqual(3);
+
+      scope.values = [{name:'1'}, {name:'2'}];
+      scope.selected = scope.values[0];
+      scope.$eval();
+      expect(select.find('option').length).toEqual(2);
+
+      scope.values = [{name:'A'}, {name:'B'}, {name:'C'}];
+      scope.selected = scope.values[0];
+      scope.$eval();
+      expect(select.find('option').length).toEqual(3);
+    });
+
     it('should update list', function(){
       createSingleSelect();
       scope.values = [{name:'A'}, {name:'B'}, {name:'C'}];