diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # ChangeLog for yesod-form
 
+## 1.6.3
+
+* make sure a select field does not lose the selected value even if a validation on the
+  field fails
+
 ## 1.6.2
 
 * Move `addClass` from private/undocumented in `Yesod.Form.Bootstrap3` to `Yesod.Form.Functions` [#1510](https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/pull/1510)
diff --git a/Yesod/Form/Fields.hs b/Yesod/Form/Fields.hs
--- a/Yesod/Form/Fields.hs
+++ b/Yesod/Form/Fields.hs
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@
     , fieldEnctype = UrlEncoded
     }
   where
-    render _ (Left _) = ""
+    render _ (Left x) = x
     render opts (Right a) = maybe "" optionExternalValue $ listToMaybe $ filter ((== a) . optionInternalValue) opts
     selectParser _ [] = Right Nothing
     selectParser opts (s:_) = case s of
diff --git a/yesod-form.cabal b/yesod-form.cabal
--- a/yesod-form.cabal
+++ b/yesod-form.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yesod-form
-version:         1.6.2
+version:         1.6.3
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>