diff --git a/packages/select/__tests__/select.spec.ts b/packages/select/__tests__/select.spec.ts
index 9744d69b3d..0a1b8bfc51 100644
--- a/packages/select/__tests__/select.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/select/__tests__/select.spec.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ interface SelectProps {
   automaticDropdown?: boolean
   multipleLimit?: number
   popperClass?: string
+  defaultFirstOption?: boolean
 }
 
 const _mount = (template: string, data: any = () => ({}), otherObj?) => mount({
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ function getOptions(): HTMLElement[] {
 }
 
 const getSelectVm = (configs: SelectProps = {}, options?) => {
-  ['multiple', 'clearable', 'filterable', 'allowCreate', 'remote', 'collapseTags', 'automaticDropdown'].forEach(config => {
+  ['multiple', 'clearable', 'defaultFirstOption', 'filterable', 'allowCreate', 'remote', 'collapseTags', 'automaticDropdown'].forEach(config => {
     configs[config] = configs[config] || false
   })
   configs.multipleLimit = configs.multipleLimit || 0
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ const getSelectVm = (configs: SelectProps = {}, options?) => {
       :multiple-limit="multipleLimit"
       :popper-class="popperClass"
       :clearable="clearable"
+      :default-first-option="defaultFirstOption"
       :filterable="filterable"
       :collapse-tags="collapseTags"
       :allow-create="allowCreate"
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ const getSelectVm = (configs: SelectProps = {}, options?) => {
     multiple: configs.multiple,
     multipleLimit: configs.multipleLimit,
     clearable: configs.clearable,
+    defaultFirstOption: configs.defaultFirstOption,
     filterable: configs.filterable,
     collapseTags: configs.collapseTags,
     allowCreate: configs.allowCreate,
@@ -449,6 +452,51 @@ describe('Select', () => {
     expect(vm.value).toBe('')
   })
 
+  test('check default first option', async () => {
+    const wrapper = getSelectVm({
+      filterable: true,
+      defaultFirstOption: true,
+    })
+    const select = wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'ElSelect' })
+    const selectVm = select.vm as any
+    const input = wrapper.find('input')
+    input.element.focus()
+
+    expect(selectVm.hoverIndex).toBe(0)
+    selectVm.navigateOptions('next')
+    expect(selectVm.hoverIndex).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  test('check default first option when the very first option is disabled', async () => {
+    const demoOptions = [{
+      value: 'HTML',
+      label: 'HTML',
+      disabled: true,
+    }, {
+      value: 'CSS',
+      label: 'CSS',
+      disabled: false,
+    }, {
+      value: 'JavaScript',
+      label: 'JavaScript',
+      disabled: false,
+    }]
+    const wrapper = getSelectVm({
+      filterable: true,
+      defaultFirstOption: true,
+    }, demoOptions)
+    const select = wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'ElSelect' })
+    const selectVm = select.vm as any
+    const input = wrapper.find('input')
+    input.element.focus()
+
+    expect(selectVm.hoverIndex).toBe(1) // index 0 was skipped
+    selectVm.navigateOptions('next')
+    expect(selectVm.hoverIndex).toBe(2)
+    selectVm.navigateOptions('next')
+    expect(selectVm.hoverIndex).toBe(1) // index 0 was skipped
+  })
+
   test('allow create', async () => {
     const wrapper = getSelectVm({ filterable: true, allowCreate: true })
     const select = wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'ElSelect' })
diff --git a/packages/select/src/useOption.ts b/packages/select/src/useOption.ts
index 11ce6e5565..a2377bf3ad 100644
--- a/packages/select/src/useOption.ts
+++ b/packages/select/src/useOption.ts
@@ -81,10 +81,16 @@ export function useOption(props, states) {
   }
 
   const queryChange = (query: string) => {
-    const regexp = new RegExp(escapeRegexpString(query), 'i')
-    states.visible = regexp.test(currentLabel.value) || props.created
-    if (!states.visible) {
-      select.filteredOptionsCount--
+    // not in filtering, just show original options only
+    if (!query) {
+      states.visible = !props.created
+    } else {
+      // in filtering, do filter by RegExp
+      const regexp = new RegExp(escapeRegexpString(query), 'i')
+      states.visible = regexp.test(currentLabel.value)
+      if (!states.visible && !props.created) {
+        select.filteredOptionsCount--
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/select/src/useSelect.ts b/packages/select/src/useSelect.ts
index 238fa0ed96..ee00d11cbf 100644
--- a/packages/select/src/useSelect.ts
+++ b/packages/select/src/useSelect.ts
@@ -318,34 +318,21 @@ export const useSelect = (props, states: States, ctx) => {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * find and highlight first option as default selected
+   * @remark
+   * - if the first option in dropdown list is user-created,
+   *   it would be at the end of the optionsArray
+   *   so find it and set hover.
+   *   (NOTE: there must be only one user-created option in dropdown list with query)
+   * - if there's no user-created option in list, just find the first one as usual
+   *   (NOTE: exclude options that are disabled or in disabled-group)
+   */
   const checkDefaultFirstOption = () => {
-    states.hoverIndex = -1
-    // highlight the created option
-    let hasCreated = false
-    for (let i = states.options.size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-      if (optionsArray.value[i].created) {
-        hasCreated = true
-        states.hoverIndex = i
-        break
-      }
-    }
-    if (hasCreated) return
-    for (let i = 0; i !== states.options.size; ++i) {
-      const option = optionsArray.value[i]
-      if (states.query) {
-        // highlight first options that passes the filter
-        if (!option.disabled && !option.groupDisabled && option.visible) {
-          states.hoverIndex = i
-          break
-        }
-      } else {
-        // highlight currently selected option
-        if (option.itemSelected) {
-          states.hoverIndex = i
-          break
-        }
-      }
-    }
+    const optionsInDropdown = optionsArray.value.filter(n => n.visible && !n.disabled && !n.groupDisabled)
+    const userCreatedOption = optionsInDropdown.filter(n => n.created)[0]
+    const firstOriginOption = optionsInDropdown[0]
+    states.hoverIndex = getValueIndex(optionsArray.value, userCreatedOption || firstOriginOption)
   }
 
   const setSelected = () => {