diff --git a/.changeset/large-mangos-look.md b/.changeset/large-mangos-look.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65129ee98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/large-mangos-look.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/compiler": patch
+---
+
+Fixes a bug where the compiler couldn't correctly parse `select` elements, preventing elements from being incorrectly nested
diff --git a/internal/parser.go b/internal/parser.go
index 42d7eb0d8..ba607ea84 100644
--- a/internal/parser.go
+++ b/internal/parser.go
@@ -2319,6 +2319,8 @@ func inSelectIM(p *parser) bool {
 			p.resetInsertionMode()
 		case a.Template:
 			return inHeadIM(p)
+		default:
+			return inBodyIM(p)
 		}
 	case CommentToken:
 		p.addChild(&Node{
diff --git a/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_2_options_containing_element.snap b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_2_options_containing_element.snap
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..25bf28851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_2_options_containing_element.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+[TestPrinter/select_with_2_options_containing_element - 1]
+## Input
+
+```
+<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option><option><span>Lime</span></option></select>
+```
+
+## Output
+
+```js
+import {
+  Fragment,
+  render as $$render,
+  createAstro as $$createAstro,
+  createComponent as $$createComponent,
+  renderComponent as $$renderComponent,
+  renderHead as $$renderHead,
+  maybeRenderHead as $$maybeRenderHead,
+  unescapeHTML as $$unescapeHTML,
+  renderSlot as $$renderSlot,
+  mergeSlots as $$mergeSlots,
+  addAttribute as $$addAttribute,
+  spreadAttributes as $$spreadAttributes,
+  defineStyleVars as $$defineStyleVars,
+  defineScriptVars as $$defineScriptVars,
+  renderTransition as $$renderTransition,
+  createTransitionScope as $$createTransitionScope,
+  renderScript as $$renderScript,
+  createMetadata as $$createMetadata
+} from "http://localhost:3000/";
+
+export const $$metadata = $$createMetadata(import.meta.url, { modules: [], hydratedComponents: [], clientOnlyComponents: [], hydrationDirectives: new Set([]), hoisted: [] });
+
+const $$Component = $$createComponent(($$result, $$props, $$slots) => {
+
+return $$render`${$$maybeRenderHead($$result)}<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option><option><span>Lime</span></option></select>`;
+}, undefined, undefined);
+export default $$Component;
+```
+---
diff --git a/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_2_options_containing_element_with_div_sibling.snap b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_2_options_containing_element_with_div_sibling.snap
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6e404e4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_2_options_containing_element_with_div_sibling.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+[TestPrinter/select_with_2_options_containing_element_with_div_sibling - 1]
+## Input
+
+```
+<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option><option><span>Lime</span></option></select><div>Orange</div>
+```
+
+## Output
+
+```js
+import {
+  Fragment,
+  render as $$render,
+  createAstro as $$createAstro,
+  createComponent as $$createComponent,
+  renderComponent as $$renderComponent,
+  renderHead as $$renderHead,
+  maybeRenderHead as $$maybeRenderHead,
+  unescapeHTML as $$unescapeHTML,
+  renderSlot as $$renderSlot,
+  mergeSlots as $$mergeSlots,
+  addAttribute as $$addAttribute,
+  spreadAttributes as $$spreadAttributes,
+  defineStyleVars as $$defineStyleVars,
+  defineScriptVars as $$defineScriptVars,
+  renderTransition as $$renderTransition,
+  createTransitionScope as $$createTransitionScope,
+  renderScript as $$renderScript,
+  createMetadata as $$createMetadata
+} from "http://localhost:3000/";
+
+export const $$metadata = $$createMetadata(import.meta.url, { modules: [], hydratedComponents: [], clientOnlyComponents: [], hydrationDirectives: new Set([]), hoisted: [] });
+
+const $$Component = $$createComponent(($$result, $$props, $$slots) => {
+
+return $$render`${$$maybeRenderHead($$result)}<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option><option><span>Lime</span></option></select><div>Orange</div>`;
+}, undefined, undefined);
+export default $$Component;
+```
+---
diff --git a/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element.snap b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element.snap
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..50d4fa234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+[TestPrinter/select_with_option_containing_element - 1]
+## Input
+
+```
+<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select>
+```
+
+## Output
+
+```js
+import {
+  Fragment,
+  render as $$render,
+  createAstro as $$createAstro,
+  createComponent as $$createComponent,
+  renderComponent as $$renderComponent,
+  renderHead as $$renderHead,
+  maybeRenderHead as $$maybeRenderHead,
+  unescapeHTML as $$unescapeHTML,
+  renderSlot as $$renderSlot,
+  mergeSlots as $$mergeSlots,
+  addAttribute as $$addAttribute,
+  spreadAttributes as $$spreadAttributes,
+  defineStyleVars as $$defineStyleVars,
+  defineScriptVars as $$defineScriptVars,
+  renderTransition as $$renderTransition,
+  createTransitionScope as $$createTransitionScope,
+  renderScript as $$renderScript,
+  createMetadata as $$createMetadata
+} from "http://localhost:3000/";
+
+export const $$metadata = $$createMetadata(import.meta.url, { modules: [], hydratedComponents: [], clientOnlyComponents: [], hydrationDirectives: new Set([]), hoisted: [] });
+
+const $$Component = $$createComponent(($$result, $$props, $$slots) => {
+
+return $$render`${$$maybeRenderHead($$result)}<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select>`;
+}, undefined, undefined);
+export default $$Component;
+```
+---
diff --git a/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element_and_button_containing_selected_content.snap b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element_and_button_containing_selected_content.snap
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..eb1d207e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element_and_button_containing_selected_content.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+[TestPrinter/select_with_option_containing_element_and_button_containing_selected_content - 1]
+## Input
+
+```
+<select><button><selectedcontent></selectedcontent></button><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select>
+```
+
+## Output
+
+```js
+import {
+  Fragment,
+  render as $$render,
+  createAstro as $$createAstro,
+  createComponent as $$createComponent,
+  renderComponent as $$renderComponent,
+  renderHead as $$renderHead,
+  maybeRenderHead as $$maybeRenderHead,
+  unescapeHTML as $$unescapeHTML,
+  renderSlot as $$renderSlot,
+  mergeSlots as $$mergeSlots,
+  addAttribute as $$addAttribute,
+  spreadAttributes as $$spreadAttributes,
+  defineStyleVars as $$defineStyleVars,
+  defineScriptVars as $$defineScriptVars,
+  renderTransition as $$renderTransition,
+  createTransitionScope as $$createTransitionScope,
+  renderScript as $$renderScript,
+  createMetadata as $$createMetadata
+} from "http://localhost:3000/";
+
+export const $$metadata = $$createMetadata(import.meta.url, { modules: [], hydratedComponents: [], clientOnlyComponents: [], hydrationDirectives: new Set([]), hoisted: [] });
+
+const $$Component = $$createComponent(($$result, $$props, $$slots) => {
+
+return $$render`${$$maybeRenderHead($$result)}<select><button><selectedcontent></selectedcontent></button><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select>`;
+}, undefined, undefined);
+export default $$Component;
+```
+---
diff --git a/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element_with_div_sibling.snap b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element_with_div_sibling.snap
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f8b51d8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/printer/__printer_js__/select_with_option_containing_element_with_div_sibling.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+[TestPrinter/select_with_option_containing_element_with_div_sibling - 1]
+## Input
+
+```
+<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select><div>Orange</div>
+```
+
+## Output
+
+```js
+import {
+  Fragment,
+  render as $$render,
+  createAstro as $$createAstro,
+  createComponent as $$createComponent,
+  renderComponent as $$renderComponent,
+  renderHead as $$renderHead,
+  maybeRenderHead as $$maybeRenderHead,
+  unescapeHTML as $$unescapeHTML,
+  renderSlot as $$renderSlot,
+  mergeSlots as $$mergeSlots,
+  addAttribute as $$addAttribute,
+  spreadAttributes as $$spreadAttributes,
+  defineStyleVars as $$defineStyleVars,
+  defineScriptVars as $$defineScriptVars,
+  renderTransition as $$renderTransition,
+  createTransitionScope as $$createTransitionScope,
+  renderScript as $$renderScript,
+  createMetadata as $$createMetadata
+} from "http://localhost:3000/";
+
+export const $$metadata = $$createMetadata(import.meta.url, { modules: [], hydratedComponents: [], clientOnlyComponents: [], hydrationDirectives: new Set([]), hoisted: [] });
+
+const $$Component = $$createComponent(($$result, $$props, $$slots) => {
+
+return $$render`${$$maybeRenderHead($$result)}<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select><div>Orange</div>`;
+}, undefined, undefined);
+export default $$Component;
+```
+---
diff --git a/internal/printer/printer_test.go b/internal/printer/printer_test.go
index fedea94a3..73d28744c 100644
--- a/internal/printer/printer_test.go
+++ b/internal/printer/printer_test.go
@@ -1234,19 +1234,19 @@ import { Container, Col, Row } from 'react-bootstrap';
 			source: `<body><Component><Fragment slot=named><div>Default</div><div>Named</div></Fragment></Component></body>`,
 		},
 		{
-			name:  "Fragment with await",
+			name:   "Fragment with await",
 			source: `<body><Fragment> { await Promise.resolve("Awaited") } </Fragment></body>`,
 		},
 		{
-			name:  "Fragment shorthand with await",
+			name:   "Fragment shorthand with await",
 			source: `<body><> { await Promise.resolve("Awaited") } </></body>`,
 		},
 		{
-			name:  "Fragment wrapping link with awaited href",
+			name:   "Fragment wrapping link with awaited href",
 			source: `<head><Fragment><link rel="preload" href={(await import('../fonts/some-font.woff2')).default} as="font" crossorigin /></Fragment></head>`,
 		},
 		{
-			name:  "Component with await",
+			name:   "Component with await",
 			source: `<body><Component> { await Promise.resolve("Awaited") } </Component></body>`,
 		},
 		{
@@ -2092,6 +2092,26 @@ const meta = { title: 'My App' };
 			name:   "namespace is preserved when inside an expression",
 			source: `<svg>{<image />}</svg>`,
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "select with option containing element",
+			source: `<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select>`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "select with 2 options containing element",
+			source: `<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option><option><span>Lime</span></option></select>`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "select with option containing element with div sibling",
+			source: `<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select><div>Orange</div>`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "select with 2 options containing element with div sibling",
+			source: `<select><option><span>Lemon</span></option><option><span>Lime</span></option></select><div>Orange</div>`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "select with option containing element and button containing selected content",
+			source: `<select><button><selectedcontent></selectedcontent></button><option><span>Lemon</span></option></select>`,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		if tt.only {