diff --git a/src/components/select/Select.js b/src/components/select/Select.js
index f9957eb7ed..22c3473595 100644
--- a/src/components/select/Select.js
+++ b/src/components/select/Select.js
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ export default class SelectComponent extends ListComponent {
         if (Array.isArray(data)) {
           data.forEach((item) => item[valueProperty] = item[valueProperty].toString());
         }
-        else {
+        else if (_.isObject(data)) {
           data[valueProperty] = data[valueProperty].toString();
         }
         return data;
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ export default class SelectComponent extends ListComponent {
       };
       value = (this.component.multiple && Array.isArray(value))
         ? _.filter(items, (item) => value.includes(item.value))
-        : valueProperty
+        : (valueProperty && items)
           ? getFromValues() ?? { value, label: value }
           : value;
     }
diff --git a/src/components/select/Select.unit.js b/src/components/select/Select.unit.js
index 285c24d88d..ae70dc76a2 100644
--- a/src/components/select/Select.unit.js
+++ b/src/components/select/Select.unit.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import {
   comp23,
   comp24,
   comp25,
+  comp26,
+  comp27
 } from './fixtures';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line max-statements
@@ -66,6 +68,14 @@ describe('Select Component', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should return string value if dataSrc set as custom', function(done) {
+    Harness.testCreate(SelectComponent, comp27).then((component) => {
+      const stringValue = component.asString('California');
+      assert.equal(stringValue, 'California');
+      done();
+    });
+  })
+
   it('Should return plain text when csv option is provided', () => {
     return Harness.testCreate(SelectComponent, comp1).then((component) => {
       assert.equal(component.getView('red', { csv:true }), 'Red');
diff --git a/src/components/select/fixtures/comp27.js b/src/components/select/fixtures/comp27.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aba996c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/select/fixtures/comp27.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default {
+  type: 'select',
+  label: 'Select',
+  widget: 'choicesjs',
+  tableView: true,
+  dataSrc: 'custom',
+  data: {
+    custom: 'values = data.dataSource;'
+  },
+  dataType: 'string',
+  idPath: 'name',
+  valueProperty: 'name',
+  template: '<span>{{ item.name }}</span>',
+  validateWhenHidden: false,
+  key: 'select',
+  input: true
+};
diff --git a/src/components/select/fixtures/index.js b/src/components/select/fixtures/index.js
index 022cc78ef0..c1811cfe2c 100644
--- a/src/components/select/fixtures/index.js
+++ b/src/components/select/fixtures/index.js
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ import comp22 from './comp22';
 import comp23 from './comp23';
 import comp24 from './comp24';
 import comp25 from './comp25';
-export { comp1, comp2, comp4, comp5, comp6, comp7, comp8, comp9, comp10, comp11, comp12, comp13, comp14, comp15, comp16, comp17, comp18, comp19, comp20, comp21, comp22, comp23, comp24, comp25 };
+import comp26 from './comp26';
+import comp27 from './comp27';
+export { comp1, comp2, comp4, comp5, comp6, comp7, comp8, comp9, comp10, comp11, comp12, comp13, comp14, comp15, comp16, comp17, comp18, comp19, comp20, comp21, comp22, comp23, comp24, comp25, comp26, comp27 };