Index: src/app/qgsmaptoolselectutils.cpp
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--- src/app/qgsmaptoolselectutils.cpp	(revision 14823)
+++ src/app/qgsmaptoolselectutils.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -135,10 +135,16 @@
   while( vlayer->nextFeature( f ) )
   {
     QgsGeometry* g = f.geometry();
-    if( doContains && !selectGeomTrans.contains( g ) )
+    if( doContains )
     {
-      continue;
+      if ( !selectGeomTrans.contains( g ) )
+        continue;
     }
+    else
+    {
+      if ( !selectGeomTrans.intersects( g ) )
+        continue;
+    }
     if( singleSelect )
     {
       foundSingleFeature = true;