diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0da63d0a..041976d33 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - Fixed zero division error https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/2673
 - Fix `scroll_to_center` when there were nested layers out of view (Compositor full_map not populated fully) https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/2684
+- Fix crash when `Select` widget value attribute was set in `compose` https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/2690
 - Issue with computing progress in workers https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/2686
 - Issues with `switch_screen` not updating the results callback appropriately https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/2650
 
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_select.py b/src/textual/widgets/_select.py
index 2038a46a5..ce667f526 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_select.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_select.py
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ class Select(Generic[SelectType], Vertical, can_focus=True):
         self.prompt = prompt
         self._initial_options = list(options)
         self._value: SelectType | None = value
+        self._options = options
 
     def set_options(self, options: Iterable[tuple[RenderableType, SelectType]]) -> None:
         """Set the options for the Select.