diff --git a/lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_select.php b/lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_select.php
index ac63c01b337..19e0cf02dad 100644
--- a/lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_select.php
+++ b/lib/behat/form_field/behat_form_select.php
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class behat_form_select extends behat_form_field {
      */
     protected function get_selected_options($returntexts = true) {
 
-        $method = 'getText';
+        $method = 'getHtml';
         if ($returntexts === false) {
             $method = 'getValue';
         }