diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlAdapter.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlAdapter.java
index 482581bbc..a677d05d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlAdapter.java
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ class EqlAdapter<T> extends EQLBaseListener {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void enterSelect_clause(EQLParser.Select_clauseContext ctx) {
+    checkChildren(ctx, 4);
+    String selectProperties = child(ctx, 2);
+    query.select(selectProperties);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void enterFetch_path(EQLParser.Fetch_pathContext ctx) {
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlParserTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlParserTest.java
index afed006a1..fd07c6168 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlParserTest.java
@@ -282,7 +282,16 @@ public class EqlParserTest {
 
     Customer customer = list.get(0);
     customer.getBillingAddress().getCity();
+  }
 
+
+  @Test
+  public void select() throws Exception {
+
+    ResetBasicData.reset();
+
+    Query<Customer> query = parse("select (name)");
+    assertThat(query.getGeneratedSql()).contains("select t0.id c0, t0.name c1 from o_customer t0");
   }
 
   private Query<Customer> parse(String raw) {