diff --git a/src/Select.js b/src/Select.js
index f62b5353c9..6709f76bd9 100644
--- a/src/Select.js
+++ b/src/Select.js
@@ -812,7 +812,11 @@ class Select extends React.Component {
 	}
 
 	renderClear () {
-		if (!this.props.clearable || this.props.value === undefined || this.props.value === null || this.props.value === '' || this.props.multi && !this.props.value.length || this.props.disabled || this.props.isLoading) return;
+		const valueArray = this.getValueArray(this.props.value);
+		if (!this.props.clearable
+			|| !valueArray.length
+			|| this.props.disabled
+			|| this.props.isLoading) return;
 		const clear = this.props.clearRenderer();
 
 		return (
diff --git a/test/Select-test.js b/test/Select-test.js
index 6254f15710..37f7acb1c5 100644
--- a/test/Select-test.js
+++ b/test/Select-test.js
@@ -1938,6 +1938,17 @@ describe('Select', () => {
 			TestUtils.Simulate.mouseDown(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance).querySelector('.Select-clear'), { button: 0 });
 			expect(onChange, 'was called with', []);
 		});
+		describe('if supplied with an invalid starting value', () => {
+			it('should not render the clear componnet', () => {
+				wrapper = createControlWithWrapper({
+					options: options,
+					value: 'nonsense, someothernonsense',
+					multi: true,
+					clearable: true,
+				});
+				expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'to contain no elements matching', '.Select-clear');
+			});
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('with multi=true and searchable=false', () => {
@@ -2069,6 +2080,16 @@ describe('Select', () => {
 					'to have items satisfying', 'to have text', 'Three');
 
 			});
+			describe('if supplied with an invalid starting value', () => {
+				it('should not render the clear componnet', () => {
+					wrapper = createControlWithWrapper({
+						options: defaultOptions,
+						value: 'nonsense',
+						clearable: true,
+					});
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'to contain no elements matching', '.Select-clear');
+				});
+			});
 
 			describe('on pressing escape', () => {
 
@@ -4070,4 +4091,6 @@ describe('Select', () => {
 			});
 		});
 	});
+
+
 });