select.diff

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb
index 69b6598..e2b1cef 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           scope.where_values      = Array(values[:where])      + Array(preload_values[:where])
           scope.references_values = Array(values[:references]) + Array(preload_values[:references])
 
-          scope.select!   preload_values[:select] || values[:select] || table[Arel.star]
+          scope._select!   preload_values[:select] || values[:select] || table[Arel.star]
           scope.includes! preload_values[:includes] || values[:includes]
 
           if preload_values.key? :order
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb
index 21beed3..9c666dc 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/delegation.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     BLACKLISTED_ARRAY_METHODS = [
       :compact!, :flatten!, :reject!, :reverse!, :rotate!, :map!,
       :shuffle!, :slice!, :sort!, :sort_by!, :delete_if,
-      :keep_if, :pop, :shift, :delete_at, :compact
+      :keep_if, :pop, :shift, :delete_at, :compact, :select!
     ].to_set # :nodoc:
 
     delegate :to_xml, :to_yaml, :length, :collect, :map, :each, :all?, :include?, :to_ary, to: :to_a
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/merger.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/merger.rb
index be44fcc..0327064 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/merger.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/merger.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
               other.joins!(*v)
             end
           else
-            other.send("#{k}!", v)
+            if k == :select
+              other.send("_select!", v)
+            else
+              other.send("#{k}!", v)
+            end
           end
         }
         other
@@ -62,7 +66,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
           # expensive), most of the time the value is going to be `nil` or `.blank?`, the only catch is that
           # `false.blank?` returns `true`, so there needs to be an extra check so that explicit `false` values
           # don't fall through the cracks.
-          relation.send("#{name}!", *value) unless value.nil? || (value.blank? && false != value)
+          if name == :select
+            relation.send("_select!", *value) unless value.nil? || (value.blank? && false != value)
+          else
+            relation.send("#{name}!", *value) unless value.nil? || (value.blank? && false != value)
+          end
         end
 
         merge_multi_values
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
index 4287304..5340fcb 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
         to_a.select { |*block_args| yield(*block_args) }
       else
         raise ArgumentError, 'Call this with at least one field' if fields.empty?
-        spawn.select!(*fields)
+        spawn._select!(*fields)
       end
     end
 
-    def select!(*fields) # :nodoc:
+    def _select!(*fields) # :nodoc:
       fields.flatten!
       fields.map! do |field|
         klass.attribute_alias?(field) ? klass.attribute_alias(field) : field