diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-falcons-care.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-falcons-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abdb9eb2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-falcons-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+'@qwik-ui/headless': patch
+---
+
+feat: new Select.ErrorMessage component
+
+feat: data-invalid attribute to style when the select is invalid
+
+feat: new Select.Description component
diff --git a/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/examples/description.tsx b/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/examples/description.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f4061c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/examples/description.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { component$, useStyles$ } from '@builder.io/qwik';
+import { Select } from '@qwik-ui/headless';
+
+export default component$(() => {
+  useStyles$(styles);
+  const users = ['Tim', 'Ryan', 'Jim', 'Jessie', 'Abby'];
+
+  return (
+    <Select.Root class="select">
+      <Select.Label>Logged in users</Select.Label>
+      <Select.Trigger class="select-trigger">
+        <Select.DisplayValue placeholder="Select an option" />
+      </Select.Trigger>
+      <Select.Description>Select a user to see their profile</Select.Description>
+      <Select.Popover class="select-popover">
+        <Select.Listbox class="select-listbox">
+          {users.map((user) => (
+            <Select.Item class="select-item" key={user}>
+              <Select.ItemLabel>{user}</Select.ItemLabel>
+              <Select.ItemIndicator>
+                <LuCheck />
+              </Select.ItemIndicator>
+            </Select.Item>
+          ))}
+        </Select.Listbox>
+      </Select.Popover>
+    </Select.Root>
+  );
+});
+
+// internal
+import styles from '../snippets/select.css?inline';
+import { LuCheck } from '@qwikest/icons/lucide';
diff --git a/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/examples/validation.tsx b/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/examples/validation.tsx
index 865c4b57f..fd51df1b0 100644
--- a/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/examples/validation.tsx
+++ b/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/examples/validation.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ export default component$(() => {
               <Select.Trigger class="select-trigger">
                 <Select.DisplayValue placeholder="Select an option" />
               </Select.Trigger>
-              {field.error && <div style={{ color: '#D2122E' }}>{field.error}</div>}
+              {field.error && (
+                <Select.ErrorMessage style={{ color: '#D2122E' }}>
+                  {field.error}
+                </Select.ErrorMessage>
+              )}
               <Select.Popover class="select-popover">
                 <Select.Listbox class="select-listbox">
                   {users.map((user) => (
diff --git a/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/index.mdx b/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/index.mdx
index 212ae3b6e..031b58968 100644
--- a/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/index.mdx
+++ b/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/index.mdx
@@ -175,7 +175,15 @@ The native select element is created when a form name has been given to `<Select
 
 <Showcase name="validation" />
 
-Above is an example of submitting a multi-select form.
+The `<Select.ErrorMessage />` component is used to display errors when the select is invalid.
+
+To style based on the invalid state, use the `data-invalid` data attribute.
+
+### Descriptions
+
+Provide more information to assistive technologies by adding a description to the select.
+
+<Showcase name="description" />
 
 ## Component state
 
diff --git a/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/snippets/select.css b/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/snippets/select.css
index e5e125acd..bd124480e 100644
--- a/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/snippets/select.css
+++ b/apps/website/src/routes/docs/headless/select/snippets/select.css
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
   outline-offset: 2px;
 }
 
+.select-trigger[data-invalid] {
+  border: 2px dotted #d2122e;
+}
+
 .select-popover {
   width: 100%;
   max-width: var(--select-width);
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/accordion/accordion-root.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/accordion/accordion-root.tsx
index 63c48cfb5..32345e4f7 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/accordion/accordion-root.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/accordion/accordion-root.tsx
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ export const HAccordionRootImpl = component$((props: AccordionRootProps) => {
     disabled,
     collapsible = true,
     animated,
+    itemsMap,
     ...rest
   } = props;
 
+  itemsMap;
+
   const selectedIndexSig = useSignal<number>(initialIndex ?? -1);
   const triggerRefsArray = useSignal<Array<Signal>>([]);
   const isAnimatedSig = useSignal<boolean>(animated === true);
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/hidden-select.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/hidden-select.tsx
index c6336facb..56dd6625c 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/hidden-select.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/hidden-select.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ export const HHiddenNativeSelect = component$(
                 // @ts-expect-error modular forms ref function
                 ref?.(element);
               }}
+              onFocus$={() => {
+                // override modular forms focus event
+                return;
+              }}
               multiple={context.multiple}
               tabIndex={-1}
               autocomplete={autoComplete}
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/index.ts b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/index.ts
index d410a7532..a64a3b95d 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export { HSelectRoot as Root } from './select-inline';
 export { HSelectLabel as Label } from './select-label';
 export { HSelectTrigger as Trigger } from './select-trigger';
-export { HSelectDisplayText as DisplayValue } from './select-display-text';
+export { HSelectDisplayValue as DisplayValue } from './select-display-value';
 export { HSelectPopover as Popover } from './select-popover';
 export { HSelectListbox as Listbox } from './select-listbox';
 export { HSelectGroup as Group } from './select-group';
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ export { HSelectGroupLabel as GroupLabel } from './select-group-label';
 export { HSelectItem as Item } from './select-item';
 export { HSelectItemLabel as ItemLabel } from './select-item-label';
 export { HSelectItemIndicator as ItemIndicator } from './select-item-indicator';
+export { HSelectDescription as Description } from './select-description';
 export { HHiddenNativeSelect as HiddenNativeSelect } from './hidden-select';
+export { HSelectErrorMessage as ErrorMessage } from './select-error-message';
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-context.ts b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-context.ts
index a17c659cb..a4187c50b 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-context.ts
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-context.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ export type SelectContext = {
    * Specifies that the user must select a value before submitting the form. See [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/select#required).
    */
   required?: boolean;
+
+  isInvalidSig?: Signal<boolean>;
 };
 
 export const groupContextId = createContextId<GroupContext>('Select-Group');
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-display-text.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-display-value.tsx
similarity index 93%
rename from packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-display-text.tsx
rename to packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-display-value.tsx
index f4048eb99..465c75fdd 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-display-text.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-display-value.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type SelectValueProps = PropsOf<'span'> & {
   placeholder?: string;
 };
 
-export const HSelectDisplayText = component$((props: SelectValueProps) => {
+export const HSelectDisplayValue = component$((props: SelectValueProps) => {
   const { placeholder, ...rest } = props;
   const context = useContext(SelectContextId);
   const valueId = `${context.localId}-value`;
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-error-message.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-error-message.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7d8c9cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-error-message.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { PropsOf, Slot, component$, useContext } from '@builder.io/qwik';
+import SelectContextId from './select-context';
+
+export const HSelectErrorMessage = component$((props: PropsOf<'div'>) => {
+  const context = useContext(SelectContextId);
+  const errorMessageId = `${context.localId}-error-message`;
+
+  return (
+    <div role="alert" id={errorMessageId} {...props}>
+      <Slot />
+    </div>
+  );
+});
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-inline.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-inline.tsx
index 3583c1b8b..a30ca94e1 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-inline.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-inline.tsx
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import { HSelectImpl, type SelectProps } from './select-root';
 import { HSelectItem as InternalSelectItem } from './select-item';
 import { HSelectLabel as InternalSelectLabel } from './select-label';
 import { HSelectItemLabel as InternalSelectItemLabel } from './select-item-label';
+import { HSelectErrorMessage as InternalSelectErrorMessage } from './select-error-message';
 
 type InlineCompProps = {
   selectLabelComponent?: typeof InternalSelectLabel;
   selectItemComponent?: typeof InternalSelectItem;
   selectItemLabelComponent?: typeof InternalSelectItemLabel;
+  selectErrorMessageComponent?: typeof InternalSelectErrorMessage;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ export const HSelectRoot: Component<SelectProps & InlineCompProps> = (
     selectLabelComponent: UserLabel,
     selectItemComponent: UserItem,
     selectItemLabelComponent: UserItemLabel,
+    selectErrorMessageComponent: UserErrorMessage,
     ...rest
   } = props;
 
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ export const HSelectRoot: Component<SelectProps & InlineCompProps> = (
   const SelectLabel = UserLabel ?? InternalSelectLabel;
   const SelectItem = UserItem ?? InternalSelectItem;
   const SelectItemLabel = UserItemLabel ?? InternalSelectItemLabel;
+  const SelectErrorMessage = UserErrorMessage ?? InternalSelectErrorMessage;
 
   // source of truth
   const itemsMap = new Map();
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ export const HSelectRoot: Component<SelectProps & InlineCompProps> = (
 
   let valuePropIndex = null;
   let isLabelNeeded = false;
+  let isInvalid = false;
 
   const childrenToProcess = (
     Array.isArray(myChildren) ? [...myChildren] : [myChildren]
@@ -119,6 +124,12 @@ export const HSelectRoot: Component<SelectProps & InlineCompProps> = (
         break;
       }
 
+      case SelectErrorMessage: {
+        // when the component is present in the JSX, it's invalid
+        isInvalid = true;
+        break;
+      }
+
       default: {
         if (child) {
           const anyChildren = Array.isArray(child.children)
@@ -138,6 +149,7 @@ export const HSelectRoot: Component<SelectProps & InlineCompProps> = (
       _label={isLabelNeeded}
       _valuePropIndex={valuePropIndex}
       _itemsMap={itemsMap}
+      invalid={isInvalid}
     >
       {props.children}
     </HSelectImpl>
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-listbox.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-listbox.tsx
index 3f339c6eb..571d3e165 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-listbox.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-listbox.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export const HSelectListbox = component$<SelectListboxProps>((props) => {
       ref={context.listboxRef}
       data-open={context.isListboxOpenSig.value ? '' : undefined}
       data-closed={!context.isListboxOpenSig.value ? '' : undefined}
+      data-invalid={context.isInvalidSig?.value ? '' : undefined}
     >
       <Slot />
     </ul>
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-popover.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-popover.tsx
index 6005f125c..3f4ec6ab2 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-popover.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-popover.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export const HSelectPopover = component$<PropsOf<typeof HPopoverRoot>>((props) =
       <HPopoverPanel
         data-open={context.isListboxOpenSig.value ? '' : undefined}
         data-closed={!context.isListboxOpenSig.value ? '' : undefined}
+        data-invalid={context.isInvalidSig?.value ? '' : undefined}
         {...rest}
       >
         <Slot />
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-root.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-root.tsx
index 764b88e72..1b0e27899 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-root.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-root.tsx
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ export type SelectProps<M extends boolean = boolean> = Omit<
    * If `true`, allows multiple selections.
    */
   multiple?: M;
+
+  invalid?: boolean;
 } & TMultiValue &
   TStringOrArray;
 
@@ -123,9 +125,12 @@ export const HSelectImpl = component$<SelectProps<boolean> & InternalSelectProps
       name,
       required,
       disabled,
+      invalid,
       ...rest
     } = props;
 
+    invalid;
+
     // refs
     const rootRef = useSignal<HTMLDivElement>();
     const triggerRef = useSignal<HTMLButtonElement>();
@@ -163,6 +168,18 @@ export const HSelectImpl = component$<SelectProps<boolean> & InternalSelectProps
     const initialLoadSig = useSignal<boolean>(true);
     const highlightedItemRef = useSignal<HTMLLIElement>();
     const isDisabledSig = useSignal<boolean>(disabled ?? false);
+    const isInvalidSig = useSignal<boolean>(props.invalid ?? false);
+
+    useTask$(({ track }) => {
+      /**
+       * We want the component to be invalid based on the presence of the     Select.ErrorMessage component. If passed through context as just a prop that won't work.
+       *
+       * my guess here, is props.invalid is a store under the hood, so it can track changes to the property, but when destructured, it's just a
+       *
+       * So we update a signal here so that the context can track it.
+       */
+      isInvalidSig.value = track(() => props.invalid ?? false);
+    });
 
     const context: SelectContext = {
       itemsMapSig,
@@ -183,6 +200,7 @@ export const HSelectImpl = component$<SelectProps<boolean> & InternalSelectProps
       name,
       required,
       isDisabledSig,
+      isInvalidSig,
     };
 
     useContextProvider(SelectContextId, context);
@@ -292,6 +310,8 @@ export const HSelectImpl = component$<SelectProps<boolean> & InternalSelectProps
         data-open={context.isListboxOpenSig.value ? '' : undefined}
         data-closed={!context.isListboxOpenSig.value ? '' : undefined}
         data-disabled={isDisabledSig.value ? '' : undefined}
+        data-invalid={context.isInvalidSig?.value ? '' : undefined}
+        aria-invalid={context.isInvalidSig?.value}
         aria-controls={listboxId}
         aria-expanded={context.isListboxOpenSig.value}
         aria-haspopup="listbox"
diff --git a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-trigger.tsx b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-trigger.tsx
index dd8267022..52ffb5f79 100644
--- a/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-trigger.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-headless/src/components/select/select-trigger.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export const HSelectTrigger = component$<SelectTriggerProps>((props) => {
     useSelect();
   const labelId = `${context.localId}-label`;
   const descriptionId = `${context.localId}-description`;
+  const errorMessageId = `${context.localId}-error-message`;
+  const triggerId = `${context.localId}-trigger`;
   const initialKeyDownSig = useSignal(true);
   const { typeahead$ } = useTypeahead();
 
@@ -112,16 +114,18 @@ export const HSelectTrigger = component$<SelectTriggerProps>((props) => {
   return (
     <button
       {...props}
-      id={`${context.localId}-trigger`}
+      id={triggerId}
       ref={context.triggerRef}
       onClick$={[handleClickSync$, handleClick$, props.onClick$]}
       onKeyDown$={[handleKeyDownSync$, handleKeyDown$, props.onKeyDown$]}
       data-open={context.isListboxOpenSig.value ? '' : undefined}
       data-closed={!context.isListboxOpenSig.value ? '' : undefined}
       data-disabled={context.isDisabledSig.value ? '' : undefined}
+      data-invalid={context.isInvalidSig?.value ? '' : undefined}
       aria-expanded={context.isListboxOpenSig.value}
       aria-labelledby={labelId}
-      aria-describedby={descriptionId}
+      aria-describedby={`${descriptionId} 
+      ${errorMessageId}`}
       disabled={context.isDisabledSig.value ? true : undefined}
       preventdefault:blur
     >
diff --git a/packages/kit-styled/src/components/select/select.tsx b/packages/kit-styled/src/components/select/select.tsx
index 206677205..2c73686a9 100644
--- a/packages/kit-styled/src/components/select/select.tsx
+++ b/packages/kit-styled/src/components/select/select.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const Root = (props: PropsOf<typeof HeadlessSelect.Root>) => (
     selectItemComponent={Item}
     selectItemLabelComponent={ItemLabel}
     selectLabelComponent={Label}
+    selectErrorMessageComponent={ErrorMessage}
   />
 );
 
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ const Group = HeadlessSelect.Group;
 
 const GroupLabel = HeadlessSelect.GroupLabel;
 
+const ErrorMessage = HeadlessSelect.ErrorMessage;
+
 const Item = component$<PropsOf<typeof HeadlessSelect.Item>>(({ ...props }) => {
   return (
     <HeadlessSelect.Item
@@ -129,4 +132,5 @@ export const Select = {
   Item,
   ItemIndicator,
   ItemLabel,
+  ErrorMessage,
 };