diff --git a/src/videojs-contrib-hls.js b/src/videojs-contrib-hls.js
index 61c43c157..1fdbe1ec1 100644
--- a/src/videojs-contrib-hls.js
+++ b/src/videojs-contrib-hls.js
@@ -381,7 +381,8 @@ class HlsHandler extends Component {
     // `this` in selectPlaylist should be the HlsHandler for backwards
     // compatibility with < v2
     this.masterPlaylistController_.selectPlaylist =
-      Hls.STANDARD_PLAYLIST_SELECTOR.bind(this);
+      this.selectPlaylist ?
+        this.selectPlaylist.bind(this) : Hls.STANDARD_PLAYLIST_SELECTOR.bind(this);
 
     // re-expose some internal objects for backwards compatibility with < v2
     this.playlists = this.masterPlaylistController_.masterPlaylistLoader_;
diff --git a/test/videojs-contrib-hls.test.js b/test/videojs-contrib-hls.test.js
index 13fadf99e..c986efe42 100644
--- a/test/videojs-contrib-hls.test.js
+++ b/test/videojs-contrib-hls.test.js
@@ -2478,6 +2478,50 @@ QUnit.test('live playlist starts three target durations before live', function()
 
 });
 
+QUnit.test('uses user defined selectPlaylist from HlsHandler if specified', function() {
+  let origStandardPlaylistSelector = Hls.STANDARD_PLAYLIST_SELECTOR;
+  let defaultSelectPlaylistCount = 0;
+
+  Hls.STANDARD_PLAYLIST_SELECTOR = () => defaultSelectPlaylistCount++;
+
+  let hls = HlsSourceHandler('html5').handleSource({
+    src: 'manifest/master.m3u8',
+    type: 'application/vnd.apple.mpegurl'
+  }, this.tech);
+
+  hls.masterPlaylistController_.selectPlaylist();
+  QUnit.equal(defaultSelectPlaylistCount, 1, 'uses default playlist selector');
+
+  defaultSelectPlaylistCount = 0;
+
+  let newSelectPlaylistCount = 0;
+  let newSelectPlaylist = () => newSelectPlaylistCount++;
+
+  HlsHandler.prototype.selectPlaylist = newSelectPlaylist;
+
+  hls = HlsSourceHandler('html5').handleSource({
+    src: 'manifest/master.m3u8',
+    type: 'application/vnd.apple.mpegurl'
+  }, this.tech);
+
+  hls.masterPlaylistController_.selectPlaylist();
+  QUnit.equal(defaultSelectPlaylistCount, 0, 'standard playlist selector not run');
+  QUnit.equal(newSelectPlaylistCount, 1, 'uses overridden playlist selector');
+
+  newSelectPlaylistCount = 0;
+
+  let setSelectPlaylistCount = 0;
+
+  hls.selectPlaylist = () => setSelectPlaylistCount++;
+
+  hls.masterPlaylistController_.selectPlaylist();
+  QUnit.equal(defaultSelectPlaylistCount, 0, 'standard playlist selector not run');
+  QUnit.equal(newSelectPlaylistCount, 0, 'overridden playlist selector not run');
+  QUnit.equal(setSelectPlaylistCount, 1, 'uses set playlist selector');
+
+  Hls.STANDARD_PLAYLIST_SELECTOR = origStandardPlaylistSelector;
+});
+
 QUnit.module('HLS - Encryption', {
   beforeEach() {
     this.env = useFakeEnvironment();