diff --git a/spec/operators/publishReplay-spec.ts b/spec/operators/publishReplay-spec.ts
index c9fdf744b8..62786fb0ac 100644
--- a/spec/operators/publishReplay-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/operators/publishReplay-spec.ts
@@ -409,4 +409,15 @@ describe('Observable.prototype.publishReplay', () => {
 
     published.connect();
   });
+
+  it('should mirror a simple source Observable with selector', () => {
+    const selector = observable => observable.map(v => String.fromCharCode(96 + parseInt(v)));
+    const source = cold('--1-2---3-4---|');
+    const sourceSubs =  '^             !';
+    const published = source.publishReplay(1, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, selector);
+    const expected =    '--a-b---c-d---|';
+
+    expectObservable(published).toBe(expected);
+    expectSubscriptions(source.subscriptions).toBe(sourceSubs);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/operator/publishReplay.ts b/src/operator/publishReplay.ts
index 715936f961..b0e05ae534 100644
--- a/src/operator/publishReplay.ts
+++ b/src/operator/publishReplay.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { publishReplay as higherOrder } from '../operators';
 /**
  * @param bufferSize
  * @param windowTime
+ * @param selector
  * @param scheduler
  * @return {ConnectableObservable<T>}
  * @method publishReplay
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import { publishReplay as higherOrder } from '../operators';
  */
 export function publishReplay<T>(this: Observable<T>, bufferSize: number = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
                                  windowTime: number = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+                                 selector?: (source: Observable<T>) => Observable<T>,
                                  scheduler?: IScheduler): ConnectableObservable<T> {
-  return higherOrder(bufferSize, windowTime, scheduler)(this);
+  return higherOrder(bufferSize, windowTime, selector, scheduler)(this);
 }
diff --git a/src/operators/publishReplay.ts b/src/operators/publishReplay.ts
index 5943db4acb..aada0682d9 100644
--- a/src/operators/publishReplay.ts
+++ b/src/operators/publishReplay.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { UnaryFunction } from '../interfaces';
 
 export function publishReplay<T>(bufferSize: number = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
                                  windowTime: number = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+                                 selector: (source: Observable<T>) => Observable<T>,
                                  scheduler?: IScheduler): UnaryFunction<Observable<T>, ConnectableObservable<T>> {
-  return (source: Observable<T>) => multicast(new ReplaySubject<T>(bufferSize, windowTime, scheduler))(source) as ConnectableObservable<T>;
+  const subject = new ReplaySubject<T>(bufferSize, windowTime, scheduler);
+  return (source: Observable<T>) => multicast(() => subject, selector)(source) as ConnectableObservable<T>;
 }