diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/column-filter/select-filter-preserve-option-order.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/column-filter/select-filter-preserve-option-order.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7a0fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/examples/column-filter/select-filter-preserve-option-order.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* eslint max-len: 0 */
+import React from 'react';
+import BootstrapTable from 'react-bootstrap-table-next';
+import filterFactory, { selectFilter } from 'react-bootstrap-table2-filter';
+import Code from 'components/common/code-block';
+import { productsQualityGenerator } from 'utils/common';
+
+const products = productsQualityGenerator(6);
+
+const selectOptions = [
+  { label: 0, value: 'good' },
+  { label: 1, value: 'Bad' },
+  { label: 2, value: 'unknown' }
+];
+
+const columns = [{
+  dataField: 'id',
+  text: 'Product ID'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'name',
+  text: 'Product Name'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'quality',
+  text: 'Product Quailty',
+  formatter: cell => selectOptions.find(opt => opt.label === cell).value,
+  filter: selectFilter({
+    options: selectOptions
+  })
+}];
+
+const sourceCode = `\
+import BootstrapTable from 'react-bootstrap-table-next';
+import filterFactory, { selectFilter } from 'react-bootstrap-table2-filter';
+
+const selectOptions = [
+  { label: 0, value: 'good' },
+  { label: 1, value: 'Bad' },
+  { label: 2, value: 'unknown' }
+];
+
+const columns = [{
+  dataField: 'id',
+  text: 'Product ID'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'name',
+  text: 'Product Name'
+}, {
+  dataField: 'quality',
+  text: 'Product Quailty',
+  formatter: cell => selectOptions.find(opt => opt.label === cell).value,
+  filter: selectFilter({
+    options: selectOptions
+  })
+}];
+
+<BootstrapTable keyField='id' data={ products } columns={ columns } filter={ filterFactory() } />
+`;
+
+export default () => (
+  <div>
+    <h3><code>selectFilter.options</code> accept an Array and we keep that order when rendering the options</h3>
+    <BootstrapTable
+      keyField="id"
+      data={ products }
+      columns={ columns }
+      filter={ filterFactory() }
+    />
+    <Code>{ sourceCode }</Code>
+  </div>
+);
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
index fd04751..2757280 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-example/stories/index.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import CustomFilterValue from 'examples/column-filter/custom-filter-value';
 import SelectFilter from 'examples/column-filter/select-filter';
 import SelectFilterWithDefaultValue from 'examples/column-filter/select-filter-default-value';
 import SelectFilterComparator from 'examples/column-filter/select-filter-like-comparator';
+import SelectFilterWithPreservedOptionsOrder from 'examples/column-filter/select-filter-preserve-option-order';
 import CustomSelectFilter from 'examples/column-filter/custom-select-filter';
 import MultiSelectFilter from 'examples/column-filter/multi-select-filter';
 import MultiSelectFilterDefaultValue from 'examples/column-filter/multi-select-filter-default-value';
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ storiesOf('Column Filter', module)
   .add('Programmatically Multi Select Filter', () => <ProgrammaticallyMultiSelectFilter />)
   .add('Custom Filter', () => <CustomFilter />)
   .add('Advance Custom Filter', () => <AdvanceCustomFilter />)
+  .add('Preserved Option Order on Select Filter', () => <SelectFilterWithPreservedOptionsOrder />)
   .add('Clear All Filters', () => <ClearAllFilters />);
 
 storiesOf('Work on Rows', module)
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/README.md b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/README.md
index 8369efd..f73b962 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/README.md
@@ -115,6 +115,27 @@ const qualityFilter = selectFilter({
 // omit...
 ```
 
+> Note, the selectOptions can be an array also: 
+
+```js
+const selectOptions = [
+  { label: 0, value: 'good' },
+  { label: 1, value: 'Bad' },
+  { label: 2, value: 'unknown' }
+];
+const columns = [
+  ..., {
+  dataField: 'quality',
+  text: 'Product Quailty',
+  formatter: cell => selectOptions.find(opt => opt.label === cell).value,
+  filter: selectFilter({
+    options: selectOptions
+  })
+}];
+```
+
+The benifit is `react-bootstrap-table2` will render the select options by the order of array.
+
 ## MultiSelect Filter
 
 A quick example: 
diff --git a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/select.js b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/select.js
index e505138..a30e691 100644
--- a/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/select.js
+++ b/packages/react-bootstrap-table2-filter/src/components/select.js
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ import { LIKE, EQ } from '../comparison';
 import { FILTER_TYPE } from '../const';
 
 function optionsEquals(currOpts, prevOpts) {
+  if (Array.isArray(currOpts)) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < currOpts.length; i += 1) {
+      if (currOpts[i].label !== prevOpts[i].label) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return currOpts.length === prevOpts.length;
+  }
   const keys = Object.keys(currOpts);
   for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i += 1) {
     if (currOpts[keys[i]] !== prevOpts[keys[i]]) {
@@ -16,11 +24,21 @@ function optionsEquals(currOpts, prevOpts) {
   return Object.keys(currOpts).length === Object.keys(prevOpts).length;
 }
 
+function getOptionValue(options, key) {
+  if (Array.isArray(options)) {
+    const result = options
+      .filter(({ label }) => label === key)
+      .map(({ value }) => value);
+    return result[0];
+  }
+  return options[key];
+}
+
 class SelectFilter extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     this.filter = this.filter.bind(this);
-    const isSelected = props.options[props.defaultValue] !== undefined;
+    const isSelected = getOptionValue(props.options, props.defaultValue) !== undefined;
     this.state = { isSelected };
   }
 
@@ -66,9 +84,14 @@ class SelectFilter extends Component {
         <option key="-1" value="">{ placeholder || `Select ${column.text}...` }</option>
       ));
     }
-    Object.keys(options).forEach(key =>
-      optionTags.push(<option key={ key } value={ key }>{ options[key] }</option>)
-    );
+    if (Array.isArray(options)) {
+      options.forEach(({ value, label }) =>
+        optionTags.push(<option key={ label } value={ label }>{ value }</option>));
+    } else {
+      Object.keys(options).forEach(key =>
+        optionTags.push(<option key={ key } value={ key }>{ options[key] }</option>)
+      );
+    }
     return optionTags;
   }
 
@@ -128,7 +151,7 @@ class SelectFilter extends Component {
 SelectFilter.propTypes = {
   onFilter: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   column: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-  options: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+  options: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.object, PropTypes.array]).isRequired,
   comparator: PropTypes.oneOf([LIKE, EQ]),
   placeholder: PropTypes.string,
   style: PropTypes.object,