diff --git a/src/editor.cc b/src/editor.cc
index 02baf5f5..9ed99a93 100644
--- a/src/editor.cc
+++ b/src/editor.cc
@@ -200,9 +200,18 @@ void Editor::remove_selection(int index)
         m_selections.erase(m_selections.begin() + index);
 }
 
-void Editor::select(const BufferIterator& iterator)
+void Editor::select(const BufferIterator& iterator, SelectMode mode)
 {
-    m_selections = SelectionList{ {iterator, iterator} };
+    if (mode == SelectMode::Replace)
+        m_selections = SelectionList{ {iterator, iterator} };
+    else if (mode == SelectMode::Extend)
+    {
+        for (auto& sel : m_selections)
+            sel.last() = iterator;
+        merge_overlapping(m_selections);
+    }
+    else if (mode == SelectMode::Append)
+        assert(false);
 }
 
 void Editor::select(SelectionList selections)
diff --git a/src/editor.hh b/src/editor.hh
index c1ea19d5..3ca639c2 100644
--- a/src/editor.hh
+++ b/src/editor.hh
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ public:
     void flip_selections();
     void keep_selection(int index);
     void remove_selection(int index);
-    void select(const BufferIterator& iterator);
+    void select(const BufferIterator& iterator,
+                SelectMode mode = SelectMode::Replace);
     void select(const Selector& selector,
                 SelectMode mode = SelectMode::Replace);
     void select(SelectionList selections);