diff --git a/plugins/facetapi/ajax_widget_select.inc b/plugins/facetapi/ajax_widget_select.inc
index 72f2712..72b260e 100755
--- a/plugins/facetapi/ajax_widget_select.inc
+++ b/plugins/facetapi/ajax_widget_select.inc
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ class FacetapiAjaxWidgetSelect extends FacetapiAjaxWidget {
    * Overrides FacetapiWidgetCheckboxLinks::init().
    */
   public function init() {
+    $settings = $this->settings->settings;
     parent::init();
     drupal_add_js(
       array(
-        'facetapi' => array('ajax_select_box' => array('default_value' => t('Select')))
+        'facetapi' => array(
+          'ajax_select_box' => array(
+            'default_value' => t('@label', array(
+              '@label' => $settings['default_option_label'])))),
       ),
       'setting'
     );
@@ -50,13 +54,14 @@ class FacetapiAjaxWidgetSelect extends FacetapiAjaxWidget {
    *   The "items" parameter for theme_item_list().
    */
   function buildListItems($build, $level = 0) {
+    $settings = $this->settings->settings;
 
     // Builds rows.
     $items = array();
 
     // Add default item only once.
     if ($level == 0) {
-      $items['values'][0] = t('Select');
+      $items['values'][0] = t('@label', array('@label' => $settings['default_option_label']));
     }

     $prefix = str_repeat('-', $level);