diff --git a/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/autocomplete.rb b/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/autocomplete.rb
index 4905a75..a9c4bbe 100644
--- a/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/autocomplete.rb
+++ b/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/autocomplete.rb
@@ -97,13 +97,20 @@ def get_object(model_sym)
     # Hash also includes a key/value pair for each method in extra_data
     #
     def json_for_autocomplete(items, method, extra_data=[])
-      items = items.collect do |item|
-        hash = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new({"id" => item.id.to_s, "label" => item.send(method), "value" => item.send(method)})
-        extra_data.each do |datum|
-          hash[datum] = item.send(datum)
-        end if extra_data
-        # TODO: Come back to remove this if clause when test suite is better
-        hash
+      if items.first && items.first.is_a?(Hash)
+        # Query was a "pluck" and items are already hashes
+        items.each do |item|
+          item["label"] = item["value"] = item[method.to_s]
+        end
+      else
+        items = items.collect do |item|
+          hash = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new({"id" => item.id.to_s, "label" => item.send(method), "value" => item.send(method)})
+          extra_data.each do |datum|
+            hash[datum] = item.send(datum)
+          end if extra_data
+          # TODO: Come back to remove this if clause when test suite is better
+          hash
+        end
       end
       if block_given?
         yield(items)
diff --git a/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/orm/active_record.rb b/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/orm/active_record.rb
index 3754334..69ccee8 100644
--- a/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/orm/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/orm/active_record.rb
@@ -26,11 +26,22 @@ def active_record_get_autocomplete_items(parameters)
 
         scopes.each { |scope| items = items.send(scope) } unless scopes.empty?
 
-        items = items.select(get_autocomplete_select_clause(model, method, options)) unless options[:full_model]
+        select_method = options[:select_method] || :select
+
+        if select_method == :select
+          items = items.select(get_autocomplete_select_clause(model, method, options)) unless options[:full_model]
+        end
         items = items.where(get_autocomplete_where_clause(model, term, method, options)).
             limit(limit).order(order)
         items = items.where(where) unless where.blank?
-
+        if select_method == :pluck
+          columns = get_autocomplete_select_clause(model, method, options).uniq
+          items = items.pluck(*columns)
+          columns = columns.map do |column|
+            column.sub(/^#{model.table_name}\./, "")
+          end
+          items = items.map { |item| Hash[columns.zip(item)] }
+        end
         items
       end
 
diff --git a/test/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/autocomplete_test.rb b/test/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/autocomplete_test.rb
index 66c636c..9219baf 100644
--- a/test/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/autocomplete_test.rb
+++ b/test/lib/rails-jquery-autocomplete/autocomplete_test.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class AutocompleteTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       should 'parse items to JSON' do
         item = mock(Object)
         mock(item).send(:name).times(2) { 'Object Name' }
+        stub(item).is_a?(Hash) { false }
         mock(item).id { 1 }
         items    = [item]
         response = self.json_for_autocomplete(items, :name).first
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class AutocompleteTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       should 'return an instance of HashWithIndifferentAccess' do
         item = mock(Object)
         mock(item).send(:name).times(2) { 'Object Name' }
+        stub(item).is_a?(Hash) { false }
         mock(item).id { 1 }
         items    = [item]
         response = self.json_for_autocomplete(items, :name).first
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ class AutocompleteTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         should 'add that extra data to result' do
           item = mock(Object)
           mock(item).send(:name).times(2) { 'Object Name' }
+          stub(item).is_a?(Hash) { false }
           mock(item).id { 1 }
           mock(item).send("extra") { 'Object Extra ' }