diff --git a/packages/runtime-dom/__tests__/directives/vModel.spec.ts b/packages/runtime-dom/__tests__/directives/vModel.spec.ts
index 33d48e5fc6c..2aa17a16767 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-dom/__tests__/directives/vModel.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-dom/__tests__/directives/vModel.spec.ts
@@ -681,6 +681,43 @@ describe('vModel', () => {
     expect(bar.selected).toEqual(true)
   })
 
+  it('v-model.number should work with select tag', async () => {
+    const component = defineComponent({
+      data() {
+        return { value: null }
+      },
+      render() {
+        return [
+          withVModel(
+            h(
+              'select',
+              {
+                value: null,
+                'onUpdate:modelValue': setValue.bind(this)
+              },
+              [h('option', { value: '1' }), h('option', { value: '2' })]
+            ),
+            this.value,
+            {
+              number: true
+            }
+          )
+        ]
+      }
+    })
+    render(h(component), root)
+
+    const input = root.querySelector('select')
+    const one = root.querySelector('option[value="1"]')
+    const data = root._vnode.component.data
+
+    one.selected = true
+    triggerEvent('change', input)
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(typeof data.value).toEqual('number')
+    expect(data.value).toEqual(1)
+  })
+
   it('should work with composition session', async () => {
     const component = defineComponent({
       data() {
diff --git a/packages/runtime-dom/src/directives/vModel.ts b/packages/runtime-dom/src/directives/vModel.ts
index ea1098dd19b..d46491d0d73 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-dom/src/directives/vModel.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-dom/src/directives/vModel.ts
@@ -166,12 +166,19 @@ export const vModelRadio: ModelDirective<HTMLInputElement> = {
 }
 
 export const vModelSelect: ModelDirective<HTMLSelectElement> = {
-  created(el, binding, vnode) {
+  created(el, { modifiers: { number } }, vnode) {
     addEventListener(el, 'change', () => {
+      const castToNumber = number
       const selectedVal = Array.prototype.filter
         .call(el.options, (o: HTMLOptionElement) => o.selected)
         .map(getValue)
-      el._assign(el.multiple ? selectedVal : selectedVal[0])
+
+      let domValue: string | number = el.multiple ? selectedVal : selectedVal[0]
+
+      if (castToNumber) {
+        domValue = toNumber(domValue)
+      }
+      el._assign(domValue)
     })
     el._assign = getModelAssigner(vnode)
   },