diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/DoubleListUIBean.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/DoubleListUIBean.java
index e965b178fe..283a1638b3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/DoubleListUIBean.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/DoubleListUIBean.java
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 package org.apache.struts2.components;
 
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.ValueStack;
+import org.apache.struts2.util.MakeIterator;
 import org.apache.struts2.views.annotations.StrutsTagAttribute;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
@@ -168,21 +172,9 @@ public void evaluateExtraParams() {
             }
         }
 
-        Class<?> valueClazz = getValueClassType();
-
-        if (valueClazz != null) {
-            if (doubleValue != null) {
-                addParameter("doubleNameValue", findValue(doubleValue, valueClazz));
-            } else if (doubleName != null) {
-                addParameter("doubleNameValue", findValue(doubleName, valueClazz));
-            }
-        } else {
-            if (doubleValue != null) {
-                addParameter("doubleNameValue", findValue(doubleValue));
-            } else if (doubleName != null) {
-                addParameter("doubleNameValue", findValue(doubleName));
-            }
-        }
+        Object doubleNameValue = findDoubleNameValue();
+        addParameter("doubleNameValue", doubleNameValue);
+        addParameter("doubleNameValues", toStrings(doubleNameValue));
 
         Form form = (Form) findAncestor(Form.class);
         if (doubleId != null) {
@@ -267,6 +259,30 @@ public void evaluateExtraParams() {
         }
     }
 
+    private Object findDoubleNameValue() {
+        String expression = doubleValue != null ? doubleValue : doubleName;
+        if (expression == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        Class<?> valueClazz = getValueClassType();
+        return valueClazz != null ? findValue(expression, valueClazz) : findValue(expression);
+    }
+
+    private static List<String> toStrings(Object value) {
+        List<String> strings = new ArrayList<>();
+        Iterator<?> items = MakeIterator.convert(value);
+        if (items == null) {
+            return strings;
+        }
+        while (items.hasNext()) {
+            Object item = items.next();
+            if (item != null) {
+                strings.add(item.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        return strings;
+    }
+
     @StrutsTagAttribute(description = "The second iterable source to populate from.", required = true)
     public void setDoubleList(String doubleList) {
         this.doubleList = doubleList;
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/doubleselect.ftl b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/doubleselect.ftl
index a0c5cf82d4..cf886699fe 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/doubleselect.ftl
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/doubleselect.ftl
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@
     </@s.iterator>
 
     var ${parameters.escapedId}Temp = document.${parameters.formName}.${parameters.doubleId};
+    <#if parameters.doubleNameValue?? && parameters.doubleMultiple!false>
+    var ${parameters.escapedId}Selected = [<#list parameters.doubleNameValues as selectedValue>"${selectedValue?js_string}"<#sep>, </#list>];
+    </#if>
     <#assign itemCount = startCount/>
     <#assign redirectTo = 0/>
     <@s.iterator value="parameters.list">
@@ -214,9 +217,9 @@
         for (var i = 0; i < ${parameters.escapedId}Group[x].length; i++) {
             ${parameters.escapedId}Temp.options[i] = new Option(${parameters.escapedId}Group[x][i].text, ${parameters.escapedId}Group[x][i].value);
         <#if parameters.doubleNameValue??>
-            <#if parameters.doubleMultiple??>
-                for (var j = 0; j < ${parameters.doubleNameValue}.length; j++) {
-                    if (${parameters.escapedId}Temp.options[i].value == ${parameters.doubleNameValue?js_string}[j]) {
+            <#if parameters.doubleMultiple!false>
+                for (var j = 0; j < ${parameters.escapedId}Selected.length; j++) {
+                    if (${parameters.escapedId}Temp.options[i].value == ${parameters.escapedId}Selected[j]) {
                         ${parameters.escapedId}Temp.options[i].selected = true;
                         selected = true;
                     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/DoubleSelectMultipleTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/DoubleSelectMultipleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47250c6613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/DoubleSelectMultipleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ui;
+
+import org.apache.struts2.TestAction;
+import org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.AbstractUITagTest;
+import org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ui.DoubleSelectTest.Country;
+import org.apache.struts2.views.jsp.ui.DoubleSelectTest.Region;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class DoubleSelectMultipleTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
+
+    public static class SelectedRegions {
+        private final String[] selectedRegions;
+
+        public SelectedRegions(String... selectedRegions) {
+            this.selectedRegions = selectedRegions;
+        }
+
+        public String[] getSelectedRegions() {
+            return selectedRegions;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private DoubleSelectTag tag;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+
+        List<Region> belgiumRegions = new ArrayList<>();
+        belgiumRegions.add(new Region("Antwerp", "AN"));
+        belgiumRegions.add(new Region("Gent", "GN"));
+        belgiumRegions.add(new Region("Brugge", "BRG"));
+        List<Region> franceRegions = new ArrayList<>();
+        franceRegions.add(new Region("Paris", "PA"));
+        franceRegions.add(new Region("Bordeaux", "BOR"));
+        List<Country> countries = new ArrayList<>();
+        countries.add(new Country("Belgium", "BE", belgiumRegions));
+        countries.add(new Country("France", "FR", franceRegions));
+        ((TestAction) action).setList2(countries);
+
+        tag = new DoubleSelectTag();
+        tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
+        tag.setLabel("mylabel");
+        tag.setName("foo");
+        tag.setValue("'BE'");
+        tag.setDoubleName("region");
+        tag.setList("list2");
+        tag.setDoubleList("regions");
+        tag.setListKey("iso");
+        tag.setDoubleListKey("key");
+        tag.setListValue("name");
+        tag.setDoubleListValue("name");
+        tag.setFormName("inputForm");
+    }
+
+    private String render() throws Exception {
+        tag.doStartTag();
+        tag.doEndTag();
+        return writer.toString();
+    }
+
+    public void testDoubleMultipleWithCollectionValue() throws Exception {
+        tag.setDoubleMultiple("true");
+        tag.setDoubleValue("{'AN', 'GN'}");
+
+        render();
+
+        verify(SelectTag.class.getResource("DoubleSelect-7.txt"));
+    }
+
+    public void testDoubleMultipleWithStringValue() throws Exception {
+        tag.setDoubleMultiple("true");
+        tag.setDoubleValue("'AN'");
+
+        assertThat(render()).contains("var fooSelected = [\"AN\"];");
+    }
+
+    public void testDoubleMultipleWithArrayValue() throws Exception {
+        stack.push(new SelectedRegions("AN", "BRG"));
+        tag.setDoubleMultiple("true");
+        tag.setDoubleValue("selectedRegions");
+
+        assertThat(render()).contains("var fooSelected = [\"AN\", \"BRG\"];");
+    }
+
+    public void testDoubleMultipleValuesRenderAsStringLiterals() throws Exception {
+        stack.push(new SelectedRegions("a'b\\c", "d\"e"));
+        tag.setDoubleMultiple("true");
+        tag.setDoubleValue("selectedRegions");
+
+        assertThat(render()).contains("var fooSelected = [\"a\\&#39;b\\\\c\", \"d\\&quot;e\"];");
+    }
+
+    public void testDoubleMultipleValueCannotCloseTheScriptBlock() throws Exception {
+        stack.push(new SelectedRegions("</script><b>"));
+        tag.setDoubleMultiple("true");
+        tag.setDoubleValue("selectedRegions");
+
+        String output = render();
+
+        assertThat(output).contains("var fooSelected = [\"&lt;\\/script&gt;&lt;b&gt;\"];");
+        assertThat(output.indexOf("</script>")).isEqualTo(output.lastIndexOf("</script>"));
+    }
+
+    public void testDoubleMultipleFalseUsesTheSingleValuePath() throws Exception {
+        tag.setDoubleMultiple("false");
+        tag.setDoubleValue("'AN'");
+
+        String output = render();
+
+        assertThat(output).contains("fooTemp.options[i].value == 'AN'");
+        assertThat(output).doesNotContain("fooSelected");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/DoubleSelect-7.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/DoubleSelect-7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f85f8e830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/DoubleSelect-7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<tr>
+    <td class="tdLabel"><label for="foo" class="label">mylabel:</label></td>
+    <td class="tdInput">
+<select name="foo" id="foo" onchange="fooRedirect(this.selectedIndex)">
+    <option value="BE" selected="selected">Belgium</option>
+    <option value="FR">France</option>
+</select>
+<br/>
+<select name="region" id="region" multiple="multiple">
+</select>
+<input type="hidden" id="__multiselect_region" name="__multiselect_region" value=""/>
+<script>
+    var fooGroup = new Array(2 + 0);
+    for (var i = 0; i < (2 + 0); i++) {
+    fooGroup[i] = [];
+    }
+
+    fooGroup[0][0] = new Option("Antwerp", "AN");
+    fooGroup[0][1] = new Option("Gent", "GN");
+    fooGroup[0][2] = new Option("Brugge", "BRG");
+    fooGroup[1][0] = new Option("Paris", "PA");
+    fooGroup[1][1] = new Option("Bordeaux", "BOR");
+
+    var fooTemp = document.inputForm.region;
+    var fooSelected = ["AN", "GN"];
+    fooRedirect(0);
+
+    function fooRedirect(x) {
+    	var selected = false;
+        for (var m = fooTemp.options.length - 1; m >= 0; m--) {
+            fooTemp.remove(m);
+        }
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < fooGroup[x].length; i++) {
+            fooTemp.options[i] = new Option(fooGroup[x][i].text, fooGroup[x][i].value);
+            for (var j = 0; j < fooSelected.length; j++) {
+                if (fooTemp.options[i].value == fooSelected[j]) {
+                    fooTemp.options[i].selected = true;
+                    selected = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ((fooTemp.options.length > 0)  && (! selected)) {
+            fooTemp.options[0].selected = true;
+        }
+    }
+</script>
+    </td>
+</tr>