diff --git a/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js b/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
index 69e29b6cc..a03008af7 100644
--- a/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
+++ b/src/uiSelectChoicesDirective.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ uis.directive('uiSelectChoices',
   return {
     restrict: 'EA',
     require: '^uiSelect',
+    priority: 1,
+    terminal: true,
     replace: true,
     transclude: true,
     templateUrl: function(tElement) {
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ uis.directive('uiSelectChoices',
         if (rowsInner.length !== 1) throw uiSelectMinErr('rows', "Expected 1 .ui-select-choices-row-inner but got '{0}'.", rowsInner.length);
         rowsInner.attr('uis-transclude-append', ''); //Adding uisTranscludeAppend directive to row element after choices element has ngRepeat
 
-        $compile(element, transcludeFn)(scope); //Passing current transcludeFn to be able to append elements correctly from uisTranscludeAppend
+        $compile(element, transcludeFn, 1)(scope); //Passing current transcludeFn to be able to append elements correctly from uisTranscludeAppend
 
         scope.$watch('$select.search', function(newValue) {
           if(newValue && !$select.open && $select.multiple) $select.activate(false, true);