diff --git a/passes/cmds/select.cc b/passes/cmds/select.cc
index ae301040a..a0720797f 100644
--- a/passes/cmds/select.cc
+++ b/passes/cmds/select.cc
@@ -760,6 +760,9 @@ static void select_stmt(RTLIL::Design *design, std::string arg)
 	if (!design->selected_active_module.empty()) {
 		arg_mod = design->selected_active_module;
 		arg_memb = arg;
+	} else
+	if (GetSize(arg) >= 2 && arg[0] >= 'a' && arg[0] <= 'z' && arg[1] == ':') {
+		arg_mod = "*", arg_memb = arg;
 	} else {
 		size_t pos = arg.find('/');
 		if (pos == std::string::npos) {