diff --git a/lib/auto_size_text.dart b/lib/auto_size_text.dart
index 81bb4c4..537a98b 100644
--- a/lib/auto_size_text.dart
+++ b/lib/auto_size_text.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ library auto_size_text;
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart' show SelectableText;
 
 part 'src/auto_size_text.dart';
 part 'src/auto_size_group.dart';
diff --git a/lib/src/auto_size_text.dart b/lib/src/auto_size_text.dart
index ec43838..44bf257 100644
--- a/lib/src/auto_size_text.dart
+++ b/lib/src/auto_size_text.dart
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class AutoSizeText extends StatefulWidget {
     this.textScaleFactor,
     this.maxLines,
     this.semanticsLabel,
+    this.selectable,
   })  : textSpan = null,
         super(key: key);
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ class AutoSizeText extends StatefulWidget {
     this.textScaleFactor,
     this.maxLines,
     this.semanticsLabel,
+    this.selectable,
   })  : data = null,
         super(key: key);
 
@@ -215,6 +217,14 @@ class AutoSizeText extends StatefulWidget {
   /// ```
   final String? semanticsLabel;
 
+  /// Whether the text should be selectable
+  ///
+  /// If present, this widget is generating text using SelectableText or SelectableText.rich instead of the default Text or Text.rich.
+  ///
+  /// If present, locale, softWrap, overflow and semanticsLabel are ignored as the are not supported by SelectableText.
+
+  final bool? selectable;
+
   @override
   _AutoSizeTextState createState() => _AutoSizeTextState();
 }
@@ -411,36 +421,62 @@ class _AutoSizeTextState extends State<AutoSizeText> {
   }
 
   Widget _buildText(double fontSize, TextStyle style, int? maxLines) {
-    if (widget.data != null) {
-      return Text(
-        widget.data!,
-        key: widget.textKey,
-        style: style.copyWith(fontSize: fontSize),
-        strutStyle: widget.strutStyle,
-        textAlign: widget.textAlign,
-        textDirection: widget.textDirection,
-        locale: widget.locale,
-        softWrap: widget.softWrap,
-        overflow: widget.overflow,
-        textScaleFactor: 1,
-        maxLines: maxLines,
-        semanticsLabel: widget.semanticsLabel,
-      );
+    if (widget.selectable == true) {
+      if (widget.data != null) {
+        return SelectableText(
+          widget.data!,
+          key: widget.textKey,
+          style: style.copyWith(fontSize: fontSize),
+          strutStyle: widget.strutStyle,
+          textAlign: widget.textAlign,
+          textDirection: widget.textDirection,
+          textScaleFactor: 1,
+          maxLines: maxLines,
+        );
+      } else {
+        return SelectableText.rich(
+          widget.textSpan!,
+          key: widget.textKey,
+          style: style,
+          strutStyle: widget.strutStyle,
+          textAlign: widget.textAlign,
+          textDirection: widget.textDirection,
+          textScaleFactor: fontSize / style.fontSize!,
+          maxLines: maxLines,
+        );
+      }
     } else {
-      return Text.rich(
-        widget.textSpan!,
-        key: widget.textKey,
-        style: style,
-        strutStyle: widget.strutStyle,
-        textAlign: widget.textAlign,
-        textDirection: widget.textDirection,
-        locale: widget.locale,
-        softWrap: widget.softWrap,
-        overflow: widget.overflow,
-        textScaleFactor: fontSize / style.fontSize!,
-        maxLines: maxLines,
-        semanticsLabel: widget.semanticsLabel,
-      );
+      if (widget.data != null) {
+        return Text(
+          widget.data!,
+          key: widget.textKey,
+          style: style.copyWith(fontSize: fontSize),
+          strutStyle: widget.strutStyle,
+          textAlign: widget.textAlign,
+          textDirection: widget.textDirection,
+          locale: widget.locale,
+          softWrap: widget.softWrap,
+          overflow: widget.overflow,
+          textScaleFactor: 1,
+          maxLines: maxLines,
+          semanticsLabel: widget.semanticsLabel,
+        );
+      } else {
+        return Text.rich(
+          widget.textSpan!,
+          key: widget.textKey,
+          style: style,
+          strutStyle: widget.strutStyle,
+          textAlign: widget.textAlign,
+          textDirection: widget.textDirection,
+          locale: widget.locale,
+          softWrap: widget.softWrap,
+          overflow: widget.overflow,
+          textScaleFactor: fontSize / style.fontSize!,
+          maxLines: maxLines,
+          semanticsLabel: widget.semanticsLabel,
+        );
+      }
     }
   }