diff --git a/django_countries/tests/test_widgets.py b/django_countries/tests/test_widgets.py
index 47313e79..4ec9806e 100644
--- a/django_countries/tests/test_widgets.py
+++ b/django_countries/tests/test_widgets.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 import django
 from django.forms.models import modelform_factory
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.utils import safestring
 from django.utils.html import escape
 
@@ -73,3 +73,73 @@ def test_required_attribute(self):
         rendered = self.Form()["country"].as_widget()
         rendered = rendered[: rendered.find(">") + 1]
         self.assertIn("required", rendered)
+
+
+class TestDefaultSelectWidget(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        del countries.countries
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        del countries.countries
+
+    def setup_form(self):
+        """
+        Setup form for use in tests
+        Note that this isn't in setUp so that we can call it inside of a settings override scope.
+        """
+        self.Form = modelform_factory(Person, fields=["country"])
+
+    def test_is_default_widget(self):
+        self.setup_form()
+
+        widget = self.Form().fields["country"].widget
+        self.assertNotIsInstance(widget, widgets.CountrySelectWidget)
+        self.assertIsInstance(widget, widgets.LazySelect)
+
+    @skipIf(
+        StrictVersion(django.get_version()) < StrictVersion("1.10"),
+        "required attribute only implemented in 1.10+",
+    )
+    @override_settings(COUNTRIES_ONLY=["NZ", "AU"])
+    def test_required_attribute(self):
+        self.setup_form()
+        rendered = self.Form()["country"].as_widget()
+        rendered_first_tag = rendered[: rendered.find(">") + 1]
+        self.assertIn("required", rendered_first_tag)
+
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            """
+            <select name="country" id="id_country" required>
+              <option value="" selected>---------</option>
+              <option value="AU">Australia</option>
+              <option value="NZ">New Zealand</option>
+            </select>
+            """,
+            rendered,
+        )
+
+    @skipIf(
+        StrictVersion(django.get_version()) < StrictVersion("1.10"),
+        "required attribute only implemented in 1.10+",
+    )
+    @override_settings(
+        COUNTRIES_FIRST=["NZ"],
+        COUNTRIES_ONLY=["NZ", "AU"],
+        COUNTRIES_FIRST_BREAK="-----",
+    )
+    def test_required_attribute_with_countries_first_break(self):
+        self.setup_form()
+        rendered = self.Form()["country"].as_widget()
+        rendered_first_tag = rendered[: rendered.find(">") + 1]
+        self.assertIn("required", rendered_first_tag)
+
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            """
+            <select name="country" id="id_country" required>
+                <option value="NZ">New Zealand</option>
+                <option value="" selected>-----</option>
+                <option value="AU">Australia</option>
+            </select>
+            """,
+            rendered,
+        )