diff --git a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
index ff648b7cb..092daeb96 100644
--- a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
                         @column-click="onColumnHeaderClick($event)" @column-mousedown="onColumnHeaderMouseDown($event)"
                         @column-dragstart="onColumnHeaderDragStart($event)" @column-dragover="onColumnHeaderDragOver($event)" @column-dragleave="onColumnHeaderDragLeave($event)" @column-drop="onColumnHeaderDrop($event)"
                         @column-resizestart="onColumnResizeStart($event)" @checkbox-change="toggleRowsWithCheckbox($event)" />
-                <DTTableBody :value="dataToRender" :columns="columns" :empty="empty" :dataKey="dataKey" :selection="selection" :selectionMode="selectionMode"
-                    :rowGroupMode="rowGroupMode" :groupRowsBy="groupRowsBy" :expandableRowGroups="expandableRowGroups" :rowClass="rowClass" :editMode="editMode"
+                <DTTableBody :value="dataToRender" :columns="columns" :empty="empty" :dataKey="dataKey" :selection="selection" :selectionKeys="d_selectionKeys" :selectionMode="selectionMode"
+                    :rowGroupMode="rowGroupMode" :groupRowsBy="groupRowsBy" :expandableRowGroups="expandableRowGroups" :rowClass="rowClass" :editMode="editMode" :compareSelectionBy="compareSelectionBy"
                     :expandedRowIcon="expandedRowIcon" :collapsedRowIcon="collapsedRowIcon" :expandedRows="expandedRows" :expandedRowGroups="expandedRowGroups"
                     @rowgroup-toggle="toggleRowGroup" @row-click="onRowClick($event)" @row-touchend="onRowTouchEnd" @row-keydown="onRowKeyDown"
                     @row-mousedown="onRowMouseDown" @row-dragstart="onRowDragStart($event)" @row-dragover="onRowDragOver($event)" @row-dragleave="onRowDragLeave($event)" @row-dragend="onRowDragEnd($event)" @row-drop="onRowDrop($event)"
diff --git a/src/components/datatable/TableBody.vue b/src/components/datatable/TableBody.vue
index 5a8e35312..9c146a98a 100644
--- a/src/components/datatable/TableBody.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/TableBody.vue
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ export default {
             type: [Array,Object],
             default: null
         },
+        selectionKeys: {
+            type: null,
+            default: null
+        },
         selectionMode: {
             type: String,
             default: null
@@ -109,6 +113,10 @@ export default {
             type: String,
             default: null
         },
+        compareSelectionBy: {
+            type: String,
+            default: 'deepEquals'
+        }
     },
     methods: {
         shouldRenderRowGroupHeader(value, rowData, i) {
@@ -257,7 +265,7 @@ export default {
         isSelected(rowData) {
             if (rowData && this.selection) {
                 if (this.dataKey) {
-                    return this.d_selectionKeys ? this.d_selectionKeys[ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(rowData, this.dataKey)] !== undefined : false;
+                    return this.selectionKeys ? this.selectionKeys[ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(rowData, this.dataKey)] !== undefined : false;
                 }
                 else {
                     if (this.selection instanceof Array)
@@ -285,6 +293,9 @@ export default {
 
             return index;
         },
+        equals(data1, data2) {
+            return this.compareSelectionBy === 'equals' ? (data1 === data2) : ObjectUtils.equals(data1, data2, this.dataKey);
+        },
         onRowGroupToggle(event, data) {
             this.$emit('rowgroup-toggle', {originalEvent: event, data: data});
         },