diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.html
index 5b8f73f170..5ca84824b9 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <div class="dropdown-widget"
-     [class.dropdown-widget__invalid]="!field.isValid">
+     [class.dropdown-widget__invalid]="!field.isValid" *ngIf="field?.isVisible">
     <label class="dropdown-widget__label" [attr.for]="field.id">{{field.name}}</label>
     <select class="dropdown-widget__select"
             [attr.id]="field.id"
             [(ngModel)]="field.value"
             (ngModelChange)="checkVisibility(field)">
-        <option *ngFor="let opt of field.options" [value]="opt.id">{{opt.name}}</option>
+        <option *ngFor="let opt of field.options" [value]="getOptionValue(opt)" [id]="opt.id">{{opt.name}}</option>
     </select>
     <span *ngIf="field.validationSummary" class="mdl-textfield__error">{{field.validationSummary}}</span>
 </div>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.spec.ts
index 7fb176b8c1..4da33f8b69 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.spec.ts
@@ -98,4 +98,53 @@ describe('DropdownWidget', () => {
         expect(widget.field.options[0]).toBe(emptyOption);
         expect(widget.field.options[1]).toBe(restFieldValue);
     });
+
+    describe('when template is ready', () => {
+        let dropDownWidget: DropdownWidget;
+        let fixture: ComponentFixture<DropdownWidget>;
+        let element: HTMLElement;
+        let componentHandler;
+
+        beforeEach(async(() => {
+            componentHandler = jasmine.createSpyObj('componentHandler', ['upgradeAllRegistered', 'upgradeElement']);
+            window['componentHandler'] = componentHandler;
+            TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+                imports: [CoreModule],
+                declarations: [DropdownWidget]
+            }).compileComponents().then(() => {
+                fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DropdownWidget);
+                dateWidget = fixture.componentInstance;
+                element = fixture.nativeElement;
+            });
+        }));
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            spyOn(dateWidget, 'setupMaterialTextField').and.stub();
+            dateWidget.field = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
+                id: 'date-field-id',
+                name: 'date-name',
+                value: '9-9-9999',
+                type: 'date',
+                readOnly: 'false'
+            });
+            dateWidget.field.isVisible = true;
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+        });
+
+        afterEach(() => {
+            fixture.destroy();
+            TestBed.resetTestingModule();
+        });
+
+        it('should show visible date widget', async(() => {
+            fixture.whenStable()
+                .then(() => {
+                    expect(element.querySelector('#date-field-id')).toBeDefined();
+                    expect(element.querySelector('#date-field-id')).not.toBeNull();
+                    let dateElement: any = element.querySelector('#date-field-id');
+                    expect(dateElement.value).toEqual('9-9-9999');
+                });
+        }));
+
+    });
 });
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.ts
index 721bccf4da..f20345f8a5 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ export class DropdownWidget extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit {
             );
     }
 
+    getOptionValue(option: FormFieldOption): string {
+        let optionValue: string = '';
+        if (option.id === 'empty') {
+            optionValue = option.id;
+        } else {
+            optionValue = option.name;
+        }
+        return optionValue;
+    }
+
     handleError(error: any) {
         console.error(error);
     }