diff --git a/django/forms/extras/widgets.py b/django/forms/extras/widgets.py
index 4dabafae9e..7d05942f43 100644
--- a/django/forms/extras/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/extras/widgets.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import datetime
 import re
 
 from django.forms.widgets import Widget, Select
+from django.utils import datetime_safe
 from django.utils.dates import MONTHS
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.formats import get_format
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ class SelectDateWidget(Widget):
                 except ValueError:
                     pass
                 else:
+                    date_value = datetime_safe.new_date(date_value)
                     return date_value.strftime(input_format)
             else:
                 return '%s-%s-%s' % (y, m, d)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/extra.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/extra.py
index 7547901d0f..57e8e91a60 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/extra.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/extra.py
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ USE_L10N tests
 <option value="2016">2016</option>
 </select>
 
+Years before 1900 work
+>>> w = SelectDateWidget(years=('1899',))
+>>> w.value_from_datadict({'date_year': '1899', 'date_month': '8', 'date_day': '13'}, {}, 'date')
+'13-08-1899'
+
 >>> translation.deactivate()
 
 # MultiWidget and MultiValueField #############################################