diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 06947d17b..20a0fb6bf 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ Katerina Koukiou
 Kevin Cox
 Kodi B. Arfer
 Kostis Anagnostopoulos
+Kristoffer Nordström
 Kyle Altendorf
 Lawrence Mitchell
 Lee Kamentsky
diff --git a/changelog/4660.feature.rst b/changelog/4660.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8ae5213b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/4660.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The number of *selected* tests now are also displayed when the ``-k`` or ``-m`` flags are used.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/terminal.py b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
index c1d4d1f91..9a0d7686e 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
         errors = len(self.stats.get("error", []))
         skipped = len(self.stats.get("skipped", []))
         deselected = len(self.stats.get("deselected", []))
+        selected = self._numcollected - errors - skipped - deselected
         if final:
             line = "collected "
         else:
@@ -510,6 +511,8 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
             line += " / %d deselected" % deselected
         if skipped:
             line += " / %d skipped" % skipped
+        if self._numcollected > selected > 0:
+            line += " / %d selected" % selected
         if self.isatty:
             self.rewrite(line, bold=True, erase=True)
             if final:
diff --git a/testing/test_cacheprovider.py b/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
index 29c2d8a1d..35a7232ab 100644
--- a/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
+++ b/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class TestLastFailed(object):
         result = testdir.runpytest("--lf")
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
             [
-                "collected 4 items / 2 deselected",
+                "collected 4 items / 2 deselected / 2 selected",
                 "run-last-failure: rerun previous 2 failures",
                 "*2 failed, 2 deselected in*",
             ]
diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index c0dd21bc2..89d455b39 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class TestTerminalFunctional(object):
         )
         result = testdir.runpytest("-k", "test_two:", testpath)
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
-            ["collected 3 items / 1 deselected", "*test_deselected.py ..*"]
+            ["collected 3 items / 1 deselected / 2 selected", "*test_deselected.py ..*"]
         )
         assert result.ret == 0
 
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ class TestTerminalFunctional(object):
         result = testdir.runpytest("-m", "not foo")
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
             [
-                "collected 3 items / 1 deselected",
+                "collected 3 items / 1 deselected / 2 selected",
                 "*test_show_deselected.py ..*",
                 "*= 2 passed, 1 deselected in * =*",
             ]