diff --git a/src/query-builder/SelectQueryBuilder.ts b/src/query-builder/SelectQueryBuilder.ts
index bf3ebe7194..7eabeca0e3 100644
--- a/src/query-builder/SelectQueryBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/query-builder/SelectQueryBuilder.ts
@@ -3582,7 +3582,7 @@ export class SelectQueryBuilder<Entity>
         embedPrefix?: string,
     ) {
         for (let key in select) {
-            if (select[key] === undefined) continue
+            if (select[key] === undefined || select[key] === false) continue
 
             const propertyPath = embedPrefix ? embedPrefix + "." + key : key
             const column =
diff --git a/test/github-issues/8796/entity/User.ts b/test/github-issues/8796/entity/User.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d19bc746c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/github-issues/8796/entity/User.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Column, Entity, PrimaryColumn } from "../../../../src"
+
+@Entity()
+export class User {
+    @PrimaryColumn({ type: "int", nullable: false })
+    id: number
+
+    @Column()
+    firstName: string
+
+    @Column()
+    lastName: string
+
+    @Column()
+    github: string
+}
diff --git a/test/github-issues/8796/issue-8796.ts b/test/github-issues/8796/issue-8796.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32cd0f2f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/github-issues/8796/issue-8796.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import "reflect-metadata"
+import {
+    createTestingConnections,
+    closeTestingConnections,
+    reloadTestingDatabases,
+} from "../../utils/test-utils"
+import { Connection } from "../../../src/connection/Connection"
+import { expect } from "chai"
+import { User } from "../8796/entity/User"
+
+describe("github issues > #8796 New find select object api should support false values as expected", () => {
+    let connections: Connection[]
+
+    const user: User = {
+        id: 1,
+        firstName: "Christian",
+        lastName: "Fleury",
+        github: "chfleury",
+    }
+
+    const expectedUser: Partial<User> = {
+        id: 1,
+        firstName: "Christian",
+    }
+
+    before(
+        async () =>
+            (connections = await createTestingConnections({
+                entities: [__dirname + "/entity/*{.js,.ts}"],
+                schemaCreate: true,
+                dropSchema: true,
+            })),
+    )
+    beforeEach(() => reloadTestingDatabases(connections))
+    after(() => closeTestingConnections(connections))
+
+    it("should suport false value when selecting fields", () =>
+        Promise.all(
+            connections.map(async (connection) => {
+                const userRepository = connection.getRepository(User)
+
+                await userRepository.save(user)
+
+                const foundUser = await userRepository.find({
+                    where: { id: 1 },
+                    select: {
+                        id: true,
+                        firstName: true,
+                        lastName: undefined,
+                        github: false,
+                    },
+                })
+
+                expect(foundUser[0]).to.deep.equal(expectedUser)
+            }),
+        ))
+})