diff --git a/modules/modes/select.js b/modules/modes/select.js
index 2b704fe13..9f59eef6a 100644
--- a/modules/modes/select.js
+++ b/modules/modes/select.js
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ export function modeSelect(context, selectedIDs) {
                 // Apply selection styling if not in wide selection
 
                 surface
-                    .selectAll(utilDeepMemberSelector(selectedIDs, context.graph()))
+                    .selectAll(utilDeepMemberSelector(selectedIDs, context.graph(), true /* skipMultipolgonMembers */))
                     .classed('selected-member', true);
                 surface
                     .selectAll(utilEntityOrDeepMemberSelector(selectedIDs, context.graph()))
diff --git a/modules/util/util.js b/modules/util/util.js
index ceadbcb34..a55f8f011 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.js
+++ b/modules/util/util.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export function utilEntityAndDeepMemberIDs(ids, graph) {
 
 // returns an selector to select entity ids for:
 //  - deep descendant entityIDs for any of those entities that are relations
-export function utilDeepMemberSelector(ids, graph) {
+export function utilDeepMemberSelector(ids, graph, skipMultipolgonMembers) {
     var idsSet = new Set(ids);
     var seen = new Set();
     var returners = new Set();
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function utilDeepMemberSelector(ids, graph) {
 
         var entity = graph.hasEntity(id);
         if (!entity || entity.type !== 'relation') return;
-
+        if (skipMultipolgonMembers && entity.isMultipolygon()) return;
         entity.members
             .map(function(member) { return member.id; })
             .forEach(collectDeepDescendants);   // recurse