diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3f9be7..acadf4e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ const paginateConfig: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> {
    * Type: TypeORM partial selection
    * Default: None
    * https://typeorm.io/select-query-builder#partial-selection
+   * Note: You must include the primary key in the selection.
    */
   select: ['name', 'color'],
 
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ const paginateConfig: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> {
 Eager loading should work with typeorm's eager property out the box. Like so
 
 ```typescript
-import { Entity, OneToMany } from 'typeorm';
+import { Entity, OneToMany } from 'typeorm'
 
 @Entity()
 export class CatEntity {
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ class CatService {
   public findAll(query: PaginateQuery): Promise<Paginated<CatEntity>> {
     return paginate(query, this.catsRepository, {
       sortableColumns: ['id', 'name', 'color', 'age'],
-      loadEagerRelations: true // set this property as true to enable the eager loading
+      loadEagerRelations: true, // set this property as true to enable the eager loading
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/helper.ts b/src/helper.ts
index 8b507a9..6695c0a 100644
--- a/src/helper.ts
+++ b/src/helper.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,25 @@ export function extractVirtualProperty(
     )
 }
 
+export function includesAllPrimaryKeyColumns(qb: SelectQueryBuilder<unknown>, propertyPath: string[]): boolean {
+    if (!qb || !propertyPath) {
+        return false
+    }
+    return qb.expressionMap.mainAlias?.metadata?.primaryColumns
+        .map((column) => column.propertyPath)
+        .every((column) => propertyPath.includes(column))
+}
+
+export function hasColumnWithPropertyPath(
+    qb: SelectQueryBuilder<unknown>,
+    columnProperties: ColumnProperties
+): boolean {
+    if (!qb || !columnProperties) {
+        return false
+    }
+    return !!qb.expressionMap.mainAlias?.metadata?.hasColumnWithPropertyPath(columnProperties.propertyName)
+}
+
 export function checkIsRelation(qb: SelectQueryBuilder<unknown>, propertyPath: string): boolean {
     if (!qb || !propertyPath) {
         return false
diff --git a/src/paginate.spec.ts b/src/paginate.spec.ts
index c5c7a38..89a2447 100644
--- a/src/paginate.spec.ts
+++ b/src/paginate.spec.ts
@@ -1871,6 +1871,20 @@ describe('paginate', () => {
         expect(result.links.current).toBe('?page=1&limit=20&sortBy=countCat:ASC&filter.countCat=$gt:0')
     })
 
+    it("should return all columns if select doesn't contain all primary columns", async () => {
+        const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
+            sortableColumns: ['id', 'name'],
+            select: ['name'],
+        }
+        const query: PaginateQuery = {
+            path: '',
+        }
+
+        const result = await paginate<CatEntity>(query, catRepo, config)
+
+        expect(result.data).toStrictEqual(cats)
+    })
+
     it('should return all items even if deleted', async () => {
         const config: PaginateConfig<CatEntity> = {
             sortableColumns: ['id'],
diff --git a/src/paginate.ts b/src/paginate.ts
index 52efb1b..59e4c71 100644
--- a/src/paginate.ts
+++ b/src/paginate.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import {
     positiveNumberOrDefault,
     RelationColumn,
     SortBy,
+    hasColumnWithPropertyPath,
+    includesAllPrimaryKeyColumns,
 } from './helper'
 import { FilterOperator, FilterSuffix } from './operator'
 import { addFilter } from './filter'
@@ -208,15 +210,18 @@ export async function paginate<T extends ObjectLiteral>(
     }
 
     // When we partial select the columns (main or relation) we must add the primary key column otherwise
-    // typeorm will not be able to map the result TODO: write it in the docs
+    // typeorm will not be able to map the result.
     const selectParams = config.select || query.select
-    if (selectParams?.length > 0) {
+    if (selectParams?.length > 0 && includesAllPrimaryKeyColumns(queryBuilder, selectParams)) {
         const cols: string[] = selectParams.reduce((cols, currentCol) => {
             if (query.select?.includes(currentCol) ?? true) {
                 const columnProperties = getPropertiesByColumnName(currentCol)
                 const isRelation = checkIsRelation(queryBuilder, columnProperties.propertyPath)
-                // here we can avoid to manually fix and add the query of virtual columns
-                cols.push(fixColumnAlias(columnProperties, queryBuilder.alias, isRelation))
+                const { isVirtualProperty } = extractVirtualProperty(queryBuilder, columnProperties)
+                if (hasColumnWithPropertyPath(queryBuilder, columnProperties) || isVirtualProperty) {
+                    // here we can avoid to manually fix and add the query of virtual columns
+                    cols.push(fixColumnAlias(columnProperties, queryBuilder.alias, isRelation))
+                }
             }
             return cols
         }, [])