Simply give the select helper an option :disabled, passing either a single value or an array. You need to specify the option's value, not its text.

= form.select :country, Address.countries_for_select, :include_blank => true, :disabled => ['disabled-value1', 'disabled-value-2']

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Also see Cucumber: Check if a select field contains a disabled option on how to test this.