diff --git a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
index d6f8bb48acd..c15470dcda8 100644
--- a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -379,12 +379,14 @@ class QueryBuilder implements IQueryBuilder {
 	 *         ->leftJoin('u', 'phonenumbers', 'p', 'u.id = p.user_id');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
-	 * @param mixed $select The selection expressions.
+	 * @param mixed ...$selects The selection expressions.
 	 *
 	 * @return \OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder This QueryBuilder instance.
 	 */
-	public function select($select = null) {
-		$selects = is_array($select) ? $select : func_get_args();
+	public function select(...$selects) {
+		if (count($selects) === 1 && is_array($selects[0])) {
+			$selects = $selects[0];
+		}
 
 		$this->queryBuilder->select(
 			$this->helper->quoteColumnNames($selects)
diff --git a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
index 7f179dd7e26..70cc26f9a7e 100644
--- a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ interface IQueryBuilder {
 	 *         ->leftJoin('u', 'phonenumbers', 'p', 'u.id = p.user_id');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
-	 * @param mixed $select The selection expressions.
+	 * @param mixed ...$selects The selection expressions.
 	 *
 	 * @return \OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder This QueryBuilder instance.
 	 * @since 8.2.0
 	 */
-	public function select($select = null);
+	public function select(...$selects);
 
 	/**
 	 * Specifies an item that is to be returned with a different name in the query result.