diff --git a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
index c15470dcda..4b3fd8449c 100644
--- a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -452,12 +452,14 @@ class QueryBuilder implements IQueryBuilder {
 	 *         ->leftJoin('u', 'phonenumbers', 'u.id = p.user_id');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
-	 * @param mixed $select The selection expression.
+	 * @param mixed ...$selects The selection expression.
 	 *
 	 * @return \OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder This QueryBuilder instance.
 	 */
-	public function addSelect($select = null) {
-		$selects = is_array($select) ? $select : func_get_args();
+	public function addSelect(...$selects) {
+		if (count($selects) === 1 && is_array($selects[0])) {
+			$selects = $selects[0];
+		}
 
 		$this->queryBuilder->addSelect(
 			$this->helper->quoteColumnNames($selects)
diff --git a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
index 70cc26f9a7..760496064f 100644
--- a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@ interface IQueryBuilder {
 	 *         ->leftJoin('u', 'phonenumbers', 'u.id = p.user_id');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
-	 * @param mixed $select The selection expression.
+	 * @param mixed ...$select The selection expression.
 	 *
 	 * @return \OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder This QueryBuilder instance.
 	 * @since 8.2.0
 	 */
-	public function addSelect($select = null);
+	public function addSelect(...$select);
 
 	/**
 	 * Turns the query being built into a bulk delete query that ranges over