A method for cell selection in a cellular communication system having a first base station with a first cell and at least one second base station with a respective second cell, said method comprising the steps of: obtaining, in one of said first base station and said second base station, user equipment specific information for a user equipment being present in said first cell, said user equipment specific information comprising information of a prevailing radio situation of said user equipment and information of a present decoding performance of said user equipment; estimating, in one of said first base station, said second base station and a node connected to at least one of said first base station and said second base station, a present capability of said user equipment for handling increased interference and a measure of a cell selection offset required to cover said user equipment by said second cell, from said user equipment specific information; and deciding, in one of said first base station, said second base station and a node connected to at least one of said first base station and said second base station, on modifying a cell selection offset for handover between said first cell and said second cell, in dependence on said estimated present capability of said user equipment for handling increased interference and said cell selection offset required to cover said user equipment by said second cell, characterized in that said step of deciding on modifying a cell selection offset is performed in further dependence of expected gains in load sharing and uplink performance, wherein said step of deciding on modifying a cell selection offset is performed by comparing a first comparison measure computed from said estimated present capability of said user equipment and a second comparison measure computed from said required cell selection offset, wherein said first comparison measure is estimated as a function of a send bit information value, said send bit information value being a ratio of the number of information bits transmitted to said user equipment by said first base station divided by the number of resource elements utilized for said user equipment by said first base station, and said second comparison measure is estimated as a function of a range expansion depth for said user equipment, said range expansion depth being the difference between a received power of a pilot signal from said first base station and a received power of a pilot signal from said second base station. obtaining, in one of said first base station and said second base station, user equipment specific information for a user equipment being present in said first cell, said user equipment specific information comprising information of a prevailing radio situation of said user equipment and information of a present decoding performance of said user equipment; estimating, in one of said first base station, said second base station and a node connected to at least one of said first base station and said second base station, a present capability of said user equipment for handling increased interference and a measure of a cell selection offset required to cover said user equipment by said second cell, from said user equipment specific information; and deciding, in one of said first base station, said second base station and a node connected to at least one of said first base station and said second base station, on modifying a cell selection offset for handover between said first cell and said second cell, in dependence on said estimated present capability of said user equipment for handling increased interference and said cell selection offset required to cover said user equipment by said second cell, characterized in that said step of deciding on modifying a cell selection offset is performed in further dependence of expected gains in load sharing and uplink performance, wherein said step of deciding on modifying a cell selection offset is performed by comparing a first comparison measure computed from said estimated present capability of said user equipment and a second comparison measure computed from said required cell selection offset, wherein said first comparison measure is estimated as a function of a send bit information value, said send bit information value being a ratio of the number of information bits transmitted to said user equipment by said first base station divided by the number of resource elements utilized for said user equipment by said first base station, and said second comparison measure is estimated as a function of a range expansion depth for said user equipment, said range expansion depth being the difference between a received power of a pilot signal from said first base station and a received power of a pilot signal from said second base station.