diff --git a/packages/views/search.py b/packages/views/search.py
index b377817..fd05a89 100644
--- a/packages/views/search.py
+++ b/packages/views/search.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class PackageSearchForm(forms.Form):
     name = forms.CharField(required=False)
     desc = forms.CharField(required=False)
     q = forms.CharField(required=False)
+    exact = forms.BooleanField(required=False)
     sort = forms.CharField(required=False, widget=forms.HiddenInput())
     maintainer = forms.ChoiceField(required=False)
     packager = forms.ChoiceField(required=False)
@@ -84,7 +85,10 @@ def parse_form(form, packages):
 
     if form.cleaned_data['q']:
         query = form.cleaned_data['q']
-        q = Q(pkgname__icontains=query) | Q(pkgdesc__icontains=query)
+        if form.cleaned_data['exact']:
+            q = Q(pkgname=query)
+        else:
+            q = Q(pkgname__icontains=query) | Q(pkgdesc__icontains=query)
         packages = packages.filter(q)
 
     return packages
diff --git a/templates/packages/search.html b/templates/packages/search.html
index d312c37..4ef5fac 100644
--- a/templates/packages/search.html
+++ b/templates/packages/search.html
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
             <div>{{ search_form.q.errors }}
                 <label for="id_q" title="Enter keywords as desired">
                     Keywords</label>{{ search_form.q }}</div>
+            <div>{{ search_form.exact.errors }}
+                <label for="id_exact" title="Only search for an exact match">
+                    Exact match</label>{{ search_form.exact }}</div>
             <div>{{ search_form.maintainer.errors }}
                 <label for="id_maintainer" title="Limit results to a specific maintainer">
                     Maintainer</label>{{ search_form.maintainer}}</div>