diff --git a/mongoengine/fields.py b/mongoengine/fields.py
index 75008d6f..127f029f 100644
--- a/mongoengine/fields.py
+++ b/mongoengine/fields.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class StringField(BaseField):
         if not isinstance(op, basestring):
             return value
 
-        if op.lstrip('i') in ('startswith', 'endswith', 'contains'):
+        if op.lstrip('i') in ('startswith', 'endswith', 'contains', 'exact'):
             flags = 0
             if op.startswith('i'):
                 flags = re.IGNORECASE
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class StringField(BaseField):
                 regex = r'^%s'
             elif op == 'endswith':
                 regex = r'%s$'
+            elif op == 'exact':
+                regex = r'^%s$'
             value = re.compile(regex % value, flags)
         return value
 
diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset.py b/mongoengine/queryset.py
index 72a474d7..57600b10 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset.py
@@ -307,8 +307,9 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         """
         operators = ['ne', 'gt', 'gte', 'lt', 'lte', 'in', 'nin', 'mod',
                      'all', 'size', 'exists', 'near']
-        match_operators = ['contains', 'icontains', 'startswith', 
-                           'istartswith', 'endswith', 'iendswith']
+        match_operators = ['contains', 'icontains', 'startswith',
+                           'istartswith', 'endswith', 'iendswith',
+                           'exact', 'iexact']
 
         mongo_query = {}
         for key, value in query.items():
diff --git a/tests/queryset.py b/tests/queryset.py
index 9daa73ec..e512cd7c 100644
--- a/tests/queryset.py
+++ b/tests/queryset.py
@@ -265,6 +265,30 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         obj = self.Person.objects(Q(name__iendswith='rossuM')).first()
         self.assertEqual(obj, person)
 
+        # Test exact
+        obj = self.Person.objects(name__exact='Guido van Rossum').first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, person)
+        obj = self.Person.objects(name__exact='Guido van rossum').first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, None)
+        obj = self.Person.objects(name__exact='Guido van Rossu').first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, None)
+        obj = self.Person.objects(Q(name__exact='Guido van Rossum')).first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, person)
+        obj = self.Person.objects(Q(name__exact='Guido van rossum')).first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, None)
+        obj = self.Person.objects(Q(name__exact='Guido van Rossu')).first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, None)
+
+        # Test iexact
+        obj = self.Person.objects(name__iexact='gUIDO VAN rOSSUM').first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, person)
+        obj = self.Person.objects(name__iexact='gUIDO VAN rOSSU').first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, None)
+        obj = self.Person.objects(Q(name__iexact='gUIDO VAN rOSSUM')).first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, person)
+        obj = self.Person.objects(Q(name__iexact='gUIDO VAN rOSSU')).first()
+        self.assertEqual(obj, None)
+
     def test_filter_chaining(self):
         """Ensure filters can be chained together.
         """