diff --git a/flow-typed/search.js b/flow-typed/search.js
index e1fa45f27..2697bdd0a 100644
--- a/flow-typed/search.js
+++ b/flow-typed/search.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ declare type SearchOptions = {
   SORT: string,
   SORT_ACCENDING: string,
   SORT_DESCENDING: string,
+  EXACT: string,
 };
 
 declare type SearchState = {
diff --git a/ui/constants/search.js b/ui/constants/search.js
index b0d28faee..7251ba6ff 100644
--- a/ui/constants/search.js
+++ b/ui/constants/search.js
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ export const SEARCH_OPTIONS = {
   SORT: 'sort_by',
   SORT_ACCENDING: '^release_time',
   SORT_DESCENDING: 'release_time',
+  EXACT: 'exact',
 };
diff --git a/ui/util/query-params.js b/ui/util/query-params.js
index 371370c70..cbafd9ac1 100644
--- a/ui/util/query-params.js
+++ b/ui/util/query-params.js
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ export function updateQueryParam(uri: string, key: string, value: string) {
 
 export const getSearchQueryString = (query: string, options: any = {}) => {
   const FORCE_FREE_ONLY = SIMPLE_SITE;
+  const isSurroundedByQuotes = (str) => str[0] === '"' && str[str.length - 1] === '"';
   const encodedQuery = encodeURIComponent(query);
   const queryParams = [
-    `s=${encodedQuery}`,
+    options.exact && !isSurroundedByQuotes(encodedQuery) ? `s="${encodedQuery}"` : `s=${encodedQuery}`,
     `size=${options.size || DEFAULT_SEARCH_SIZE}`,
     `from=${options.from || DEFAULT_SEARCH_RESULT_FROM}`,
   ];