diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/ExampleMatcher.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/ExampleMatcher.java
index a9b4f691c..af9887884 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/ExampleMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/domain/ExampleMatcher.java
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ public class ExampleMatcher {
 		 * @return
 		 */
 		public static GenericPropertyMatcher exact() {
-			return new GenericPropertyMatcher().startsWith();
+			return new GenericPropertyMatcher().exact();
 		}
 
 		/**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/ExampleSpecificationAccessorUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/ExampleSpecificationAccessorUnitTests.java
index 945fe1f74..44625a83c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/ExampleSpecificationAccessorUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/ExampleSpecificationAccessorUnitTests.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.domain.ExampleMatcher.StringMatcher;
  * @author Mark Paluch
  * @soundtrack Ron Spielman Trio - Fretboard Highway (Electric Tales)
  */
-@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class ExampleSpecificationAccessorUnitTests {
 
 	Person person;
@@ -322,6 +321,19 @@ public class ExampleSpecificationAccessorUnitTests {
 		assertThat(exampleSpecificationAccessor.hasPropertySpecifiers(), is(true));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-953
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void exactMatcherUsesExactMatching() {
+
+		ExampleMatcher matcher = ExampleMatcher.matching()//
+				.withMatcher("firstname", exact());
+
+		assertThat(new ExampleMatcherAccessor(matcher).getPropertySpecifier("firstname").getStringMatcher(),
+				is(StringMatcher.EXACT));
+	}
+
 	static class Person {
 		String firstname;
 	}