diff --git a/netbox/netbox/forms/__init__.py b/netbox/netbox/forms/__init__.py
index 7dadfa8ef..14e4d0566 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/forms/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/forms/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 from django import forms
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
+from netbox.search import LookupTypes
 from netbox.search.backends import search_backend
-from utilities.forms import BootstrapMixin, StaticSelectMultiple
+from utilities.forms import BootstrapMixin, StaticSelect, StaticSelectMultiple
 
 from .base import *
 
+LOOKUP_CHOICES = (
+    ('', _('Partial match')),
+    (LookupTypes.EXACT, _('Exact match')),
+    (LookupTypes.STARTSWITH, _('Starts with')),
+    (LookupTypes.ENDSWITH, _('Ends with')),
+)
+
 
 def build_options(choices):
     options = [{"label": choices[0][1], "items": []}]
@@ -27,6 +36,13 @@ class SearchForm(BootstrapMixin, forms.Form):
         label='Object type(s)',
         widget=StaticSelectMultiple()
     )
+    lookup = forms.ChoiceField(
+        choices=LOOKUP_CHOICES,
+        initial=LookupTypes.PARTIAL,
+        required=False,
+        widget=StaticSelect()
+    )
+
     options = None
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py b/netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py
index b4169359b..24cabc2cd 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/search/__init__.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ class FieldTypes:
 
 
 class LookupTypes:
-    EXACT = 'iexact'
     PARTIAL = 'icontains'
+    EXACT = 'iexact'
     STARTSWITH = 'istartswith'
     ENDSWITH = 'iendswith'
 
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/search/backends.py b/netbox/netbox/search/backends.py
index 2a6e002e4..3dc5aa083 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/search/backends.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/search/backends.py
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ class FilterSetSearchBackend(SearchBackend):
 
 class CachedValueSearchBackend(SearchBackend):
 
-    def search(self, request, value, object_types=None, lookup=DEFAULT_LOOKUP_TYPE):
+    def search(self, request, value, object_types=None, lookup=None):
+        if not lookup:
+            lookup = DEFAULT_LOOKUP_TYPE
 
         # Define the search parameters
         params = {
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/views/__init__.py b/netbox/netbox/views/__init__.py
index c3f4af833..cde6b5966 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/views/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/views/__init__.py
@@ -163,7 +163,12 @@ class SearchView(View):
                 app_label, model_name = obj_type.split('.')
                 object_types.append(ContentType.objects.get_by_natural_key(app_label, model_name))
 
-            results = search_backend.search(request, form.cleaned_data['q'], object_types=object_types)
+            results = search_backend.search(
+                request,
+                form.cleaned_data['q'],
+                object_types=object_types,
+                lookup=form.cleaned_data['lookup']
+            )
 
         return render(request, 'search.html', {
             'form': form,