diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes/console-exact_match.txt b/DOCS/interface-changes/console-exact_match.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d979aed26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes/console-exact_match.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add `console-exact_match` script-opt
diff --git a/DOCS/man/console.rst b/DOCS/man/console.rst
index aa725b396e..a636b0735b 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/console.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/console.rst
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@ Configurable Options
 
     The color of characters that match the searched string.
 
+``exact_match``
+    Default: no
+
+    Whether to match menu search queries exactly instead of fuzzily. Without
+    this option, prefixing queries with ``'`` enables exact matching.
+
 ``case_sensitive``
     Default: no on Windows, yes on other platforms.
 
diff --git a/DOCS/man/select.rst b/DOCS/man/select.rst
index 0ecb2f9b96..9bca439d1f 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/select.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/select.rst
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ console and do operations on the selected item. It can be disabled using the
 Key bindings
 ------------
 
-When using ``mp.input.select``, typing printable characters does a fuzzy search
-of the presented items, and key bindings listed in `CONSOLE`_ are extended with
-the following:
+When using ``mp.input.select``, the key bindings listed in `CONSOLE`_ are
+extended with the following:
 
 ENTER, Ctrl+j and Ctrl+m
     Confirm the selection of the highlighted item.
@@ -39,6 +38,12 @@ WHEEL_UP
 WHEEL_DOWN
     Scroll down.
 
+Typing printable characters does a fuzzy search of the presented items.
+
+If the query starts with ``'``, only exact matches are filtered. You can also
+specify multiple search terms delimited by spaces, and only items matching all
+terms are filtered.
+
 Script bindings
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/player/lua/console.lua b/player/lua/console.lua
index 30610c65e3..817f51b5f8 100644
--- a/player/lua/console.lua
+++ b/player/lua/console.lua
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ local opts = {
     selected_color = "#222222",
     selected_back_color = "#FFFFFF",
     match_color = "#0088FF",
+    exact_match = false,
     case_sensitive = platform ~= "windows" and true or false,
     history_dedup = true,
     font_hw_ratio = "auto",
@@ -464,6 +465,54 @@ local function fuzzy_find(needle, haystacks, case_sensitive)
     return result
 end
 
+local function find_matches(needle, haystacks)
+    if not opts.exact_match and needle:sub(1, 1) ~= "'" then
+        return fuzzy_find(needle, haystacks)
+    end
+
+    if not opts.exact_match then
+        needle = needle:sub(2)
+    end
+
+    if not opts.case_sensitive then
+        needle = needle:lower()
+    end
+
+    local result = {}
+    local needle_words = {}
+
+    for word in needle:gmatch("%S+") do
+        needle_words[#needle_words + 1] = word
+    end
+
+    for i, haystack in ipairs(haystacks) do
+        if not opts.case_sensitive then
+            haystack = haystack:lower()
+        end
+
+        local matching_positions = {}
+        for _, word in pairs(needle_words) do
+            local start, e = haystack:find(word, 1, true)
+
+            if start then
+                for j = start, e do
+                    matching_positions[#matching_positions + 1] = j
+                end
+            else
+                matching_positions = nil
+                break
+            end
+        end
+
+        if matching_positions then
+            table.sort(matching_positions)
+            result[#result + 1] = { i, matching_positions }
+        end
+    end
+
+    return result
+end
+
 local function get_matches_to_print(terminal)
     if not selectable_items or selected_match == 0 then
         return {}
@@ -886,7 +935,7 @@ local function handle_edit()
     end
 
     matches = {}
-    for i, match in ipairs(fuzzy_find(line, selectable_items)) do
+    for i, match in ipairs(find_matches(line, selectable_items)) do
         matches[i] = {
             index = match[1],
             text = selectable_items[match[1]],