diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f00773..11bd28a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.2.2 [unreleased]
+
+- Added support for phrase matches
+
 ## 1.2.1
 
 - Added `multi_search` method
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13da462..52f5b6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ Available options are:
 User.search params[:q], fields: [{email: :exact}, :name]
 ```
 
++### Phrase Matches [master]
+
+```ruby
+User.search "fresh honey", match: :phrase
+```
+
 ### Language
 
 Searchkick defaults to English for stemming.  To change this, use:
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/query.rb b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
index 15193cd..1d65bc9 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/query.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/query.rb
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ module Searchkick
                 boost: 10 * factor
               }
 
+              match_type =
+                if field.end_with?(".phrase")
+                  field = field.sub(/\.phrase\z/, ".analyzed")
+                  :match_phrase
+                else
+                  :match
+                end
+
               if field == "_all" || field.end_with?(".analyzed")
                 shared_options[:cutoff_frequency] = 0.001 unless operator == "and" || misspellings == false
                 qs.concat [
@@ -256,7 +264,7 @@ module Searchkick
                 qs.concat qs.map { |q| q.except(:cutoff_frequency).merge(fuzziness: edit_distance, prefix_length: prefix_length, max_expansions: max_expansions, boost: factor).merge(transpositions) }
               end
 
-              queries.concat(qs.map { |q| {match: {field => q}} })
+              queries.concat(qs.map { |q| {match_type => {field => q}} })
             end
 
             payload = {
diff --git a/test/match_test.rb b/test/match_test.rb
index a70caea..3463439 100644
--- a/test/match_test.rb
+++ b/test/match_test.rb
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ class MatchTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_search "ben & jerrys", ["Ben and Jerry's"]
   end
 
+  def test_phrase
+    store_names ["Fresh Honey", "Honey Fresh"]
+    assert_search "fresh honey", ["Fresh Honey"], match: :phrase
+  end
+
   def test_unsearchable
     store [
       {name: "Unsearchable", description: "Almond"}
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