diff --git a/src/file/regexpcache.cpp b/src/file/regexpcache.cpp
index 7e2a3a2b..32938fb8 100644
--- a/src/file/regexpcache.cpp
+++ b/src/file/regexpcache.cpp
@@ -1,59 +1,67 @@
 /*
    This file is part of the KDE Baloo project.
    Copyright (C) 2010 Sebastian Trueg <trueg@kde.org>
    Copyright (C) 2014 Vishesh Handa <me@vhanda.in>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
    later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
    successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
    act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 #include "regexpcache.h"
 
 #include <QStringList>
 
 RegExpCache::RegExpCache()
 {
 }
 
 
 RegExpCache::~RegExpCache()
 {
 }
 
 
 bool RegExpCache::exactMatch(const QString& s) const
 {
+    if (m_exactMatches.contains(s)) {
+        return true;
+    }
     for (const QRegularExpression& filter : qAsConst(m_regexpCache)) {
         if (filter.match(s).hasMatch()) {
             return true;
         }
     }
     return false;
 }
 
 void RegExpCache::rebuildCacheFromFilterList(const QStringList& filters)
 {
     m_regexpCache.clear();
+    m_exactMatches.clear();
     for (const QString& filter : filters) {
         QString f = filter;
+        if (!f.contains(QLatin1Char('*')) && !f.contains(QLatin1Char('?'))) {
+            m_exactMatches += f;
+            continue;
+        }
         f.replace(QLatin1Char('.'), QStringLiteral("\\."));
         f.replace(QLatin1Char('?'), QLatin1Char('.'));
         f.replace(QStringLiteral("*"), QStringLiteral(".*"));
         f = QLatin1String("^") + f + QLatin1String("$");
 
         m_regexpCache.append(QRegularExpression(f));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/file/regexpcache.h b/src/file/regexpcache.h
index 60d370de..2ea3bb95 100644
--- a/src/file/regexpcache.h
+++ b/src/file/regexpcache.h
@@ -1,43 +1,45 @@
 /*
    This file is part of the KDE Baloo project.
    Copyright (C) 2010 Sebastian Trueg <trueg@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
    later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
    successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
    act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 #ifndef REGEXP_CACHE_H_
 #define REGEXP_CACHE_H_
 
 #include <QList>
+#include <QSet>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 
 class RegExpCache
 {
 public:
     RegExpCache();
     ~RegExpCache();
 
     bool exactMatch(const QString& s) const;
 
     void rebuildCacheFromFilterList(const QStringList& filters);
 
 private:
     QList<QRegularExpression> m_regexpCache;
+    QSet<QString> m_exactMatches;
 };
 
 #endif