diff --git a/lld/Common/Strings.cpp b/lld/Common/Strings.cpp
--- a/lld/Common/Strings.cpp
+++ b/lld/Common/Strings.cpp
@@ -31,18 +31,28 @@
   return demangle(name);
 }
 
-StringMatcher::StringMatcher(ArrayRef<StringRef> pat) {
-  for (StringRef s : pat) {
-    Expected<GlobPattern> pat = GlobPattern::create(s);
-    if (!pat)
-      error(toString(pat.takeError()));
-    else
-      patterns.push_back(*pat);
+SingleStringMatcher::SingleStringMatcher(StringRef Pattern) {
+  if (Pattern.size() > 2 && Pattern.startswith("\"") &&
+      Pattern.endswith("\"")) {
+    ExactMatch = true;
+    ExactPattern = Pattern.substr(1, Pattern.size() - 2);
+  } else {
+    Expected<GlobPattern> Glob = GlobPattern::create(Pattern);
+    if (!Glob) {
+      error(toString(Glob.takeError()));
+      return;
+    }
+    ExactMatch = false;
+    GlobPatternMatcher = *Glob;
   }
 }
 
+bool SingleStringMatcher::match(StringRef s) const {
+  return ExactMatch ? (ExactPattern == s) : GlobPatternMatcher.match(s);
+}
+
 bool StringMatcher::match(StringRef s) const {
-  for (const GlobPattern &pat : patterns)
+  for (const SingleStringMatcher &pat : patterns)
     if (pat.match(s))
       return true;
   return false;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.h b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.h
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     return c->kind == InputSectionKind;
   }
 
-  StringMatcher filePat;
+  SingleStringMatcher filePat;
 
   // Input sections that matches at least one of SectionPatterns
   // will be associated with this InputSectionDescription.
diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -593,10 +593,11 @@
 }
 
 StringMatcher ScriptParser::readFilePatterns() {
-  std::vector<StringRef> v;
+  StringMatcher Matcher;
+
   while (!errorCount() && !consume(")"))
-    v.push_back(next());
-  return StringMatcher(v);
+    Matcher.addPattern(SingleStringMatcher(next()));
+  return Matcher;
 }
 
 SortSectionPolicy ScriptParser::readSortKind() {
@@ -633,12 +634,15 @@
       excludeFilePat = readFilePatterns();
     }
 
-    std::vector<StringRef> v;
-    while (!errorCount() && peek() != ")" && peek() != "EXCLUDE_FILE")
-      v.push_back(unquote(next()));
+    bool SectionPatternFound = false;
+    StringMatcher SectionMatcher;
+    while (!errorCount() && peek() != ")" && peek() != "EXCLUDE_FILE") {
+      SectionMatcher.addPattern(unquote(next()));
+      SectionPatternFound = true;
+    }
 
-    if (!v.empty())
-      ret.push_back({std::move(excludeFilePat), StringMatcher(v)});
+    if (SectionPatternFound)
+      ret.push_back({std::move(excludeFilePat), std::move(SectionMatcher)});
     else
       setError("section pattern is expected");
   }
@@ -842,7 +846,7 @@
       // commonly used syntax, but still acceptable. In that case, all sections
       // from the file will be included.
       auto *isd = make<InputSectionDescription>(tok);
-      isd->sectionPatterns.push_back({{}, StringMatcher({"*"})});
+      isd->sectionPatterns.push_back({{}, StringMatcher("*")});
       cmd->sectionCommands.push_back(isd);
     }
   }
diff --git a/lld/ELF/SymbolTable.cpp b/lld/ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 
 std::vector<Symbol *> SymbolTable::findAllByVersion(SymbolVersion ver) {
   std::vector<Symbol *> res;
-  StringMatcher m(ver.name);
+  SingleStringMatcher m(ver.name);
 
   if (ver.isExternCpp) {
     for (auto &p : getDemangledSyms())
diff --git a/lld/include/lld/Common/Strings.h b/lld/include/lld/Common/Strings.h
--- a/lld/include/lld/Common/Strings.h
+++ b/lld/include/lld/Common/Strings.h
@@ -27,16 +27,50 @@
 // Write the contents of the a buffer to a file
 void saveBuffer(llvm::StringRef buffer, const llvm::Twine &path);
 
-// This class represents multiple glob patterns.
-class StringMatcher {
+// A single pattern to match against. A pattern can either be double-quoted
+// text that should be matched exactly after removing the quoting marks or a
+// glob pattern in the sense of GlobPattern.
+class SingleStringMatcher {
 public:
-  StringMatcher() = default;
-  explicit StringMatcher(llvm::ArrayRef<llvm::StringRef> pat);
+  // Create a StringPattern from Pattern to be matched exactly irregardless
+  // of globbing characters if ExactMatch is true.
+  SingleStringMatcher(llvm::StringRef Pattern);
 
+  // Match s against this pattern, exactly if ExactMatch is true.
   bool match(llvm::StringRef s) const;
 
 private:
-  std::vector<llvm::GlobPattern> patterns;
+  // Whether to do an exact match irregardless of the presence of wildcard
+  // character.
+  bool ExactMatch;
+
+  // GlobPattern object if not doing an exact match.
+  llvm::GlobPattern GlobPatternMatcher;
+
+  // StringRef to match exactly if doing an exact match.
+  llvm::StringRef ExactPattern;
+};
+
+// This class represents multiple patterns to match against. A pattern can
+// either be a double-quoted text that should be matched exactly after removing
+// the quoted marks or a glob pattern.
+class StringMatcher {
+private:
+  // Patterns to match against.
+  std::vector<SingleStringMatcher> patterns;
+
+public:
+  StringMatcher() = default;
+
+  // Matcher for a single pattern.
+  StringMatcher(llvm::StringRef Pattern)
+      : patterns({SingleStringMatcher(Pattern)}) {}
+
+  // Add a new pattern to the existing ones to match against.
+  void addPattern(SingleStringMatcher Matcher) { patterns.push_back(Matcher); }
+
+  // Match s against the patterns.
+  bool match(llvm::StringRef s) const;
 };
 
 } // namespace lld
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/filename-spec.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/filename-spec.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/filename-spec.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/filename-spec.s
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux \
 # RUN:   %p/Inputs/filename-spec.s -o %t.dir/filename-spec2.o
 
-# RUN: echo "SECTIONS{.foo :{ %/t.dir/filename-spec2.o(.foo) %/t.dir/filename-spec1.o(.foo) }}" > %t5.script
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS{.foo :{ \"%/t.dir/filename-spec2.o\"(.foo) \"%/t.dir/filename-spec1.o\"(.foo) }}" > %t5.script
 # RUN: ld.lld -o %t5 --script %t5.script \
 # RUN:   %/t.dir/filename-spec1.o %/t.dir/filename-spec2.o
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -s %t5 | FileCheck --check-prefix=SECONDFIRST %s
 
-# RUN: echo "SECTIONS{.foo :{ %/t.dir/filename-spec1.o(.foo) %/t.dir/filename-spec2.o(.foo) }}" > %t6.script
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS{.foo :{ \"%/t.dir/filename-spec1.o\"(.foo) \"%/t.dir/filename-spec2.o\"(.foo) }}" > %t6.script
 # RUN: ld.lld -o %t6 --script %t6.script \
 # RUN:   %/t.dir/filename-spec1.o %/t.dir/filename-spec2.o
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -s %t6 | FileCheck --check-prefix=FIRSTY %s