diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6b2b847..c56b36cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1545,6 +1545,23 @@ console.log(isMatching(P.object.empty(), null)); // false
 console.log(isMatching(P.object.empty(), undefined)); // false
 ```
 
+### `P.object.exact({...})`
+
+`P.object.exact({...})` matches objects that contain exactly the set of properties defined in the pattern.
+
+```ts
+import { match, P } from 'ts-pattern';
+
+const fn = (input: unknown) =>
+  match(input)
+    .with(P.object.exact({ a: P.any }), () => 'Objects with a single `a` key that contains anything.')
+    .otherwise(() => '❌');
+
+console.log(fn({})); // ❌
+console.log(fn({ a: 1 })); // ✅
+console.log(fn({ a: 1, b: 2 })); // ❌
+```
+
 ## Types
 
 ### `P.infer`
diff --git a/src/patterns.ts b/src/patterns.ts
index 4d6f3245..ec08852c 100644
--- a/src/patterns.ts
+++ b/src/patterns.ts
@@ -656,10 +656,13 @@ function isObject(x: unknown): x is object {
   return !!x && (typeof x === 'object' || typeof x === 'function');
 }
 
-function hasExactKeys(keys: Set<PropertyKey>, x: unknown) {
+function hasExactKeys(keys: Set<string>, x: unknown) {  
   if (!x || typeof x !== 'object') return false;
+  const xKeys = new Set(Object.keys(x));
   if (Array.isArray(x)) return false;
+  if(xKeys.size !== keys.size) return false;
   for (const key in x) if (!keys.has(key)) return false;
+  for (const key in keys) if (!xKeys.has(key)) return false;
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/types/Pattern.ts b/src/types/Pattern.ts
index 6ca297c1..c06e57cf 100644
--- a/src/types/Pattern.ts
+++ b/src/types/Pattern.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ export type ObjectLiteralPattern<a> =
     }
   | never;
 
+export type ObjectExactPattern<a> = {
+  readonly [k in keyof a]: Pattern<a[k]>;
+};
+
 type ArrayPattern<a> = a extends readonly (infer i)[]
   ? a extends readonly [any, ...any]
     ? { readonly [index in keyof a]: Pattern<a[index]> }
@@ -695,7 +699,7 @@ export type ObjectChainable<
        *     () => 'Objects with a single `a` key that contains anything.'
        *   )
        */
-      <input, const pattern extends ObjectLiteralPattern<input>>(
+      exact<input, const pattern extends ObjectExactPattern<input>>(
         pattern: pattern
       ): Chainable<GuardExcludeP<input, InvertPattern<pattern, input>, never>>;
     },
diff --git a/tests/object.test.ts b/tests/object.test.ts
index 3c73efa7..2586274d 100644
--- a/tests/object.test.ts
+++ b/tests/object.test.ts
@@ -106,4 +106,49 @@ describe('Object', () => {
       expect(fn(null)).toEqual('no');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('P.object.exact({...})', () => {
+    it('should only catch exact match.', () => {
+      const fn = (input: object) =>
+        match(input)
+          .with(P.object.exact({ a: P.any }), (obj) => {
+            type t = Expect<Equal<typeof obj, { a: unknown }>>;
+            return 'yes';
+          })
+          .otherwise(() => 'no');
+
+      expect(fn({ a: [] })).toEqual('yes');
+      expect(fn({ a: null })).toEqual('yes');
+      expect(fn({ a: undefined })).toEqual('yes');
+      expect(fn({ a: 5 })).toEqual('yes');
+      expect(fn({ a: undefined, b: undefined })).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn({})).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn({ hello: 'world' })).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn(() => {})).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn([1, 2, 3])).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn([])).toEqual('no');
+
+      const fn2 = (input: object) =>
+        match(input)
+          .with(P.object.exact({ a: { b: P.any } }), (obj) => {
+            type t = Expect<Equal<typeof obj, { a: { b: unknown } }>>;
+            return 'yes';
+          })
+          .otherwise(() => 'no');
+
+      expect(fn2({ a: { b: [] } })).toEqual('yes');
+      expect(fn2({ a: null })).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn2({ a: { b: null } })).toEqual('yes');
+      expect(fn2({ a: undefined })).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn2({ a: { b: undefined } })).toEqual('yes');
+      expect(fn2({ a: 5 })).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn2({ a: { b: 5 } })).toEqual('yes');
+      expect(fn2({ a: undefined, b: undefined })).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn2({})).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn2({ hello: 'world' })).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn2(() => {})).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn2([1, 2, 3])).toEqual('no');
+      expect(fn2([])).toEqual('no');
+    });
+  });
 });