diff --git a/contrib/pg_trgm/pg_trgm--1.2.sql b/contrib/pg_trgm/pg_trgm--1.2.sql
index bc23dfe..d2323e2 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_trgm/pg_trgm--1.2.sql
+++ b/contrib/pg_trgm/pg_trgm--1.2.sql
@@ -251,4 +251,5 @@ LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT;
 
 ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY gin_trgm_ops USING gin ADD
         OPERATOR        7       %> (text, text),
+        OPERATOR        8       pg_catalog.= (text, text),
         FUNCTION        6      (text,text) gin_trgm_triconsistent (internal, int2, text, int4, internal, internal, internal);
diff --git a/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm.h b/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm.h
index 8cd88e7..af7fcd7 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm.h
+++ b/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define SimilarityStrategyNumber		1
 #define DistanceStrategyNumber			2
 #define LikeStrategyNumber				3
+#define EqualStrategyNumber				8
 #define ILikeStrategyNumber				4
 #define RegExpStrategyNumber			5
 #define RegExpICaseStrategyNumber		6
diff --git a/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_gin.c b/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_gin.c
index 8c19041..7c2935c 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_gin.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_gin.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ gin_extract_query_trgm(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 #endif
 			/* FALL THRU */
 		case LikeStrategyNumber:
+		case EqualStrategyNumber:
 
 			/*
 			 * For wildcard search we extract all the trigrams that every
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ gin_trgm_consistent(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 #endif
 			/* FALL THRU */
 		case LikeStrategyNumber:
+		case EqualStrategyNumber:
 			/* Check if all extracted trigrams are presented. */
 			res = true;
 			for (i = 0; i < nkeys; i++)
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@ gin_trgm_triconsistent(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 #endif
 			/* FALL THRU */
 		case LikeStrategyNumber:
+		case EqualStrategyNumber:
 			/* Check if all extracted trigrams are presented. */
 			res = GIN_MAYBE;
 			for (i = 0; i < nkeys; i++)