diff --git a/milli/src/index.rs b/milli/src/index.rs
index c0be985da..f4e17d93c 100644
--- a/milli/src/index.rs
+++ b/milli/src/index.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pub mod main_key {
     pub const ONE_TYPO_WORD_LEN: &str = "one-typo-word-len";
     pub const TWO_TYPOS_WORD_LEN: &str = "two-typos-word-len";
     pub const EXACT_WORDS: &str = "exact-words";
+    pub const EXACT_ATTRIBUTES: &str = "exact-attributes";
 }
 
 pub mod db_name {
@@ -949,6 +950,23 @@ impl Index {
         )?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn exact_attributes<'t>(&self, txn: &'t RoTxn) -> Result<Vec<&'t str>> {
+        Ok(self
+            .main
+            .get::<_, Str, SerdeBincode<Vec<&str>>>(txn, main_key::EXACT_ATTRIBUTES)?
+            .unwrap_or_default())
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn put_exact_attributes(&self, txn: &mut RwTxn, attrs: &[&str]) -> Result<()> {
+        self.main.put::<_, Str, SerdeBincode<&[&str]>>(txn, main_key::EXACT_ATTRIBUTES, &attrs)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn delete_exact_attributes(&self, txn: &mut RwTxn) -> Result<()> {
+        self.main.delete::<_, Str>(txn, main_key::EXACT_ATTRIBUTES)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/milli/src/update/settings.rs b/milli/src/update/settings.rs
index 503fbd06e..3ed2a4152 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/settings.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/settings.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ pub struct Settings<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> {
     min_word_len_two_typos: Setting<u8>,
     min_word_len_one_typo: Setting<u8>,
     exact_words: Setting<BTreeSet<String>>,
+    /// attributes on which typo tolerance is not enabled.
+    exact_attributes: Setting<HashSet<String>>,
 }
 
 impl<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> Settings<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> {
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ impl<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> Settings<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> {
             exact_words: Setting::NotSet,
             min_word_len_two_typos: Setting::Reset,
             min_word_len_one_typo: Setting::Reset,
+            exact_attributes: Setting::Reset,
             indexer_config,
         }
     }
@@ -226,6 +229,14 @@ impl<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> Settings<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> {
         self.exact_words = Setting::Reset;
     }
 
+    pub fn set_exact_attributes(&mut self, attrs: HashSet<String>) {
+        self.exact_attributes = Setting::Set(attrs);
+    }
+
+    pub fn reset_exact_attributes(&mut self) {
+        self.exact_attributes = Setting::Reset;
+    }
+
     fn reindex<F>(&mut self, cb: &F, old_fields_ids_map: FieldsIdsMap) -> Result<()>
     where
         F: Fn(UpdateIndexingStep) + Sync,
@@ -411,6 +422,21 @@ impl<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> Settings<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> {
         }
     }
 
+    fn update_exact_attributes(&mut self) -> Result<bool> {
+        match self.exact_attributes {
+            Setting::Set(ref attrs) => {
+                let attrs = attrs.iter().map(String::as_str).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                self.index.put_exact_attributes(&mut self.wtxn, &attrs)?;
+                Ok(true)
+            }
+            Setting::Reset => {
+                self.index.delete_exact_attributes(&mut self.wtxn)?;
+                Ok(true)
+            }
+            Setting::NotSet => Ok(false),
+        }
+    }
+
     fn update_filterable(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         match self.filterable_fields {
             Setting::Set(ref fields) => {
@@ -579,8 +605,14 @@ impl<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> Settings<'a, 't, 'u, 'i> {
         let stop_words_updated = self.update_stop_words()?;
         let synonyms_updated = self.update_synonyms()?;
         let searchable_updated = self.update_searchable()?;
+        let exact_attributes_updated = self.update_exact_attributes()?;
 
-        if stop_words_updated || faceted_updated || synonyms_updated || searchable_updated {
+        if stop_words_updated
+            || faceted_updated
+            || synonyms_updated
+            || searchable_updated
+            || exact_attributes_updated
+        {
             self.reindex(&progress_callback, old_fields_ids_map)?;
         }