diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-engine-tracker.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-engine-tracker.c
index 680acf2..6186063 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-engine-tracker.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-engine-tracker.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ nautilus_search_engine_tracker_start (NautilusSearchProvider *provider)
                                "  nfo:fileLastAccessed ?atime;"
 			       "  tracker:available true;");
 
-        g_string_append_printf (sparql, " fts:match '\"%s*\"'", search_text);
+        g_string_append_printf (sparql, " fts:match '\"%s\"*'", search_text);
 
 	if (mime_count > 0) {
 		g_string_append (sparql, "; nie:mimeType ?mime");
