diff --git a/src/Element/ElementFinder.php b/src/Element/ElementFinder.php
index 98e0c9a95..0a45bb1a2 100644
--- a/src/Element/ElementFinder.php
+++ b/src/Element/ElementFinder.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 namespace Behat\Mink\Element;
 
 use Behat\Mink\Driver\DriverInterface;
+use Behat\Mink\Selector\NamedSelectorMode;
 use Behat\Mink\Selector\SelectorsHandler;
 use Behat\Mink\Selector\Xpath\Manipulator;
 
@@ -32,12 +33,24 @@ class ElementFinder
      * @var Manipulator
      */
     private $xpathManipulator;
+    /**
+     * @var NamedSelectorMode::*
+     */
+    private $namedSelectorMode;
 
-    public function __construct(DriverInterface $driver, SelectorsHandler $selectorsHandler, ?Manipulator $xpathManipulator = null)
+    /**
+     * @param NamedSelectorMode::* $namedSelectorMode How the "named" selector is resolved.
+     */
+    public function __construct(DriverInterface $driver, SelectorsHandler $selectorsHandler, ?Manipulator $xpathManipulator = null, string $namedSelectorMode = NamedSelectorMode::PARTIAL_FALLBACK)
     {
+        if (NamedSelectorMode::PARTIAL_FALLBACK !== $namedSelectorMode && NamedSelectorMode::EXACT !== $namedSelectorMode) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Unknown named selector mode "%s".', $namedSelectorMode));
+        }
+
         $this->driver = $driver;
         $this->selectorsHandler = $selectorsHandler;
         $this->xpathManipulator = $xpathManipulator ?? new Manipulator();
+        $this->namedSelectorMode = $namedSelectorMode;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -49,7 +62,7 @@ public function findAll(string $selector, $locator, string $parentXpath)
     {
         if ('named' === $selector) {
             $items = $this->findAll('named_exact', $locator, $parentXpath);
-            if (empty($items)) {
+            if (empty($items) && NamedSelectorMode::EXACT !== $this->namedSelectorMode) {
                 $items = $this->findAll('named_partial', $locator, $parentXpath);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Selector/NamedSelectorMode.php b/src/Selector/NamedSelectorMode.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8ceacbe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Selector/NamedSelectorMode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Mink package.
+ * (c) Konstantin Kudryashov <ever.zet@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Behat\Mink\Selector;
+
+/**
+ * How the "named" selector resolves a locator.
+ *
+ * This is a placeholder for an enum, which the minimum PHP version does not allow yet.
+ */
+final class NamedSelectorMode
+{
+    /**
+     * Try an exact match first, and fall back to a partial one when it finds nothing.
+     */
+    public const PARTIAL_FALLBACK = 'partial_fallback';
+
+    /**
+     * Only match exactly, the way the "named_exact" selector does.
+     */
+    public const EXACT = 'exact';
+
+    /**
+     * @codeCoverageIgnore
+     */
+    private function __construct()
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Session.php b/src/Session.php
index 78e9f12fc..be89b3371 100644
--- a/src/Session.php
+++ b/src/Session.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 use Behat\Mink\Driver\DriverInterface;
 use Behat\Mink\Element\ElementFinder;
+use Behat\Mink\Selector\NamedSelectorMode;
 use Behat\Mink\Selector\SelectorsHandler;
 use Behat\Mink\Element\DocumentElement;
 
@@ -39,11 +40,14 @@ class Session
      */
     private $selectorsHandler;
 
-    public function __construct(DriverInterface $driver, ?SelectorsHandler $selectorsHandler = null)
+    /**
+     * @param NamedSelectorMode::* $namedSelectorMode How the "named" selector is resolved.
+     */
+    public function __construct(DriverInterface $driver, ?SelectorsHandler $selectorsHandler = null, string $namedSelectorMode = NamedSelectorMode::PARTIAL_FALLBACK)
     {
         $this->driver = $driver;
         $this->selectorsHandler = $selectorsHandler ?? new SelectorsHandler();
-        $this->elementFinder = new ElementFinder($driver, $this->selectorsHandler);
+        $this->elementFinder = new ElementFinder($driver, $this->selectorsHandler, null, $namedSelectorMode);
         $this->page = new DocumentElement($this);
 
         $driver->setSession($this);
diff --git a/tests/Element/ElementFinderTest.php b/tests/Element/ElementFinderTest.php
index 97c254403..2b81ec4b7 100644
--- a/tests/Element/ElementFinderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Element/ElementFinderTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Behat\Mink\Driver\DriverInterface;
 use Behat\Mink\Element\ElementFinder;
 use Behat\Mink\Element\NodeElement;
+use Behat\Mink\Selector\NamedSelectorMode;
 use Behat\Mink\Selector\SelectorsHandler;
 use Behat\Mink\Selector\Xpath\Manipulator;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
@@ -159,4 +160,50 @@ public function testNamedPartialFallback()
         $this->assertEquals('element1', $results[0]->getXpath());
         $this->assertEquals('element2', $results[1]->getXpath());
     }
+
+    public function testNamedExactModeDoesNotFallBackToPartial()
+    {
+        $finder = new ElementFinder($this->driver, $this->selectorsHandler, $this->manipulator, NamedSelectorMode::EXACT);
+
+        $this->selectorsHandler->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('selectorToXpath')
+            ->with('named_exact', 'test')
+            ->will($this->returnValue('named_xpath'));
+
+        $this->manipulator->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('prepend')
+            ->with('named_xpath', 'parent_xpath')
+            ->will($this->returnValue('full_xpath'));
+
+        $this->driver->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('find')
+            ->with('full_xpath')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(array()));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array(), $finder->findAll('named', 'test', 'parent_xpath'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideInvalidNamedSelectorModes
+     */
+    public function testUnknownNamedSelectorModeIsRejected(string $namedSelectorMode)
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(sprintf('Unknown named selector mode "%s".', $namedSelectorMode));
+
+        // @phpstan-ignore argument.type (this test exercises the runtime guard, on values the narrowed type forbids)
+        new ElementFinder($this->driver, $this->selectorsHandler, $this->manipulator, $namedSelectorMode);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, array{string}>
+     */
+    public static function provideInvalidNamedSelectorModes()
+    {
+        return array(
+            'unknown value' => array('nope'),
+            'empty string' => array(''),
+            'the selector name itself' => array('named_exact'),
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SessionTest.php b/tests/SessionTest.php
index b2dabf76a..67c9a4c04 100644
--- a/tests/SessionTest.php
+++ b/tests/SessionTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace Behat\Mink\Tests;
 
 use Behat\Mink\Driver\DriverInterface;
+use Behat\Mink\Element\ElementFinder;
+use Behat\Mink\Selector\NamedSelectorMode;
 use Behat\Mink\Selector\SelectorsHandler;
 use Behat\Mink\Session;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
@@ -355,4 +357,42 @@ public function testMaximizeWindow()
 
         $this->session->maximizeWindow('test');
     }
+
+    public function testNamedSelectorModeIsForwardedToTheElementFinder()
+    {
+        $selectorsHandler = $this->createMock(SelectorsHandler::class);
+        $selectorsHandler->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('selectorToXpath')
+            ->with('named_exact', 'test')
+            ->willReturn('named_xpath');
+
+        // a partial fallback would query the driver a second time
+        $this->driver->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('find')
+            ->willReturn(array());
+
+        $session = new Session($this->driver, $selectorsHandler, NamedSelectorMode::EXACT);
+
+        $this->assertSame(array(), $session->getPage()->findAll('named', 'test'));
+    }
+
+    public function testTheDefaultNamedSelectorModeStillFallsBackToPartial()
+    {
+        $selectorsHandler = $this->createMock(SelectorsHandler::class);
+        $selectorsHandler->expects($this->exactly(2))
+            ->method('selectorToXpath')
+            ->willReturnMap(array(
+                array('named_exact', 'test', 'named_xpath'),
+                array('named_partial', 'test', 'partial_xpath'),
+            ));
+
+        // the exact lookup finds nothing, so the partial one is queried as well
+        $this->driver->expects($this->exactly(2))
+            ->method('find')
+            ->willReturn(array());
+
+        $session = new Session($this->driver, $selectorsHandler);
+
+        $this->assertSame(array(), $session->getPage()->findAll('named', 'test'));
+    }
 }