diff --git a/git/attribs.go b/git/attribs.go
index eef982d8..5687f5c9 100644
--- a/git/attribs.go
+++ b/git/attribs.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func GetAttributeFilter(workingDir, gitDir string) *filepathfilter.Filter {
 	for _, path := range paths {
 		// Convert all separators to `/` before creating a pattern to
 		// avoid characters being escaped in situations like `subtree\*.md`
-		patterns = append(patterns, filepathfilter.NewPattern(filepath.ToSlash(path.Path)))
+		patterns = append(patterns, filepathfilter.NewPattern(filepath.ToSlash(path.Path), filepathfilter.Strict(true)))
 	}
 
 	return filepathfilter.NewFromPatterns(patterns, nil)
diff --git a/t/t-migrate-import-no-rewrite.sh b/t/t-migrate-import-no-rewrite.sh
index a876d663..c350a9eb 100755
--- a/t/t-migrate-import-no-rewrite.sh
+++ b/t/t-migrate-import-no-rewrite.sh
@@ -225,3 +225,41 @@ begin_test "migrate import --no-rewrite (with empty commit message)"
   fi
 )
 end_test
+
+begin_test "migrate import --no-rewrite (strict .gitattributes)"
+(
+  set -e
+
+  reponame="$(basename "$0" ".sh")-strict-match"
+  clone_repo "$reponame" repo-strict-match
+
+  mkdir -p major-oak/mainst/.yarn-offline-mirror/
+  mkdir -p major-oak/major-oak/frontend/.yarn-offline-mirror/
+  foo_contents="foo"
+  foo_oid=$(calc_oid "$foo_contents")
+  bar_contents="bar"
+  bar_oid=$(calc_oid "$bar_contents")
+  printf "$foo_contents" > major-oak/mainst/.yarn-offline-mirror/typescript-3.4.3.tgz
+  printf "$bar_contents" > major-oak/major-oak/frontend/.yarn-offline-mirror/typescript-2.9.2.tgz
+  git add .
+  git commit -m 'Initial import'
+
+  cat >.gitattributes <<EOF
+major-oak/mainst/.yarn-offline-mirror/typescript-3.4.3.tgz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+major-oak/major-oak/frontend/.yarn-offline-mirror/typescript-2.9.2.tgz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+EOF
+
+  git add .
+  git commit -m '.gitattributes'
+
+  git lfs migrate import --yes --no-rewrite \
+    major-oak/mainst/.yarn-offline-mirror/typescript-3.4.3.tgz \
+    major-oak/major-oak/frontend/.yarn-offline-mirror/typescript-2.9.2.tgz
+
+  assert_pointer "refs/heads/main" "major-oak/mainst/.yarn-offline-mirror/typescript-3.4.3.tgz" "$foo_oid" "3"
+  assert_pointer "refs/heads/main" "major-oak/major-oak/frontend/.yarn-offline-mirror/typescript-2.9.2.tgz" "$bar_oid" "3"
+
+  assert_local_object "$foo_oid" "3"
+  assert_local_object "$bar_oid" "3"
+)
+end_test