diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 94a946b2f..ab1c5532b 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -2893,6 +2893,18 @@
         : (value && type == 'object' && reHostCtor.test(toString.call(value))) || false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if `value` is suitable for strict equality comparisons, i.e. `===`.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {*} value The value to check.
+     * @returns {boolean} Returns `true` if `value` if suitable for strict
+     *  equality comparisons, else `false`.
+     */
+    function isStrictComparable(value) {
+      return value === value && (value === 0 ? (1 / value > 0) : !isObject(value));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a clone of the given array buffer.
      *
@@ -6963,23 +6975,9 @@
      */
     function isEqual(value, other, customizer, thisArg) {
       customizer = typeof customizer == 'function' && baseCallback(customizer, thisArg, 3);
-
-      if (!customizer) {
-        // exit early for identical values
-        if (value === other) {
-          // treat `-0` vs. `+0` as not equal
-          return value !== 0 || (1 / value == 1 / other);
-        }
-        var valType = typeof value,
-            othType = typeof other;
-
-        // exit early for unlike primitive values
-        if (value === value && (value == null || other == null ||
-            (valType != 'function' && valType != 'object' && othType != 'function' && othType != 'object'))) {
-          return false;
-        }
-      }
-      return baseIsEqual(value, other, customizer);
+      return (!customizer && isStrictComparable(value) && isStrictComparable(other))
+        ? value === other
+        : baseIsEqual(value, other, customizer);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -8542,17 +8540,28 @@
      */
     function matches(source) {
       var props = keys(source),
-          length = props.length,
-          index = length,
-          modes = Array(length),
+          length = props.length;
+
+      if (length == 1) {
+        var key = props[0],
+            value = source[key];
+
+        if (isStrictComparable(value)) {
+          return function(object) {
+            return object != null && value === object[key] && hasOwnProperty.call(object, key);
+          };
+        }
+      }
+      var index = length,
+          flags = Array(length),
           vals = Array(length);
 
       while (index--) {
-        var value = source[props[index]],
-            isDeep = value !== value || (value === 0 && 1 / value < 0) || isObject(value);
+        value = source[props[index]];
+        var isStrict = isStrictComparable(value);
 
-        modes[index] = isDeep;
-        vals[index] = isDeep ? baseClone(value, isDeep) : value;
+        flags[index] = isStrict;
+        vals[index] = isStrict ? value : baseClone(value, false);
       }
       return function(object) {
         index = length;
@@ -8560,13 +8569,13 @@
           return !index;
         }
         while (index--) {
-          if (modes[index] ? !hasOwnProperty.call(object, props[index]) : vals[index] !== object[props[index]]) {
+          if (flags[index] ? vals[index] !== object[props[index]] : !hasOwnProperty.call(object, props[index])) {
             return false;
           }
         }
         index = length;
         while (index--) {
-          if (modes[index] ? !baseIsEqual(vals[index], object[props[index]], null, true) : !hasOwnProperty.call(object, props[index])) {
+          if (flags[index] ? !hasOwnProperty.call(object, props[index]) : !baseIsEqual(vals[index], object[props[index]], null, true)) {
             return false;
           }
         }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index d48821eed..55adcf669 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -6721,24 +6721,24 @@
       strictEqual(matches(otherObject), false);
     });
 
-    test('should not change match behavior if `source` is augmented', 6, function() {
-      _.each([{ 'a': 1, 'b': 2 }, { 'a': { 'b': 2, 'c': 3 } }], function(source, index) {
+    test('should not change match behavior if `source` is augmented', 9, function() {
+      _.each([{ 'a': { 'b': 2, 'c': 3 } }, { 'a': 1, 'b': 2 }, { 'a': 1 }], function(source, index) {
         var object = _.cloneDeep(source),
             matches = _.matches(source);
 
-        strictEqual(matches(object), true,  'a' + index);
+        strictEqual(matches(object), true);
 
         if (index) {
-          source.a.b = 1;
-          source.a.c = 2;
-          source.a.d = 3;
-        } else {
           source.a = 2;
           source.b = 1;
           source.c = 3;
+        } else {
+          source.a.b = 1;
+          source.a.c = 2;
+          source.a.d = 3;
         }
-        strictEqual(matches(object), true, 'b' + index);
-        strictEqual(matches(source), false,  'c' + index);
+        strictEqual(matches(object), true);
+        strictEqual(matches(source), false);
       });
     });