diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/index/CandidateComponentsIndex.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/index/CandidateComponentsIndex.java
index 45082199ab6..492fb4fb8f7 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/index/CandidateComponentsIndex.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/index/CandidateComponentsIndex.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class CandidateComponentsIndex {
 			return pathMatcher.match(basePackage, packageName);
 		}
 		else {
-			return packageName.startsWith(basePackage);
+			return packageName.equals(basePackage) || packageName.startsWith(basePackage + ".");
 		}
 	}