diff --git a/systest/queries_test.go b/systest/queries_test.go
index 715f7971c12..dc6d42a2262 100644
--- a/systest/queries_test.go
+++ b/systest/queries_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func TestQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("hash index queries", wrap(QueryHashIndex))
 	t.Run("fuzzy matching", wrap(FuzzyMatch))
 	t.Run("regexp with toggled trigram index", wrap(RegexpToggleTrigramIndex))
+	t.Run("eq with altering order of trigram and term index", wrap(EqWithAlteredIndexOrder))
 	t.Run("groupby uid that works", wrap(GroupByUidWorks))
 	t.Run("parameterized cascade", wrap(CascadeParams))
 	t.Run("cleanup", wrap(SchemaQueryCleanup))
@@ -1346,6 +1347,41 @@ func RegexpToggleTrigramIndex(t *testing.T, c *dgo.Dgraph) {
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Attribute name does not have trigram index for regex matching.")
 }
 
+func EqWithAlteredIndexOrder(t *testing.T, c *dgo.Dgraph) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// first, let's set the schema with term before trigram
+	op := &api.Operation{Schema: `name: string @index(term, trigram) .`}
+	require.NoError(t, c.Alter(ctx, op))
+
+	// fill up some data
+	txn := c.NewTxn()
+	_, err := txn.Mutate(ctx, &api.Mutation{
+		SetNquads: []byte(`
+      _:x1 <name> "Alice" .
+      _:x2 <name> "Bob" .
+    `),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, txn.Commit(ctx))
+
+	// querying with eq should work
+	q := `{q(func: eq(name, "Alice")) {name}}`
+	expectedResult := `{"q":[{"name":"Alice"}]}`
+	resp, err := c.NewReadOnlyTxn().Query(ctx, q)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	testutil.CompareJSON(t, expectedResult, string(resp.Json))
+
+	// now, let's set the schema with trigram before term
+	op = &api.Operation{Schema: `name: string @index(trigram, term) .`}
+	require.NoError(t, c.Alter(ctx, op))
+
+	// querying with eq should still work
+	resp, err = c.NewReadOnlyTxn().Query(ctx, q)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	testutil.CompareJSON(t, expectedResult, string(resp.Json))
+}
+
 func GroupByUidWorks(t *testing.T, c *dgo.Dgraph) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
diff --git a/wiki/content/query-language/functions.md b/wiki/content/query-language/functions.md
index 451a11d943e..ee60056e9d7 100644
--- a/wiki/content/query-language/functions.md
+++ b/wiki/content/query-language/functions.md
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Index Required: An index is required for the `eq(predicate, ...)` forms (see tab
 | `int`      | `int`         |
 | `float`    | `float`       |
 | `bool`     | `bool`        |
-| `string`   | `exact`, `hash` |
+| `string`   | `exact`, `hash`, `term`, `fulltext` |
 | `dateTime` | `dateTime`    |
 
 Test for equality of a predicate or variable to a value or find in a list of values.
diff --git a/worker/tokens.go b/worker/tokens.go
index 3d4e97c5068..f7e6e04130d 100644
--- a/worker/tokens.go
+++ b/worker/tokens.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func pickTokenizer(ctx context.Context, attr string, f string) (tok.Tokenizer, e
 
 	tokenizers := schema.State().Tokenizer(ctx, attr)
 	for _, t := range tokenizers {
-		// If function is eq and we found a tokenizer thats !Lossy(), lets return it
+		// If function is eq and we found a tokenizer that's !Lossy(), lets return it
 		switch f {
 		case "eq":
 			// For equality, find a non-lossy tokenizer.
@@ -105,7 +105,17 @@ func pickTokenizer(ctx context.Context, attr string, f string) (tok.Tokenizer, e
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("Attribute:%s does not have proper index for comparison", attr)
 	}
 
-	// We didn't find a sortable or !isLossy() tokenizer, lets return the first one.
+	// If we didn't find a !isLossy() tokenizer for eq function on string type predicates,
+	// then let's see if we can find a non-trigram tokenizer
+	if typ, err := schema.State().TypeOf(attr); err == nil && typ == types.StringID {
+		for _, t := range tokenizers {
+			if t.Identifier() != tok.IdentTrigram {
+				return t, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// otherwise, lets return the first one.
 	return tokenizers[0], nil
 }