diff --git a/include/msg/field_matchers.hpp b/include/msg/field_matchers.hpp
index 7dcb0524..71d77b3f 100644
--- a/include/msg/field_matchers.hpp
+++ b/include/msg/field_matchers.hpp
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ struct rel_matcher_t {
     [[nodiscard]] friend constexpr auto
     tag_invoke(match::implies_t, rel_matcher_t,
                rel_matcher_t<RelOp, Field, OtherValue>) -> bool {
-        return RelOp{}(ExpectedValue, OtherValue);
+        return ExpectedValue == OtherValue or
+               RelOp{}(ExpectedValue, OtherValue);
     }
 
     template <typename Msg>
diff --git a/test/msg/field_matchers.cpp b/test/msg/field_matchers.cpp
index 31769663..28b01421 100644
--- a/test/msg/field_matchers.cpp
+++ b/test/msg/field_matchers.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ TEST_CASE("negate not_equal_to", "[field matchers]") {
         std::is_same_v<decltype(n), msg::equal_to_t<test_field, 5> const>);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("less_than X implies less_than Y (X == Y)", "[field matchers]") {
+    constexpr auto m = msg::less_than_t<test_field, 5>{};
+    constexpr auto n = msg::less_than_t<test_field, 5>{};
+    static_assert(match::implies(m, n));
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("less_than X implies less_than Y (X <= Y)", "[field matchers]") {
     constexpr auto m = msg::less_than_t<test_field, 5>{};
     constexpr auto n = msg::less_than_t<test_field, 6>{};