diff --git a/spanner/spannertest/db_eval.go b/spanner/spannertest/db_eval.go
index b0ca0a40c9b..a8fb07ad751 100644
--- a/spanner/spannertest/db_eval.go
+++ b/spanner/spannertest/db_eval.go
@@ -873,6 +873,12 @@ func evalLike(str, pat string) bool {
 
 	// Lean on regexp for simplicity.
 	pat = regexp.QuoteMeta(pat)
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(pat, "%") {
+		pat = "^" + pat
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(pat, "%") {
+		pat = pat + "$"
+	}
 	pat = strings.Replace(pat, "%", ".*", -1)
 	pat = strings.Replace(pat, "_", ".", -1)
 	match, err := regexp.MatchString(pat, str)
diff --git a/spanner/spannertest/integration_test.go b/spanner/spannertest/integration_test.go
index bdcd4cfe651..90b5276986e 100644
--- a/spanner/spannertest/integration_test.go
+++ b/spanner/spannertest/integration_test.go
@@ -816,6 +816,21 @@ func TestIntegration_ReadsAndQueries(t *testing.T) {
 				{"Jack", 1.85},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			`SELECT str FROM SomeStrings WHERE str LIKE "a%"`,
+			nil,
+			[][]interface{}{
+				{"afoo"},
+				{"abar"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			`SELECT Name FROM Staff WHERE Name LIKE "%e"`,
+			nil,
+			[][]interface{}{
+				{"George"},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			`SELECT Name FROM Staff WHERE Name LIKE "J%k" OR Name LIKE "_am"`,
 			nil,