diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zha/core/registries.py b/homeassistant/components/zha/core/registries.py
index 0c7369f15e7..03fdc7e37c1 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zha/core/registries.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zha/core/registries.py
@@ -244,7 +244,10 @@ class MatchRule:
             if callable(self.quirk_classes):
                 matches.append(self.quirk_classes(quirk_class))
             else:
-                matches.append(quirk_class in self.quirk_classes)
+                matches.append(
+                    quirk_class.split(".")[-2:]
+                    in [x.split(".")[-2:] for x in self.quirk_classes]
+                )
 
         return matches
 
diff --git a/tests/components/zha/test_registries.py b/tests/components/zha/test_registries.py
index 057921f80a9..6f36ee624e9 100644
--- a/tests/components/zha/test_registries.py
+++ b/tests/components/zha/test_registries.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 MANUFACTURER = "mock manufacturer"
 MODEL = "mock model"
-QUIRK_CLASS = "mock.class"
+QUIRK_CLASS = "mock.test.quirk.class"
+QUIRK_CLASS_SHORT = "quirk.class"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -209,6 +210,12 @@ def cluster_handlers(cluster_handler):
             ),
             False,
         ),
+        (
+            registries.MatchRule(
+                cluster_handler_names="on_off", quirk_classes=QUIRK_CLASS_SHORT
+            ),
+            True,
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_registry_matching(rule, matched, cluster_handlers) -> None: