--- a/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
+++ b/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ opkg_configure_packages(char *pkg_name)
      for(i = 0; i < ordered->len; i++) {
 	  pkg = ordered->pkgs[i];
 
-	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0))
+	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
 	       continue;
 
 	  if (pkg->state_status == SS_UNPACKED) {
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ opkg_list_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
      for (i=0; i < available->len; i++) {
 	  pkg = available->pkgs[i];
 	  /* if we have package name or pattern and pkg does not match, then skip it */
-	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0))
+	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
 	       continue;
           print_pkg(pkg);
      }
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ opkg_list_installed_cmd(int argc, char *
      for (i=0; i < available->len; i++) {
 	  pkg = available->pkgs[i];
 	  /* if we have package name or pattern and pkg does not match, then skip it */
-	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0))
+	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
 	       continue;
           print_pkg(pkg);
      }
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ opkg_list_changed_conffiles_cmd(int argc
      for (i=0; i < available->len; i++) {
 	  pkg = available->pkgs[i];
 	  /* if we have package name or pattern and pkg does not match, then skip it */
-	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0))
+	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
 	    continue;
 	  if (nv_pair_list_empty(&pkg->conffiles))
 	    continue;
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ opkg_info_status_cmd(int argc, char **ar
 
      for (i=0; i < available->len; i++) {
 	  pkg = available->pkgs[i];
-	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0)) {
+	  if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase)) {
 	       continue;
 	  }
 
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ opkg_remove_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
      for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
         for (a=0; a<available->len; a++) {
             pkg = available->pkgs[a];
-	    if (fnmatch(argv[i], pkg->name, 0)) {
+	    if (fnmatch(argv[i], pkg->name, conf->nocase)) {
                continue;
             }
             if (conf->restrict_to_default_dest) {
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ opkg_depends_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
 		for (j=0; j<available_pkgs->len; j++) {
 			pkg = available_pkgs->pkgs[j];
 
-			if (fnmatch(argv[i], pkg->name, 0) != 0)
+			if (fnmatch(argv[i], pkg->name, conf->nocase) != 0)
 				continue;
 
 			depends_count = pkg->depends_count +
@@ -1147,9 +1147,9 @@ opkg_what_provides_replaces_cmd(enum wha
 			      ((what_field_type == WHATPROVIDES)
 			       ? pkg->provides[k]
 			       : pkg->replaces[k]);
-			 if (fnmatch(target, apkg->name, 0) == 0) {
+			 if (fnmatch(target, apkg->name, conf->nocase) == 0) {
 			      opkg_msg(NOTICE, "    %s", pkg->name);
-			      if (strcmp(target, apkg->name) != 0)
+			      if ((conf->nocase ? strcasecmp(target, apkg->name) : strcmp(target, apkg->name)) != 0)
 				   opkg_msg(NOTICE, "\t%s %s\n",
 						   rel_str, apkg->name);
 			      opkg_message(NOTICE, "\n");
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ opkg_search_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	  for (iter = str_list_first(installed_files); iter; iter = str_list_next(installed_files, iter)) {
 	       installed_file = (char *)iter->data;
-	       if (fnmatch(argv[0], installed_file, 0)==0)
+	       if (fnmatch(argv[0], installed_file, conf->nocase)==0)
 	            print_pkg(pkg);
 	  }
 
--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
+++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ opkg_option_t options[] = {
 	  { "noaction", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.noaction },
 	  { "download_only", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.download_only },
 	  { "nodeps", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.nodeps },
+	  { "nocase", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.nocase },
 	  { "offline_root", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.offline_root },
 	  { "overlay_root", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.overlay_root },
 	  { "proxy_passwd", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.proxy_passwd },
--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
+++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern opkg_conf_t *conf;
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h> /* FNM_CASEFOLD */
 
 #include "hash_table.h"
 #include "pkg_src_list.h"
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ struct opkg_conf
      int force_remove;
      int check_signature;
      int nodeps; /* do not follow dependencies */
+     int nocase; /* perform case insensitive matching */
      char *offline_root;
      char *overlay_root;
      int query_all;
--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
+++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum {
 	ARGS_OPT_NOACTION,
 	ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY,
 	ARGS_OPT_NODEPS,
+	ARGS_OPT_NOCASE,
 	ARGS_OPT_AUTOREMOVE,
 	ARGS_OPT_CACHE,
 };
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"noaction", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOACTION},
 	{"download-only", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY},
 	{"nodeps", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NODEPS},
+	{"nocase", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOCASE},
 	{"offline", 1, 0, 'o'},
 	{"offline-root", 1, 0, 'o'},
 	{"add-arch", 1, 0, ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH},
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *tuple, *targ;
 
 	while (1) {
-		c = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "Ad:f:no:p:t:vV::",
+		c = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "Ad:f:ino:p:t:vV::",
 				long_options, &option_index);
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;
@@ -122,6 +124,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'f':
 			conf->conf_file = xstrdup(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'i':
+			conf->nocase = FNM_CASEFOLD;
+			break;
 		case 'o':
 			conf->offline_root = xstrdup(optarg);
 			break;
@@ -176,6 +181,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case ARGS_OPT_NODEPS:
 			conf->nodeps = 1;
 			break;
+		case ARGS_OPT_NOCASE:
+			conf->nocase = FNM_CASEFOLD;
+			break;
 		case ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH:
 		case ARGS_OPT_ADD_DEST:
 			tuple = xstrdup(optarg);
@@ -287,6 +295,7 @@ usage()
 	printf("\t--noaction		No action -- test only\n");
 	printf("\t--download-only	No action -- download only\n");
 	printf("\t--nodeps		Do not follow dependencies\n");
+	printf("\t--nocase		Perform case insensitive pattern matching\n");
 	printf("\t--force-removal-of-dependent-packages\n");
 	printf("\t			Remove package and all dependencies\n");
 	printf("\t--autoremove		Remove packages that were installed\n");
