diff --git a/config/load.go b/config/load.go
index 3261ccfd9..aa6cfda26 100644
--- a/config/load.go
+++ b/config/load.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func load(cmdline, environ, envprefix []string, props *properties.Properties) (c
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid proxy.strategy: %s", cfg.Proxy.Strategy)
 	}
 
-	if cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "prefix" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "glob" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "noCase" {
+	if cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "prefix" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "glob" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "nocase" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid proxy.matcher: %s", cfg.Proxy.Matcher)
 	}
 
diff --git a/config/load_test.go b/config/load_test.go
index fc17f186d..8f3150548 100644
--- a/config/load_test.go
+++ b/config/load_test.go
@@ -306,6 +306,13 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 				return cfg
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			args: []string{"-proxy.matcher", "nocase"},
+			cfg: func(cfg *Config) *Config {
+				cfg.Proxy.Matcher = "nocase"
+				return cfg
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			args: []string{"-proxy.noroutestatus", "555"},
 			cfg: func(cfg *Config) *Config {
diff --git a/docs/content/ref/proxy.matcher.md b/docs/content/ref/proxy.matcher.md
index f029f29ef..38af329e7 100644
--- a/docs/content/ref/proxy.matcher.md
+++ b/docs/content/ref/proxy.matcher.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ title: "proxy.matcher"
 * `prefix`: prefix matching
 * `glob`:  glob matching
 
-When `prefix` matching is enabled then the route path must be a 
-prefix of the request URI, e.g. `/foo` matches `/foo`, `/foot` but 
+When `prefix` matching is enabled then the route path must be a
+prefix of the request URI, e.g. `/foo` matches `/foo`, `/foot` but
 not `/fo`.
 
 When `glob` matching is enabled the route is evaluated according to
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ function.
 For example, `/foo*` matches `/foo`, `/fool` and `/fools`. Also, `/foo/*/bar`
 matches `/foo/x/bar`.
 
+`nocase` matching is similar to `prefix`, except it uses a case insensitive comparison
+
 The default is
 
     proxy.matcher = prefix
diff --git a/fabio.properties b/fabio.properties
index 703027d3d..4887267d8 100644
--- a/fabio.properties
+++ b/fabio.properties
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
 #
 # prefix: prefix matching
 # glob:  glob matching
+# nocase: matches using a case insensitive test
 #
 # The default is
 #
diff --git a/route/matcher.go b/route/matcher.go
index b0449ff0f..dd951ce49 100644
--- a/route/matcher.go
+++ b/route/matcher.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type matcher func(uri string, r *Route) bool
 var Matcher = map[string]matcher{
 	"prefix": prefixMatcher,
 	"glob":   globMatcher,
-	"noCase": noCaseMatcher,
+	"nocase": noCaseMatcher,
 }
 
 // prefixMatcher matches path to the routes' path.
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ func globMatcher(uri string, r *Route) bool {
 
 // noCase matches path to the routes' path ignoring case
 func noCaseMatcher(uri string, r *Route) bool {
-	return strings.EqualFold(uri, r.Path)
+	lowerURI := strings.ToLower(uri)
+	lowerPath := strings.ToLower(r.Path)
+	return strings.HasPrefix(lowerURI, lowerPath)
 }
diff --git a/route/matcher_test.go b/route/matcher_test.go
index 2972acbbb..89284bbd9 100644
--- a/route/matcher_test.go
+++ b/route/matcher_test.go
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ func TestNoCaseMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		matches bool
 		route   *Route
 	}{
-		{uri: "/fool", matches: false, route: &Route{Path: "/foo"}},
+		{uri: "/foo", matches: false, route: &Route{Path: "/fool"}},
 		{uri: "/foo", matches: true, route: &Route{Path: "/foo"}},
-		{uri: "/Foo", matches: true, route: &Route{Path: "/foo"}},
+		{uri: "/Fool", matches: true, route: &Route{Path: "/foo"}},
 		{uri: "/foo", matches: true, route: &Route{Path: "/Foo"}},
 	}