diff --git a/config/load.go b/config/load.go
index 098d0c2c1..72b2b70e4 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" {
+	if cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "prefix" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "glob" && cfg.Proxy.Matcher != "iprefix" {
 		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..29fb9682a 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", "iprefix"},
+			cfg: func(cfg *Config) *Config {
+				cfg.Proxy.Matcher = "iprefix"
+				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..dea344fef 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`.
 
+`iprefix` 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..42177a9fc 100644
--- a/fabio.properties
+++ b/fabio.properties
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
 #
 # prefix: prefix matching
 # glob:  glob matching
+# iprefix: case-insensitive prefix matching
 #
 # The default is
 #
diff --git a/route/matcher.go b/route/matcher.go
index 3a7274c66..4cdbbbbe2 100644
--- a/route/matcher.go
+++ b/route/matcher.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ type matcher func(uri string, r *Route) bool
 // Matcher contains the available matcher functions.
 // Update config/load.go#load after updating.
 var Matcher = map[string]matcher{
-	"prefix": prefixMatcher,
-	"glob":   globMatcher,
+	"prefix":  prefixMatcher,
+	"glob":    globMatcher,
+	"iprefix": iPrefixMatcher,
 }
 
 // prefixMatcher matches path to the routes' path.
@@ -23,3 +24,12 @@ func prefixMatcher(uri string, r *Route) bool {
 func globMatcher(uri string, r *Route) bool {
 	return r.Glob.Match(uri)
 }
+
+// iPrefixMatcher matches path to the routes' path ignoring case
+func iPrefixMatcher(uri string, r *Route) bool {
+	// todo(fs): if this turns out to be a performance issue we should cache
+	// todo(fs): strings.ToLower(r.Path) in r.PathLower
+	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 59a068c90..163be120d 100644
--- a/route/matcher_test.go
+++ b/route/matcher_test.go
@@ -60,3 +60,24 @@ func TestGlobMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIPrefixMatcher(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		uri     string
+		matches bool
+		route   *Route
+	}{
+		{uri: "/foo", matches: false, route: &Route{Path: "/fool"}},
+		{uri: "/foo", matches: true, route: &Route{Path: "/foo"}},
+		{uri: "/Fool", matches: true, route: &Route{Path: "/foo"}},
+		{uri: "/foo", matches: true, route: &Route{Path: "/Foo"}},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.uri, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got, want := iPrefixMatcher(tt.uri, tt.route), tt.matches; got != want {
+				t.Fatalf("got %v want %v", got, want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}