diff --git a/nomad/search_endpoint.go b/nomad/search_endpoint.go
index 8ad88c36db54..a795e3cba68b 100644
--- a/nomad/search_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/search_endpoint.go
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ func (s *Search) getFuzzyMatches(iter memdb.ResultIterator, text string) (map[st
 	return m, truncations
 }
 
+// fuzzyIndex returns the index of text in name, ignoring case.
+//   text is assumed to be lower case.
+//   -1 is returned if name does not contain text.
+func fuzzyIndex(name, text string) int {
+	lower := strings.ToLower(name)
+	return strings.Index(lower, text)
+}
+
 // fuzzySingleMatch determines if the ID of raw is a fuzzy match with text.
 // Returns the context and score or nil if there is no match.
 func (s *Search) fuzzyMatchSingle(raw interface{}, text string) (structs.Context, *fuzzyMatch) {
@@ -208,7 +216,7 @@ func (s *Search) fuzzyMatchSingle(raw interface{}, text string) (structs.Context
 		ctx = structs.Plugins
 	}
 
-	if idx := strings.Index(name, text); idx >= 0 {
+	if idx := fuzzyIndex(name, text); idx >= 0 {
 		return ctx, &fuzzyMatch{
 			id:    name,
 			score: idx,
@@ -235,32 +243,32 @@ func (*Search) fuzzyMatchesJob(j *structs.Job, text string) map[structs.Context]
 	job := j.ID
 
 	// job.name
-	if idx := strings.Index(j.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
+	if idx := fuzzyIndex(j.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
 		sm[structs.Jobs] = append(sm[structs.Jobs], score(job, ns, idx))
 	}
 
 	// job|group.name
 	for _, group := range j.TaskGroups {
-		if idx := strings.Index(group.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
+		if idx := fuzzyIndex(group.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
 			sm[structs.Groups] = append(sm[structs.Groups], score(group.Name, ns, idx, job))
 		}
 
 		// job|group|service.name
 		for _, service := range group.Services {
-			if idx := strings.Index(service.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
+			if idx := fuzzyIndex(service.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
 				sm[structs.Services] = append(sm[structs.Services], score(service.Name, ns, idx, job, group.Name))
 			}
 		}
 
 		// job|group|task.name
 		for _, task := range group.Tasks {
-			if idx := strings.Index(task.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
+			if idx := fuzzyIndex(task.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
 				sm[structs.Tasks] = append(sm[structs.Tasks], score(task.Name, ns, idx, job, group.Name))
 			}
 
 			// job|group|task|service.name
 			for _, service := range task.Services {
-				if idx := strings.Index(service.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
+				if idx := fuzzyIndex(service.Name, text); idx >= 0 {
 					sm[structs.Services] = append(sm[structs.Services], score(service.Name, ns, idx, job, group.Name, task.Name))
 				}
 			}
@@ -269,17 +277,17 @@ func (*Search) fuzzyMatchesJob(j *structs.Job, text string) map[structs.Context]
 			switch task.Driver {
 			case "docker":
 				image := getConfigParam(task.Config, "image")
-				if idx := strings.Index(image, text); idx >= 0 {
+				if idx := fuzzyIndex(image, text); idx >= 0 {
 					sm[structs.Images] = append(sm[structs.Images], score(image, ns, idx, job, group.Name, task.Name))
 				}
 			case "exec", "raw_exec":
 				command := getConfigParam(task.Config, "command")
-				if idx := strings.Index(command, text); idx >= 0 {
+				if idx := fuzzyIndex(command, text); idx >= 0 {
 					sm[structs.Commands] = append(sm[structs.Commands], score(command, ns, idx, job, group.Name, task.Name))
 				}
 			case "java":
 				class := getConfigParam(task.Config, "class")
-				if idx := strings.Index(class, text); idx >= 0 {
+				if idx := fuzzyIndex(class, text); idx >= 0 {
 					sm[structs.Classes] = append(sm[structs.Classes], score(class, ns, idx, job, group.Name, task.Name))
 				}
 			}
@@ -621,6 +629,10 @@ func (s *Search) FuzzySearch(args *structs.FuzzySearchRequest, reply *structs.Fu
 		return fmt.Errorf("fuzzy search query must be at least %d characters, got %d", min, n)
 	}
 
+	// for case-insensitive searching, lower-case the search term once and reuse
+	text := strings.ToLower(args.Text)
+
+	// accumulate fuzzy search results and any truncations
 	reply.Matches = make(map[structs.Context][]structs.FuzzyMatch)
 	reply.Truncations = make(map[structs.Context]bool)
 
@@ -685,7 +697,7 @@ func (s *Search) FuzzySearch(args *structs.FuzzySearchRequest, reply *structs.Fu
 				// the response for negative results
 				reply.Truncations[iterCtx] = false
 
-				matches, truncations := s.getFuzzyMatches(iter, args.Text)
+				matches, truncations := s.getFuzzyMatches(iter, text)
 				for ctx := range matches {
 					reply.Matches[ctx] = matches[ctx]
 				}
diff --git a/nomad/search_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/search_endpoint_test.go
index ee59eeefdd04..22ebbd12f418 100644
--- a/nomad/search_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/search_endpoint_test.go
@@ -1402,6 +1402,37 @@ func TestSearch_FuzzySearch_Namespace(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(2000), resp.Index)
 }
 
+func TestSearch_FuzzySearch_Namespace_caseInsensitive(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s, cleanup := TestServer(t, func(c *Config) {
+		c.NumSchedulers = 0
+	})
+	defer cleanup()
+	codec := rpcClient(t, s)
+	testutil.WaitForLeader(t, s.RPC)
+
+	ns := mock.Namespace()
+	ns.Name = "TheFooNamespace"
+	require.NoError(t, s.fsm.State().UpsertNamespaces(2000, []*structs.Namespace{ns}))
+
+	req := &structs.FuzzySearchRequest{
+		Text:    "foon",
+		Context: structs.Namespaces,
+		QueryOptions: structs.QueryOptions{
+			Region: "global",
+		},
+	}
+
+	var resp structs.FuzzySearchResponse
+	require.NoError(t, msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Search.FuzzySearch", req, &resp))
+
+	require.Len(t, resp.Matches[structs.Namespaces], 1)
+	require.Equal(t, ns.Name, resp.Matches[structs.Namespaces][0].ID)
+	require.False(t, resp.Truncations[structs.Namespaces])
+	require.Equal(t, uint64(2000), resp.Index)
+}
+
 func TestSearch_FuzzySearch_ScalingPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -1992,3 +2023,17 @@ func TestSearch_FuzzySearch_Job(t *testing.T) {
 		}}, m[structs.Classes])
 	})
 }
+
+func TestSearch_FuzzySearch_fuzzyIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name, text string
+		exp        int
+	}{
+		{name: "foo-bar-baz", text: "bar", exp: 4},
+		{name: "Foo-Bar-Baz", text: "bar", exp: 4},
+		{name: "foo-bar-baz", text: "zap", exp: -1},
+	} {
+		result := fuzzyIndex(tc.name, tc.text)
+		require.Equal(t, tc.exp, result, "name: %s, text: %s, exp: %d, got: %d", tc.name, tc.text, tc.exp, result)
+	}
+}