diff --git a/garcon/garcon-menu.c b/garcon/garcon-menu.c
index e23e268..cda9cce 100644
--- a/garcon/garcon-menu.c
+++ b/garcon/garcon-menu.c
@@ -1627,8 +1627,12 @@ static gint
 garcon_menu_compare_items (gconstpointer *a,
                            gconstpointer *b)
 {
-  return g_utf8_collate (garcon_menu_element_get_name (GARCON_MENU_ELEMENT (a)),
-                         garcon_menu_element_get_name (GARCON_MENU_ELEMENT (b)));
+  const gchar    *case_insensitive_a =
+    g_utf8_casefold (garcon_menu_element_get_name (GARCON_MENU_ELEMENT (a)), -1);
+  const gchar    *case_insensitive_b =
+  g_utf8_casefold (garcon_menu_element_get_name (GARCON_MENU_ELEMENT (b)), -1);
+  
+  return g_utf8_collate (case_insensitive_a, case_insensitive_b);
 }