diff --git a/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index 302bea355..d3600b678 100755
--- a/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -45,17 +45,18 @@ func (h Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error)
 		// but we also want to be flexible for the script we proxy to.
 
 		fpath := r.URL.Path
+
 		if idx, ok := middleware.IndexFile(h.FileSys, fpath, rule.IndexFiles); ok {
 			fpath = idx
 			// Index file present.
 			// If request path cannot be split, return error.
-			if !h.canSplit(fpath, rule) {
+			if !rule.canSplit(fpath) {
 				return http.StatusInternalServerError, ErrIndexMissingSplit
 			}
 		} else {
 			// No index file present.
 			// If request path cannot be split, ignore request.
-			if !h.canSplit(fpath, rule) {
+			if !rule.canSplit(fpath) {
 				continue
 			}
 		}
@@ -165,10 +166,6 @@ func (h Handler) exists(path string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (h Handler) canSplit(path string, rule Rule) bool {
-	return strings.Contains(path, rule.SplitPath)
-}
-
 // buildEnv returns a set of CGI environment variables for the request.
 func (h Handler) buildEnv(r *http.Request, rule Rule, fpath string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	var env map[string]string
@@ -186,8 +183,8 @@ func (h Handler) buildEnv(r *http.Request, rule Rule, fpath string) (map[string]
 	}
 
 	// Split path in preparation for env variables.
-	// Previous h.canSplit checks ensure this can never be -1.
-	splitPos := strings.Index(fpath, rule.SplitPath)
+	// Previous rule.canSplit checks ensure this can never be -1.
+	splitPos := rule.splitPos(fpath)
 
 	// Request has the extension; path was split successfully
 	docURI := fpath[:splitPos+len(rule.SplitPath)]
@@ -292,6 +289,20 @@ type Rule struct {
 	EnvVars [][2]string
 }
 
+// canSplit checks if path can split into two based on rule.SplitPath.
+func (r Rule) canSplit(path string) bool {
+	return r.splitPos(path) >= 0
+}
+
+// splitPos returns the index where path should be split
+// based on rule.SplitPath.
+func (r Rule) splitPos(path string) int {
+	if middleware.CaseSensitivePath {
+		return strings.Index(path, r.SplitPath)
+	}
+	return strings.Index(strings.ToLower(path), strings.ToLower(r.SplitPath))
+}
+
 var (
 	headerNameReplacer = strings.NewReplacer(" ", "_", "-", "_")
 	// ErrIndexMissingSplit describes an index configuration error.
diff --git a/middleware/path.go b/middleware/path.go
index ecfac7478..9c831e771 100644
--- a/middleware/path.go
+++ b/middleware/path.go
@@ -1,6 +1,32 @@
 package middleware
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const caseSensitivePathEnv = "CASE_SENSITIVE_PATH"
+
+func init() {
+	initCaseSettings()
+}
+
+// CaseSensitivePath determines if paths should be case sensitive.
+// This is configurable via CASE_SENSITIVE_PATH environment variable.
+// It defaults to false.
+var CaseSensitivePath = true
+
+// initCaseSettings loads case sensitivity config from environment variable.
+//
+// This could have been in init, but init cannot be called from tests.
+func initCaseSettings() {
+	switch os.Getenv(caseSensitivePathEnv) {
+	case "0", "false":
+		CaseSensitivePath = false
+	default:
+		CaseSensitivePath = true
+	}
+}
 
 // Path represents a URI path, maybe with pattern characters.
 type Path string
@@ -11,5 +37,8 @@ type Path string
 // comparison; this method assures that paths can be
 // easily and consistently matched.
 func (p Path) Matches(other string) bool {
-	return strings.HasPrefix(string(p), other)
+	if CaseSensitivePath {
+		return strings.HasPrefix(string(p), other)
+	}
+	return strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(string(p)), strings.ToLower(other))
 }
diff --git a/middleware/path_test.go b/middleware/path_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb054b1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware/path_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestPathCaseSensitivity(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		basePath      string
+		path          string
+		caseSensitive bool
+		expected      bool
+	}{
+		{"/", "/file", true, true},
+		{"/a", "/file", true, false},
+		{"/f", "/file", true, true},
+		{"/f", "/File", true, false},
+		{"/f", "/File", false, true},
+		{"/file", "/file", true, true},
+		{"/file", "/file", false, true},
+		{"/files", "/file", false, false},
+		{"/files", "/file", true, false},
+		{"/folder", "/folder/file.txt", true, true},
+		{"/folders", "/folder/file.txt", true, false},
+		{"/folder", "/Folder/file.txt", false, true},
+		{"/folders", "/Folder/file.txt", false, false},
+	}
+
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		CaseSensitivePath = test.caseSensitive
+		valid := Path(test.path).Matches(test.basePath)
+		if test.expected != valid {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: Expected %v, found %v", i, test.expected, valid)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPathCaseSensitiveEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		envValue string
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{"1", true},
+		{"0", false},
+		{"false", false},
+		{"true", true},
+		{"", true},
+	}
+
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		os.Setenv(caseSensitivePathEnv, test.envValue)
+		initCaseSettings()
+		if test.expected != CaseSensitivePath {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: Expected %v, found %v", i, test.expected, CaseSensitivePath)
+		}
+	}
+}