diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index 8768f8e0c..baccb406a 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -602,6 +602,26 @@ int wcscasecmp( const wchar_t *a, const wchar_t *b )
 		return wcscasecmp( a+1,b+1);
 }
 
+int wcsncasecmp( const wchar_t *a, const wchar_t *b, int count )
+{
+	if( count == 0 )
+		return 0;
+	
+	if( *a == 0 )
+	{
+		return (*b==0)?0:-1;
+	}
+	else if( *b == 0 )
+	{
+		return 1;
+	}
+	int diff = towlower(*a)-towlower(*b);
+	if( diff != 0 )
+		return diff;
+	else
+		return wcsncasecmp( a+1,b+1, count-1);
+}
+
 int wcsvarname( wchar_t *str )
 {
 	while( *str )
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index ea8ddff67..888d38f13 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static wchar_t *input_symbolic_sequence( const wchar_t *in )
 		
 		for( i=0; map[i].in; i++ )
 		{
-			if( wcsncmp( in, map[i].in, wcslen(map[i].in) )==0 )
+			if( wcsncasecmp( in, map[i].in, wcslen(map[i].in) )==0 )
 			{
 				in+= wcslen( map[i].in );
 				res = str2wcs( map[i].out );