diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitStatus.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitStatus.java
index 32ba3d1..46fd759 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitStatus.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/GitStatus.java
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@
      * especially given that Git tends to support multiple access protocols.
      */
     public static boolean looselyMatches(URIish lhs, URIish rhs) {
-        return StringUtils.equals(lhs.getHost(),rhs.getHost())
-            && StringUtils.equals(normalizePath(lhs.getPath()), normalizePath(rhs.getPath()));
+        return StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(lhs.getHost(),rhs.getHost())
+            && StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(normalizePath(lhs.getPath()), normalizePath(rhs.getPath()));
     }
 
     private static String normalizePath(String path) {