diff --git a/scripts/startup/bl_ui/__init__.py b/scripts/startup/bl_ui/__init__.py
index 73439aad383..1da628d0a4f 100644
--- a/scripts/startup/bl_ui/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/startup/bl_ui/__init__.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class UI_UL_list(bpy.types.UIList):
             flags = [0] * len(items)
 
         # Implicitly add heading/trailing wildcards.
-        pattern_regex = re.compile(fnmatch.translate("*" + pattern + "*"))
+        pattern_regex = re.compile(fnmatch.translate("*" + pattern + "*"), re.IGNORECASE)
 
         for i, item in enumerate(items):
             name = getattr(item, propname, None)