diff --git a/lib/oga/xpath/evaluator.rb b/lib/oga/xpath/evaluator.rb
index dee0045..07cd721 100644
--- a/lib/oga/xpath/evaluator.rb
+++ b/lib/oga/xpath/evaluator.rb
@@ -1691,7 +1691,9 @@ module Oga
       def name_matches?(xml_node, name)
         return false unless xml_node.respond_to?(:name)
 
-        name == STAR ? true : xml_node.name == name
+        return true if name == STAR
+
+        xml_node.name == name || xml_node.name.downcase == name.downcase 
       end
 
       ##
diff --git a/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/general_spec.rb b/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/general_spec.rb
index b66eabb..930cce2 100644
--- a/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/general_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/general_spec.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ describe Oga::XPath::Evaluator do
 
         @evaluator.node_matches?(text, s(:test, nil, 'a')).should == false
       end
+
+      it 'returns true if a node is matched case insensitively' do
+        node = Oga::XML::Element.new(:name => 'DiV')
+
+        @evaluator.node_matches?(node, s(:test, nil, 'div')).should == true
+      end
     end
 
     describe 'with a custom namespace' do