diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index ee8c716..a3b6535 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -221,4 +221,11 @@ extern const char *cgit_repobasename(const char *reponame);
 
 extern int cgit_parse_snapshots_mask(const char *str);
 
+/* libgit.a either links against or compiles its own implementation of
+ * strcasestr(), and we'd like to reuse it. Simply re-declaring it
+ * seems to do the trick.
+ */
+extern char *strcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
+
+
 #endif /* CGIT_H */
diff --git a/ui-repolist.c b/ui-repolist.c
index a7de453..7a7e95a 100644
--- a/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/ui-repolist.c
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ int is_match(struct cgit_repo *repo)
 {
 	if (!ctx.qry.search)
 		return 1;
-	if (repo->url && strstr(repo->url, ctx.qry.search))
+	if (repo->url && strcasestr(repo->url, ctx.qry.search))
 		return 1;
-	if (repo->name && strstr(repo->name, ctx.qry.search))
+	if (repo->name && strcasestr(repo->name, ctx.qry.search))
 		return 1;
-	if (repo->desc && strstr(repo->desc, ctx.qry.search))
+	if (repo->desc && strcasestr(repo->desc, ctx.qry.search))
 		return 1;
-	if (repo->owner && strstr(repo->owner, ctx.qry.search))
+	if (repo->owner && strcasestr(repo->owner, ctx.qry.search))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }