diff --git a/Sources/NIOSSL/IdentityVerification.swift b/Sources/NIOSSL/IdentityVerification.swift
index 3762790e..fd4a2b36 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOSSL/IdentityVerification.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOSSL/IdentityVerification.swift
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ extension Collection {
     }
 }
 
+extension Sequence<UInt8> {
+    fileprivate func caseInsensitiveElementsEqual(_ other: some Sequence<UInt8>) -> Bool {
+        self.elementsEqual(other) { $0.lowercased() == $1.lowercased() }
+    }
+}
 
 extension UInt8 {
     /// Whether this character is a valid DNS character, which is the ASCII
@@ -83,6 +88,10 @@ extension UInt8 {
             return false
         }
     }
+
+    fileprivate func lowercased() -> UInt8 {
+        asciiCapitals.contains(self) ? self | 0x20 : self
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -268,7 +277,7 @@ fileprivate struct AnalysedCertificateHostname {
         // Now we can finally initialize ourself.
         if let asteriskIndex = asteriskIndex {
             // One final check: if we found a wildcard, we need to confirm that the first label isn't an IDNA A label.
-            guard baseName.prefix(4) != asciiIDNAIdentifier else {
+            if baseName.prefix(4).caseInsensitiveElementsEqual(asciiIDNAIdentifier) {
                 return nil
             }
 
@@ -283,7 +292,7 @@ fileprivate struct AnalysedCertificateHostname {
         switch self.name {
         case .singleName(let baseName):
             // For non-wildcard names, we just do a straightforward string comparison.
-            return baseName == target
+            return baseName.caseInsensitiveElementsEqual(target)
 
         case .wildcard(let baseName, asteriskIndex: let asteriskIndex, firstPeriodIndex: let firstPeriodIndex):
             // The wildcard can appear more-or-less anywhere in the first label. The wildcard
@@ -299,7 +308,7 @@ fileprivate struct AnalysedCertificateHostname {
             let (wildcardLabel, remainingComponents) = baseName.splitAroundIndex(firstPeriodIndex)
             let (targetFirstLabel, targetRemainingComponents) = target.splitAroundIndex(firstPeriodIndexForName)
 
-            guard remainingComponents == targetRemainingComponents else {
+            guard remainingComponents.caseInsensitiveElementsEqual(targetRemainingComponents) else {
                 // Wildcard is irrelevant, the remaining components don't match.
                 return false
             }
@@ -310,9 +319,13 @@ fileprivate struct AnalysedCertificateHostname {
             }
 
             let (wildcardLabelPrefix, wildcardLabelSuffix) = wildcardLabel.splitAroundIndex(asteriskIndex)
+            let targetBeforeWildcard = targetFirstLabel.prefix(wildcardLabelPrefix.count)
+            let targetAfterWildcard = targetFirstLabel.suffix(wildcardLabelSuffix.count)
+
+            let leadingBytesMatch = targetBeforeWildcard.caseInsensitiveElementsEqual(wildcardLabelPrefix)
+            let trailingBytesMatch = targetAfterWildcard.caseInsensitiveElementsEqual(wildcardLabelSuffix)
 
-            return (targetFirstLabel.prefix(wildcardLabelPrefix.count) == wildcardLabelPrefix &&
-                    targetFirstLabel.suffix(wildcardLabelSuffix.count) == wildcardLabelSuffix)
+            return leadingBytesMatch && trailingBytesMatch
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/NIOSSLTests/IdentityVerificationTest.swift b/Tests/NIOSSLTests/IdentityVerificationTest.swift
index f5d3a0fc..b69b8a72 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOSSLTests/IdentityVerificationTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOSSLTests/IdentityVerificationTest.swift
@@ -17,46 +17,34 @@ import NIOCore
 @testable import NIOSSL
 
 /// This cert contains the following SAN fields:
-/// DNS:*.wildcard.example.com - A straightforward wildcard, should be accepted
-/// DNS:fo*.example.com - A suffix wildcard, should be accepted
-/// DNS:*ar.example.com - A prefix wildcard, should be accepted
-/// DNS:b*z.example.com - An infix wildcard
-/// DNS:trailing.period.example.com. - A domain with a trailing period, should match
-/// DNS:xn--strae-oqa.unicode.example.com. - An IDN A-label, should match.
-/// DNS:xn--x*-gia.unicode.example.com. - An IDN A-label with a wildcard, invalid.
-/// DNS:weirdwildcard.*.example.com. - A wildcard not in the leftmost label, invalid.
-/// DNS:*.*.double.example.com. - Two wildcards, invalid.
-/// DNS:*.xn--strae-oqa.example.com. - A wildcard followed by a new IDN A-label, this is fine.
+/// DNS:*.WILDCARD.EXAMPLE.com - A straightforward wildcard, should be accepted
+/// DNS:FO*.EXAMPLE.com - A suffix wildcard, should be accepted
+/// DNS:*AR.EXAMPLE.com - A prefix wildcard, should be accepted
+/// DNS:B*Z.EXAMPLE.com - An infix wildcard
+/// DNS:TRAILING.PERIOD.EXAMPLE.com. - A domain with a trailing period, should match
+/// DNS:XN--STRAE-OQA.UNICODE.EXAMPLE.com. - An IDN A-label, should match.
+/// DNS:XN--X*-GIA.UNICODE.EXAMPLE.com. - An IDN A-label with a wildcard, invalid.
+/// DNS:WEIRDWILDCARD.*.EXAMPLE.com. - A wildcard not in the leftmost label, invalid.
+/// DNS:*.*.DOUBLE.EXAMPLE.com. - Two wildcards, invalid.
+/// DNS:*.XN--STRAE-OQA.EXAMPLE.com. - A wildcard followed by a new IDN A-label, this is fine.
 /// A SAN with a null in it, should be ignored.
 ///
 /// This also contains a commonName of httpbin.org.
-///
-/// Note that to get the NULL into the SAN I needed to edit it by hand, so this cert has
-/// an invalid signature. Don't worry about it: it doesn't affect these tests.
 private let weirdoPEMCert = """
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+GLTqsl138zwCIFAGdxsBH3CGfuFNYXOdYZOJ/FIqv7Ev0eGxXvTZ+bcs
 -----END CERTIFICATE-----
 """