diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 89dac06..4865126 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ pub fn build_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
         .arg(arg("hidden").long("hidden").short("H"))
         .arg(arg("no-ignore").long("no-ignore").short("I"))
         .arg(arg("rg-alias-hidden-ignore").short("u").multiple(true).hidden(true))
-        .arg(arg("case-sensitive").long("case-sensitive").short("s"))
+        .arg(arg("case-sensitive").long("case-sensitive").short("s").overrides_with("ignore-case"))
+        .arg(arg("ignore-case").long("ignore-case").short("i").overrides_with("case-sensitive"))
         .arg(arg("absolute-path").long("absolute-path").short("a"))
         .arg(arg("follow").long("follow").short("L").alias("dereference"))
         .arg(arg("full-path").long("full-path").short("p"))
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ fn usage() -> HashMap<&'static str, Help> {
         , "Case-sensitive search (default: smart case)"
         , "Perform a case-sensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches, \
            unless the pattern contains both upper- and lowercase characters (smart case).");
+    doc!(h, "ignore-case"
+        , "Case-insensitive search (default: smart case)"
+        , "Perform a case-insensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches, \
+           unless the pattern contains both upper- and lowercase characters (smart case).");
     doc!(h, "absolute-path"
         , "Show absolute instead of relative paths"
         , "Shows the full path starting from the root as opposed to relative paths.");
diff --git a/src/internal.rs b/src/internal.rs
index 9aff14e..1c1d66a 100644
--- a/src/internal.rs
+++ b/src/internal.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub enum PathDisplay {
 
 /// Configuration options for *fd*.
 pub struct FdOptions {
-    /// Determines whether the regex search is case-sensitive or case-insensitive.
+    /// Whether the search is case-sensitive or case-insensitive.
     pub case_sensitive: bool,
 
     /// Whether to search within the full file path or just the base name (filename or directory
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 49eb741..277aae8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ fn main() {
 
     // The search will be case-sensitive if the command line flag is set or
     // if the pattern has an uppercase character (smart case).
-    let case_sensitive = matches.is_present("case-sensitive") ||
-                         pattern.chars().any(char::is_uppercase);
+    let case_sensitive = if !matches.is_present("ignore-case") {
+        matches.is_present("case-sensitive") || pattern.chars().any(char::is_uppercase)
+    } else {
+        false
+    };
 
     let colored_output = match matches.value_of("color") {
         Some("always") => true,
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index ec10391..5322946 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -115,6 +115,26 @@ fn test_case_sensitive() {
     te.assert_output(
         &["--case-sensitive", "C.Foo"],
         "one/two/C.Foo2");
+
+    te.assert_output(
+        &["--ignore-case", "--case-sensitive", "C.Foo"],
+        "one/two/C.Foo2");
+}
+
+/// Case insensitivity (--ignore-case)
+#[test]
+fn test_case_insensitive() {
+    let te = TestEnv::new();
+
+    te.assert_output(
+        &["--ignore-case", "C.Foo"],
+        "one/two/c.foo
+        one/two/C.Foo2");
+
+    te.assert_output(
+        &["--case-sensitive", "--ignore-case", "C.Foo"],
+        "one/two/c.foo
+        one/two/C.Foo2");
 }
 
 /// Full path search (--full-path)