diff --git a/dolphin/src/search/dolphin_searchsettings.kcfg b/dolphin/src/search/dolphin_searchsettings.kcfg
index f8b3bb75..7ee212b6 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/search/dolphin_searchsettings.kcfg
+++ b/dolphin/src/search/dolphin_searchsettings.kcfg
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
             <label>Literal</label>
             <default>false</default>
         </entry>
+        <entry name="CaseSensitive" type="Bool">
+            <label>Case-sensitive</label>
+            <default>false</default>
+        </entry>
         <entry name="What" type="String">
             <label>What</label>
             <default>FileName</default>
diff --git a/dolphin/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp b/dolphin/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
index 0ffc1611..de87de91 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
+++ b/dolphin/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ DolphinSearchBox::DolphinSearchBox(QWidget* parent) :
     m_fromHereButton(0),
     m_everywhereButton(0),
     m_literalBox(0),
+    m_caseSensitiveBox(0),
     m_facetsToggleButton(0),
     m_facetsWidget(0),
     m_searchPath(),
@@ -115,10 +116,14 @@ KUrl DolphinSearchBox::urlForSearching() const
         url.addQueryItem("checkContent", "yes");
     }
 
-    if(m_literalBox->isChecked()) {
+    if (m_literalBox->isChecked()) {
         url.addQueryItem("literal", "yes");
     }
 
+    if (m_caseSensitiveBox->isChecked()) {
+        url.addQueryItem("caseSensitive", "yes");
+    }
+
     if (!m_facetsWidget->types().isEmpty()) {
         url.addQueryItem("checkType", m_facetsWidget->types());
     }
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ void DolphinSearchBox::fromSearchUrl(const KUrl& url)
         setSearchPath(url.queryItemValue("url"));
         m_contentButton->setChecked(url.queryItemValue("checkContent") == "yes");
         m_literalBox->setChecked(url.queryItemValue("literal") == "yes");
+        m_caseSensitiveBox->setChecked(url.queryItemValue("caseSensitive") == "yes");
     } else {
         setText(QString());
         setSearchPath(url);
@@ -290,6 +296,7 @@ void DolphinSearchBox::loadSettings()
     }
 
     m_literalBox->setChecked(SearchSettings::literal());
+    m_caseSensitiveBox->setChecked(SearchSettings::caseSensitive());
 
     m_facetsWidget->setVisible(SearchSettings::showFacetsWidget());
 }
@@ -299,6 +306,7 @@ void DolphinSearchBox::saveSettings()
     SearchSettings::setLocation(m_fromHereButton->isChecked() ? "FromHere" : "Everywhere");
     SearchSettings::setWhat(m_fileNameButton->isChecked() ? "FileName" : "Content");
     SearchSettings::setLiteral(m_literalBox->isChecked());
+    SearchSettings::setCaseSensitive(m_caseSensitiveBox->isChecked());
     SearchSettings::setShowFacetsWidget(m_facetsToggleButton->isChecked());
     SearchSettings::self()->writeConfig();
 }
@@ -370,6 +378,12 @@ void DolphinSearchBox::init()
     m_literalBox->setToolTip(i18nc("@info:tooltip", "Escape the regular expression sequence"));
     connect(m_literalBox, SIGNAL(stateChanged(int)), this, SLOT(slotConfigurationChanged()));
 
+    // Create "Case Sensitive" widget
+    m_caseSensitiveBox = new QCheckBox(this);
+    m_caseSensitiveBox->setText(i18nc("action:button", "Case-sensitive"));
+    m_caseSensitiveBox->setToolTip(i18nc("@info:tooltip", "Do not ignore the case of the pattern"));
+    connect(m_caseSensitiveBox, SIGNAL(stateChanged(int)), this, SLOT(slotConfigurationChanged()));
+
     // Create "Facets" widgets
     m_facetsToggleButton = new QToolButton(this);
     m_facetsToggleButton->setToolButtonStyle(Qt::ToolButtonTextBesideIcon);
@@ -391,6 +405,7 @@ void DolphinSearchBox::init()
     optionsLayout->addWidget(m_everywhereButton);
     optionsLayout->addWidget(m_separator);
     optionsLayout->addWidget(m_literalBox);
+    optionsLayout->addWidget(m_caseSensitiveBox);
     optionsLayout->addStretch(1);
     optionsLayout->addWidget(m_facetsToggleButton);
 
diff --git a/dolphin/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h b/dolphin/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h
index cb40d974..472ba7ba 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h
+++ b/dolphin/src/search/dolphinsearchbox.h
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ private:
     QToolButton* m_fromHereButton;
     QToolButton* m_everywhereButton;
     QCheckBox* m_literalBox;
+    QCheckBox* m_caseSensitiveBox;
     QToolButton* m_facetsToggleButton;
     DolphinFacetsWidget* m_facetsWidget;
 
diff --git a/dolphin/src/search/filenamesearchprotocol.cpp b/dolphin/src/search/filenamesearchprotocol.cpp
index 8eb92e3a..2116ef08 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/search/filenamesearchprotocol.cpp
+++ b/dolphin/src/search/filenamesearchprotocol.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@
 
 FileNameSearchProtocol::FileNameSearchProtocol( const QByteArray &app ) :
     SlaveBase("search", app),
-    m_checkContent(""),
-    m_checkType(""),
-    m_regExp(0)
+    m_regExp(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
@@ -77,18 +75,18 @@ void FileNameSearchProtocol::listDir(const KUrl &url)
         return;
     }
 
-    m_checkContent = url.queryItemValue("checkContent");
-    m_literal = url.queryItemValue("literal");
-    m_checkType = url.queryItemValue("checkType");
-
+    bool checkContent = (url.queryItemValue("checkContent") == QLatin1String("yes"));
+    bool literal = (url.queryItemValue("literal") == QLatin1String("yes"));
+    bool caseSensitive = (url.queryItemValue("caseSensitive") == QLatin1String("yes"));
+    QString checkType = url.queryItemValue("checkType");
 
     QString search = url.queryItemValue("search");
-    if (!search.isEmpty() && m_literal == "yes") {
+    if (!search.isEmpty() && literal) {
         search = QRegExp::escape(search);
     }
 
     if (!search.isEmpty()) {
-        m_regExp = new QRegExp(search, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+        m_regExp = new QRegExp(search, caseSensitive ? Qt::CaseSensitive : Qt::CaseInsensitive);
     }
 
     // Get all items of the directory
@@ -109,16 +107,16 @@ void FileNameSearchProtocol::listDir(const KUrl &url)
         bool addItem = false;
         if (!m_regExp || item.name().contains(*m_regExp)) {
             addItem = true;
-            if (!m_checkType.isEmpty()) {
+            if (!checkType.isEmpty()) {
                 addItem = false;
                 const KSharedPtr<KMimeType> mime = item.mimeTypePtr();
-                foreach (const QString &t, m_checkType.split(";")) {
+                foreach (const QString &t, checkType.split(";")) {
                     if (mime->is(t)) {
                         addItem = true;
                     }
                 }
             }
-        } else if (!m_checkContent.isEmpty() && item.mimeTypePtr()->is(QLatin1String("text/plain"))) {
+        } else if (checkContent && item.mimeTypePtr()->is(QLatin1String("text/plain"))) {
             addItem = contentContainsPattern(item.url());
         }
 
diff --git a/dolphin/src/search/filenamesearchprotocol.h b/dolphin/src/search/filenamesearchprotocol.h
index 4361b178..45d0b8a8 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/search/filenamesearchprotocol.h
+++ b/dolphin/src/search/filenamesearchprotocol.h
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ private:
 
     void cleanup();
 
-    QString m_checkContent;
-    QString m_literal;
-    QString m_checkType;
     QRegExp* m_regExp;
 };