diff --git a/github/project.go b/github/project.go
index d746fa874f8ea0c5c94c5ee4690971afb27876b8..39c35990d80a813ee80661fa6e7b0abcaeb25e22 100644
--- a/github/project.go
+++ b/github/project.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ func (p Project) String() string {
 }
 
 func (p *Project) SameAs(other *Project) bool {
-	return strings.ToLower(p.Owner) == strings.ToLower(other.Owner) &&
-		strings.ToLower(p.Name) == strings.ToLower(other.Name) &&
-		strings.ToLower(p.Host) == strings.ToLower(other.Host)
+	return strings.EqualFold(p.Owner, other.Owner) &&
+		strings.EqualFold(p.Name, other.Name) &&
+		strings.EqualFold(p.Host, other.Host)
 }
 
 func (p *Project) WebURL(name, owner, path string) string {
diff --git a/github/project_test.go b/github/project_test.go
index 5d1ff228a1c662a8d3f715d0c232cd2404a10899..83c71ac894de9e48e6e6e75866af0348ec4f3d67 100644
--- a/github/project_test.go
+++ b/github/project_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,53 @@ import (
 	"github.com/github/hub/fixtures"
 )
 
+func TestSameAs(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		project1 *Project
+		project2 *Project
+		want     bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "same project",
+			project1: &Project{
+				Owner: "fOo",
+				Name:  "baR",
+				Host:  "gItHUb.com",
+			},
+			project2: &Project{
+				Owner: "FoO",
+				Name:  "BAr",
+				Host:  "GithUB.com",
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "different project",
+			project1: &Project{
+				Owner: "foo",
+				Name:  "bar",
+				Host:  "github.com",
+			},
+			project2: &Project{
+				Owner: "foo",
+				Name:  "baz",
+				Host:  "github.com",
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := test.project1.SameAs(test.project2)
+			want := test.want
+
+			assert.Equal(t, want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestProject_WebURL(t *testing.T) {
 	project := Project{
 		Name:     "foo",