diff --git a/src/util/conf.c b/src/util/conf.c
index 24588c231acb8ba058fe770d12f22f9240d13c3a..ae0459eb372532d88cc6eb452bd1d754710f7bcd 100644
--- a/src/util/conf.c
+++ b/src/util/conf.c
@@ -831,7 +831,10 @@ virConfGetValue(virConfPtr conf, const char *setting)
 
     cur = conf->entries;
     while (cur != NULL) {
-        if ((cur->name != NULL) && (STREQ(cur->name, setting)))
+        if ((cur->name != NULL) &&
+            ((conf->flags & VIR_CONF_FLAG_VMX_FORMAT &&
+              STRCASEEQ(cur->name, setting)) ||
+             STREQ(cur->name, setting)))
             return(cur->value);
         cur = cur->next;
     }
diff --git a/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-1.vmx b/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-1.vmx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3626c5e77d414991cada2c85d14d16953bc6c77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-1.vmx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+CONFIG.VERSION = "8"
+VIRTUALHW.VERSION = "4"
+FLOPPY0.PRESENT = "FALSE"
+NVRAM = "FEDORA11.NVRAM"
+DEPLOYMENTPLATFORM = "WINDOWS"
+VIRTUALHW.PRODUCTCOMPATIBILITY = "HOSTED"
+TOOLS.UPGRADE.POLICY = "USEGLOBAL"
+POWERTYPE.POWEROFF = "DEFAULT"
+POWERTYPE.POWERON = "DEFAULT"
+POWERTYPE.SUSPEND = "DEFAULT"
+POWERTYPE.RESET = "DEFAULT"
+
+DISPLAYNAME = "FEDORA11"
+EXTENDEDCONFIGFILE = "FEDORA11.VMXF"
+
+SCSI0.PRESENT = "TRUE"
+SCSI0.SHAREDBUS = "NONE"
+SCSI0.VIRTUALDEV = "LSILOGIC"
+MEMSIZE = "1024"
+SCSI0:0.PRESENT = "TRUE"
+SCSI0:0.FILENAME = "FEDORA11.vmdk"
+SCSI0:0.DEVICETYPE = "SCSI-HARDDISK"
+IDE0:0.PRESENT = "TRUE"
+IDE0:0.CLIENTDEVICE = "TRUE"
+IDE0:0.DEVICETYPE = "CDROM-RAW"
+IDE0:0.STARTCONNECTED = "FALSE"
+ETHERNET0.PRESENT = "TRUE"
+ETHERNET0.NETWORKNAME = "VM NETWORK"
+ETHERNET0.ADDRESSTYPE = "VPX"
+ETHERNET0.GENERATEDADDRESS = "00:50:56:91:48:C7"
+CHIPSET.ONLINESTANDBY = "FALSE"
+GUESTOSALTNAME = "RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 (32-BIT)"
+GUESTOS = "RHEL5"
+UUID.BIOS = "50 11 5E 16 9B DC 49 D7-F1 71 53 C4 D7 F9 17 10"
+SNAPSHOT.ACTION = "KEEP"
+SCHED.CPU.MIN = "0"
+SCHED.CPU.UNITS = "MHZ"
+SCHED.CPU.SHARES = "NORMAL"
+SCHED.MEM.MINSIZE = "0"
+SCHED.MEM.SHARES = "NORMAL"
+TOOLSCRIPTS.AFTERPOWERON = "TRUE"
+TOOLSCRIPTS.AFTERRESUME = "TRUE"
+TOOLSCRIPTS.BEFORESUSPEND = "TRUE"
+TOOLSCRIPTS.BEFOREPOWEROFF = "TRUE"
+
+SCSI0:0.REDO = ""
+TOOLS.SYNCTIME = "FALSE"
+UUID.LOCATION = "56 4D B5 06 A2 BD FB EB-AE 86 F7 D8 49 27 D0 C4"
+SCHED.CPU.MAX = "UNLIMITED"
+SCHED.SWAP.DERIVEDNAME = "/VMFS/VOLUMES/498076B2-02796C1A-EF5B-000AE484A6A3/FEDORA11/FEDORA11-7DE040D8.VSWP"
+TOOLS.REMINDINSTALL = "TRUE"
diff --git a/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-1.xml b/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0be570f86707194b686dfc8a3e272e49ad103deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<domain type='vmware'>
+  <name>FEDORA11</name>
+  <uuid>50115e16-9bdc-49d7-f171-53c4d7f91710</uuid>
+  <memory>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686'>hvm</type>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='LSILOGIC'/>
+      <source file='[datastore] directory/FEDORA11.vmdk'/>
+      <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
+    </disk>
+    <interface type='bridge'>
+      <mac address='00:50:56:91:48:c7'/>
+      <source bridge='VM NETWORK'/>
+    </interface>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-2.vmx b/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-2.vmx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a485d03cd97bbfe72413a6b14935c98a069a08a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-2.vmx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+config.version = "8"
+virtualhw.version = "4"
+floppy0.present = "false"
+nvram = "fedora11.nvram"
+deploymentplatform = "windows"
+virtualhw.productcompatibility = "hosted"
+tools.upgrade.policy = "useglobal"
+powertype.poweroff = "default"
+powertype.poweron = "default"
+powertype.suspend = "default"
+powertype.reset = "default"
+
+displayname = "fedora11"
+extendedconfigfile = "fedora11.vmxf"
+
+scsi0.present = "true"
+scsi0.sharedbus = "none"
+scsi0.virtualdev = "lsilogic"
+memsize = "1024"
+scsi0:0.present = "true"
+scsi0:0.filename = "fedora11.vmdk"
+scsi0:0.devicetype = "scsi-harddisk"
+ide0:0.present = "true"
+ide0:0.clientdevice = "true"
+ide0:0.devicetype = "cdrom-raw"
+ide0:0.startconnected = "false"
+ethernet0.present = "true"
+ethernet0.networkname = "vm network"
+ethernet0.addresstype = "vpx"
+ethernet0.generatedaddress = "00:50:56:91:48:c7"
+chipset.onlinestandby = "false"
+guestosaltname = "red hat enterprise linux 5 (32-bit)"
+guestos = "rhel5"
+uuid.bios = "50 11 5e 16 9b dc 49 d7-f1 71 53 c4 d7 f9 17 10"
+snapshot.action = "keep"
+sched.cpu.min = "0"
+sched.cpu.units = "mhz"
+sched.cpu.shares = "normal"
+sched.mem.minsize = "0"
+sched.mem.shares = "normal"
+toolscripts.afterpoweron = "true"
+toolscripts.afterresume = "true"
+toolscripts.beforesuspend = "true"
+toolscripts.beforepoweroff = "true"
+
+scsi0:0.redo = ""
+tools.synctime = "false"
+uuid.location = "56 4d b5 06 a2 bd fb eb-ae 86 f7 d8 49 27 d0 c4"
+sched.cpu.max = "unlimited"
+sched.swap.derivedname = "/vmfs/volumes/498076b2-02796c1a-ef5b-000ae484a6a3/fedora11/fedora11-7de040d8.vswp"
+tools.remindinstall = "true"
diff --git a/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-2.xml b/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..766172f9914c6e37e98467ba9add317da04a3f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vmx2xmldata/vmx2xml-case-insensitive-2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<domain type='vmware'>
+  <name>fedora11</name>
+  <uuid>50115e16-9bdc-49d7-f171-53c4d7f91710</uuid>
+  <memory>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686'>hvm</type>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='lsilogic'/>
+      <source file='[datastore] directory/fedora11.vmdk'/>
+      <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
+    </disk>
+    <interface type='bridge'>
+      <mac address='00:50:56:91:48:c7'/>
+      <source bridge='vm network'/>
+    </interface>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/vmx2xmltest.c b/tests/vmx2xmltest.c
index b4eb5d56e962adc7fe3d1801c18b64833bd3a7c5..b036f5bbe03240b832b104fe5ffca8afa92906f7 100644
--- a/tests/vmx2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/vmx2xmltest.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ testCompareFiles(const char *vmx, const char *xml, esxVI_APIVersion apiVersion)
     char *vmxPtr = &(vmxData[0]);
     char *xmlPtr = &(xmlData[0]);
     virDomainDefPtr def = NULL;
+    virErrorPtr err = NULL;
 
     if (virtTestLoadFile(vmx, &vmxPtr, MAX_FILE) < 0) {
         goto failure;
@@ -39,12 +40,16 @@ testCompareFiles(const char *vmx, const char *xml, esxVI_APIVersion apiVersion)
                              apiVersion);
 
     if (def == NULL) {
+        err = virGetLastError();
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", err != NULL ? err->message : "<unknown>");
         goto failure;
     }
 
     formatted = virDomainDefFormat(def, VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE);
 
     if (formatted == NULL) {
+        err = virGetLastError();
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", err != NULL ? err->message : "<unknown>");
         goto failure;
     }
 
@@ -117,6 +122,9 @@ mymain(int argc, char **argv)
             }                                                                 \
         } while (0)
 
+    DO_TEST("case-insensitive-1", "case-insensitive-1", esxVI_APIVersion_25);
+    DO_TEST("case-insensitive-2", "case-insensitive-2", esxVI_APIVersion_25);
+
     DO_TEST("minimal", "minimal", esxVI_APIVersion_25);
     DO_TEST("minimal-64bit", "minimal-64bit", esxVI_APIVersion_25);