diff --git a/cmd/chart-repo/utils.go b/cmd/chart-repo/utils.go
index a23a5a624..7cbbdf141 100644
--- a/cmd/chart-repo/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/chart-repo/utils.go
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func extractFilesFromTarball(filenames []string, tarf *tar.Reader) (map[string]s
 		}
 
 		for _, f := range filenames {
-			if header.Name == f {
+			if strings.EqualFold(header.Name, f) {
 				var b bytes.Buffer
 				io.Copy(&b, tarf)
 				ret[f] = string(b.Bytes())
diff --git a/cmd/chart-repo/utils_test.go b/cmd/chart-repo/utils_test.go
index b0493f58f..b9cd4af10 100644
--- a/cmd/chart-repo/utils_test.go
+++ b/cmd/chart-repo/utils_test.go
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ func Test_extractFilesFromTarball(t *testing.T) {
 		{"file", []tarballFile{{"file.txt", "best file ever"}}, "file.txt", "best file ever"},
 		{"multiple file tarball", []tarballFile{{"file.txt", "best file ever"}, {"file2.txt", "worst file ever"}}, "file2.txt", "worst file ever"},
 		{"file in dir", []tarballFile{{"file.txt", "best file ever"}, {"test/file2.txt", "worst file ever"}}, "test/file2.txt", "worst file ever"},
+		{"filename ignore case", []tarballFile{{"Readme.md", "# readme for chart"}, {"values.yaml", "key: value"}}, "README.md", "# readme for chart"},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {