++ } while ((dif = (int)ch1 - (int)ch2) == 0);
+
+ return dif;
+ }
+diff --git a/ifuncs.h b/ifuncs.h
+--- a/ifuncs.h
++++ b/ifuncs.h
+@@ -98,3 +98,38 @@ toUpper(const char *ptr)
+ {
+ return toupper(*(unsigned char *)ptr);
+ }
++
++static inline int
++strEQ(const char *s1, const char *s2)
++{
++ return strcmp(s1, s2) == 0;
++}
++
++static inline int
++strnEQ(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
++{
++ return strncmp(s1, s2, n) == 0;
++}
++
++static inline int
++ic_strEQ(const char *s1, const char *s2)
++{
++ extern int ignore_case;
++ if (ignore_case)
++ return strcasecmp(s1, s2) == 0;
++ return strcmp(s1, s2) == 0;
++}
++
++static inline int
++ic_strnEQ(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
++{
++ extern int ignore_case;
++ if (ignore_case)
++ return strncasecmp(s1, s2, n) == 0;
++ return strncmp(s1, s2, n) == 0;
++}
++
++#define strNE(s1,s2) (!strEQ(s1,s2))
++#define strnNE(s1,s2,n) (!strnEQ(s1,s2,n))
++#define ic_strNE(s1,s2) (!ic_strEQ(s1,s2))
++#define ic_strnNE(s1,s2) (!ic_strnEQ(s1,s2,n))
+diff --git a/lib/wildmatch.c b/lib/wildmatch.c
+--- a/lib/wildmatch.c
++++ b/lib/wildmatch.c
+@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
+ #define ISUPPER(c) (ISASCII(c) && isupper(c))
+ #define ISXDIGIT(c) (ISASCII(c) && isxdigit(c))
+
++extern int ignore_case;
++
+ #ifdef WILD_TEST_ITERATIONS
+ int wildmatch_iteration_count;
+ #endif
+@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ static int dowild(const uchar *p, const uchar *text, const uchar*const *a)
+ for ( ; (p_ch = *p) != '\0'; text++, p++) {
+ int matched, special;
+ uchar t_ch, prev_ch;
++ if (ignore_case && ISUPPER(p_ch))
++ p_ch = tolower(p_ch);
+ while ((t_ch = *text) == '\0') {
+ if (*a == NULL) {
+ if (p_ch != '*')
+@@ -237,12 +241,21 @@ static int dowild(const uchar *p, const uchar *text, const uchar*const *a)
+ * of "text" and any strings in array "a". */
+ static int doliteral(const uchar *s, const uchar *text, const uchar*const *a)
+ {
++ uchar s_ch, t_ch;
+ for ( ; *s != '\0'; text++, s++) {
+ while (*text == '\0') {
+ if ((text = *a++) == NULL)