diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 52c66e0c..9efc4731 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static char * config_parse_string(char *data, jsmntok_t *token)
 
 static int jsoneq(const char *json, jsmntok_t *tok, const char *s) {
 	if (tok->type == JSMN_STRING && (int)strlen(s) == tok->end - tok->start &&
-	    strncmp(json + tok->start, s, tok->end - tok->start) == 0) {
+	    strncasecmp(json + tok->start, s, tok->end - tok->start) == 0) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return -1;