diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlAdapterHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlAdapterHelper.java
index 6e3754b93..ff2064711 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlAdapterHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlAdapterHelper.java
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class EqlAdapterHelper {
       case EQ:
         peekExprList().eq(path, bind(value));
         break;
+      case IEQ:
+        peekExprList().ieq(path, bindString(value));
+        break;
       case NE:
         peekExprList().ne(path, bind(value));
         break;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlOperator.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlOperator.java
index d5fb64b20..2fc5c3a52 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlOperator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlOperator.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.grammer;
 enum EqlOperator {
 
   EQ,
+  IEQ,
   NE,
   LT,
   LTE,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/OperatorMapping.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/OperatorMapping.java
index 355fa7b58..43ac91093 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/OperatorMapping.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/OperatorMapping.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class OperatorMapping {
   public OperatorMapping() {
     map.put("eq", EqlOperator.EQ);
     map.put("=", EqlOperator.EQ);
+    map.put("ieq", EqlOperator.IEQ);
 
     map.put("ne", EqlOperator.NE);
     map.put("<>", EqlOperator.NE);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlParserTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlParserTest.java
index 0652f9b59..c2063a858 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/grammer/EqlParserTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ public class EqlParserTest {
     assertThat(query.getGeneratedSql()).contains("where t0.name = ?");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void where_ieq() throws Exception {
+
+    Query<Customer> query = parse("where name ieq 'Rob'");
+    query.findList();
+
+    assertThat(query.getGeneratedSql()).contains("where lower(t0.name) =?");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void where_eq2() throws Exception {