diff --git a/admin.go b/admin.go
index ecdca859f..b367975de 100644
--- a/admin.go
+++ b/admin.go
@@ -994,7 +994,9 @@ func (h adminHandler) originAllowed(origin *url.URL) bool {
 		if allowedOrigin.Scheme != "" && origin.Scheme != allowedOrigin.Scheme {
 			continue
 		}
-		if origin.Host == allowedOrigin.Host {
+		// Host comparison is case-insensitive per RFC 3986 §3.2.2; url.Parse
+		// does not normalize host case, so fold it here.
+		if strings.EqualFold(origin.Host, allowedOrigin.Host) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/admin_origin_case_test.go b/admin_origin_case_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fb751e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin_origin_case_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright 2015 Matthew Holt and The Caddy Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package caddy
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestAdminHandlerOriginAllowed_CaseInsensitiveHost is the regression
+// test for the host allow-list comparison being case-sensitive. Per
+// RFC 3986 §3.2.2, host names are case-insensitive.
+func TestAdminHandlerOriginAllowed_CaseInsensitiveHost(t *testing.T) {
+	mustParse := func(raw string) *url.URL {
+		u, err := url.Parse(raw)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("invalid URL %q: %v", raw, err)
+		}
+		return u
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name    string
+		allowed *url.URL
+		origin  *url.URL
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "allow-list uppercase, origin lowercase",
+			allowed: mustParse("http://Example.com:8080"),
+			origin:  mustParse("http://example.com:8080"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "allow-list lowercase, origin uppercase",
+			allowed: mustParse("http://example.com:8080"),
+			origin:  mustParse("http://EXAMPLE.com:8080"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			h := adminHandler{allowedOrigins: []*url.URL{tc.allowed}}
+			if !h.originAllowed(tc.origin) {
+				t.Errorf("originAllowed(%v) with allowed %v = false, want true", tc.origin, tc.allowed)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}