diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a063202b..3361152e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 xbps-0.44 (???):
 
+ * xbps-query(8): --regex option now matches EREs in case insensitive mode.
+
  * libxbps: globally check for unresolved shared libraries before accepting
    a transaction to make sure there's no broken packages.
 
diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/ownedby.c b/bin/xbps-query/ownedby.c
index 4e3e175a..ca89b2e3 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/ownedby.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/ownedby.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ ownedby(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *pat, bool repo, bool regex)
 
 	if (regex) {
 		ffd.rematch = true;
-		if (regcomp(&ffd.regex, ffd.pat, REG_EXTENDED|REG_NOSUB) != 0)
+		if (regcomp(&ffd.regex, ffd.pat, REG_EXTENDED|REG_NOSUB|REG_ICASE) != 0)
 			return EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (repo)
diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/search.c b/bin/xbps-query/search.c
index fc628bb8..de866a49 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/search.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/search.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ search(struct xbps_handle *xhp, bool repo_mode, const char *pat, const char *pro
 
 	sd.regex = regex;
 	if (regex) {
-		if (regcomp(&sd.regexp, pat, REG_EXTENDED|REG_NOSUB) != 0)
+		if (regcomp(&sd.regexp, pat, REG_EXTENDED|REG_NOSUB|REG_ICASE) != 0)
 			return errno;
 	}
 	sd.repo_mode = repo_mode;