diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-1895 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1895
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70aa0653d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-1895
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Enhancement: Add case insensitive include & exclude options
+
+The backup and restore commands now have --iexclude and --iinclude flags
+as case insensitive variants of --exclude and --include.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1895
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2032
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index c8e71759a..13b2d8def 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -70,20 +70,21 @@ given as the arguments.
 
 // BackupOptions bundles all options for the backup command.
 type BackupOptions struct {
-	Parent           string
-	Force            bool
-	Excludes         []string
-	ExcludeFiles     []string
-	ExcludeOtherFS   bool
-	ExcludeIfPresent []string
-	ExcludeCaches    bool
-	Stdin            bool
-	StdinFilename    string
-	Tags             []string
-	Host             string
-	FilesFrom        []string
-	TimeStamp        string
-	WithAtime        bool
+	Parent              string
+	Force               bool
+	Excludes            []string
+	InsensitiveExcludes []string
+	ExcludeFiles        []string
+	ExcludeOtherFS      bool
+	ExcludeIfPresent    []string
+	ExcludeCaches       bool
+	Stdin               bool
+	StdinFilename       string
+	Tags                []string
+	Host                string
+	FilesFrom           []string
+	TimeStamp           string
+	WithAtime           bool
 }
 
 var backupOptions BackupOptions
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.StringVar(&backupOptions.Parent, "parent", "", "use this parent snapshot (default: last snapshot in the repo that has the same target files/directories)")
 	f.BoolVarP(&backupOptions.Force, "force", "f", false, `force re-reading the target files/directories (overrides the "parent" flag)`)
 	f.StringArrayVarP(&backupOptions.Excludes, "exclude", "e", nil, "exclude a `pattern` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	f.StringArrayVar(&backupOptions.InsensitiveExcludes, "iexclude", nil, "same as `--exclude` but ignores the casing of filenames")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&backupOptions.ExcludeFiles, "exclude-file", nil, "read exclude patterns from a `file` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.BoolVarP(&backupOptions.ExcludeOtherFS, "one-file-system", "x", false, "exclude other file systems")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&backupOptions.ExcludeIfPresent, "exclude-if-present", nil, "takes filename[:header], exclude contents of directories containing filename (except filename itself) if header of that file is as provided (can be specified multiple times)")
@@ -224,6 +226,10 @@ func collectRejectByNameFuncs(opts BackupOptions, repo *repository.Repository, t
 		opts.Excludes = append(opts.Excludes, excludes...)
 	}
 
+	if len(opts.InsensitiveExcludes) > 0 {
+		fs = append(fs, rejectByInsensitivePattern(opts.InsensitiveExcludes))
+	}
+
 	if len(opts.Excludes) > 0 {
 		fs = append(fs, rejectByPattern(opts.Excludes))
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index 477192eab..7c056fdab 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/filter"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restorer"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -28,13 +29,15 @@ repository.
 
 // RestoreOptions collects all options for the restore command.
 type RestoreOptions struct {
-	Exclude []string
-	Include []string
-	Target  string
-	Host    string
-	Paths   []string
-	Tags    restic.TagLists
-	Verify  bool
+	Exclude            []string
+	InsensitiveExclude []string
+	Include            []string
+	InsensitiveInclude []string
+	Target             string
+	Host               string
+	Paths              []string
+	Tags               restic.TagLists
+	Verify             bool
 }
 
 var restoreOptions RestoreOptions
@@ -44,7 +47,9 @@ func init() {
 
 	flags := cmdRestore.Flags()
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(&restoreOptions.Exclude, "exclude", "e", nil, "exclude a `pattern` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	flags.StringArrayVar(&restoreOptions.InsensitiveExclude, "iexclude", nil, "same as `--exclude` but ignores the casing of filenames")
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(&restoreOptions.Include, "include", "i", nil, "include a `pattern`, exclude everything else (can be specified multiple times)")
+	flags.StringArrayVar(&restoreOptions.InsensitiveInclude, "iinclude", nil, "same as `--include` but ignores the casing of filenames")
 	flags.StringVarP(&restoreOptions.Target, "target", "t", "", "directory to extract data to")
 
 	flags.StringVarP(&restoreOptions.Host, "host", "H", "", `only consider snapshots for this host when the snapshot ID is "latest"`)
@@ -55,6 +60,16 @@ func init() {
 
 func runRestore(opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 	ctx := gopts.ctx
+	hasExcludes := len(opts.Exclude) > 0 || len(opts.InsensitiveExclude) > 0
+	hasIncludes := len(opts.Include) > 0 || len(opts.InsensitiveInclude) > 0
+
+	for i, str := range opts.InsensitiveExclude {
+		opts.InsensitiveExclude[i] = strings.ToLower(str)
+	}
+
+	for i, str := range opts.InsensitiveInclude {
+		opts.InsensitiveInclude[i] = strings.ToLower(str)
+	}
 
 	switch {
 	case len(args) == 0:
@@ -67,7 +82,7 @@ func runRestore(opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 		return errors.Fatal("please specify a directory to restore to (--target)")
 	}
 
-	if len(opts.Exclude) > 0 && len(opts.Include) > 0 {
+	if hasExcludes && hasIncludes {
 		return errors.Fatal("exclude and include patterns are mutually exclusive")
 	}
 
@@ -125,11 +140,16 @@ func runRestore(opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 			Warnf("error for exclude pattern: %v", err)
 		}
 
+		matchedInsensitive, _, err := filter.List(opts.InsensitiveExclude, strings.ToLower(item))
+		if err != nil {
+			Warnf("error for iexclude pattern: %v", err)
+		}
+
 		// An exclude filter is basically a 'wildcard but foo',
 		// so even if a childMayMatch, other children of a dir may not,
 		// therefore childMayMatch does not matter, but we should not go down
 		// unless the dir is selected for restore
-		selectedForRestore = !matched
+		selectedForRestore = !matched && !matchedInsensitive
 		childMayBeSelected = selectedForRestore && node.Type == "dir"
 
 		return selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected
@@ -141,15 +161,20 @@ func runRestore(opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 			Warnf("error for include pattern: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		selectedForRestore = matched
-		childMayBeSelected = childMayMatch && node.Type == "dir"
+		matchedInsensitive, childMayMatchInsensitive, err := filter.List(opts.InsensitiveInclude, strings.ToLower(item))
+		if err != nil {
+			Warnf("error for iexclude pattern: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		selectedForRestore = matched || matchedInsensitive
+		childMayBeSelected = (childMayMatch || childMayMatchInsensitive) && node.Type == "dir"
 
 		return selectedForRestore, childMayBeSelected
 	}
 
-	if len(opts.Exclude) > 0 {
+	if hasExcludes {
 		res.SelectFilter = selectExcludeFilter
-	} else if len(opts.Include) > 0 {
+	} else if hasIncludes {
 		res.SelectFilter = selectIncludeFilter
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/exclude.go b/cmd/restic/exclude.go
index 479f8a308..09d35b226 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/exclude.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/exclude.go
@@ -88,6 +88,18 @@ func rejectByPattern(patterns []string) RejectByNameFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+// Same as `rejectByPattern` but case insensitive.
+func rejectByInsensitivePattern(patterns []string) RejectByNameFunc {
+	for index, path := range patterns {
+		patterns[index] = strings.ToLower(path)
+	}
+
+	rejFunc := rejectByPattern(patterns)
+	return func(item string) bool {
+		return rejFunc(strings.ToLower(item))
+	}
+}
+
 // rejectIfPresent returns a RejectByNameFunc which itself returns whether a path
 // should be excluded. The RejectByNameFunc considers a file to be excluded when
 // it resides in a directory with an exclusion file, that is specified by
diff --git a/cmd/restic/exclude_test.go b/cmd/restic/exclude_test.go
index 741dbdb64..6c8ce6e14 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/exclude_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/exclude_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,33 @@ func TestRejectByPattern(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRejectByInsensitivePattern(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		filename string
+		reject   bool
+	}{
+		{filename: "/home/user/foo.GO", reject: true},
+		{filename: "/home/user/foo.c", reject: false},
+		{filename: "/home/user/foobar", reject: false},
+		{filename: "/home/user/FOObar/x", reject: true},
+		{filename: "/home/user/README", reject: false},
+		{filename: "/home/user/readme.md", reject: true},
+	}
+
+	patterns := []string{"*.go", "README.md", "/home/user/foobar/*"}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+			reject := rejectByInsensitivePattern(patterns)
+			res := reject(tc.filename)
+			if res != tc.reject {
+				t.Fatalf("wrong result for filename %v: want %v, got %v",
+					tc.filename, tc.reject, res)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsExcludedByFile(t *testing.T) {
 	const (
 		tagFilename = "CACHEDIR.TAG"
diff --git a/doc/040_backup.rst b/doc/040_backup.rst
index fbffaaa40..75e06e42d 100644
--- a/doc/040_backup.rst
+++ b/doc/040_backup.rst
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ You can exclude folders and files by specifying exclude patterns, currently
 the exclude options are:
 
 -  ``--exclude`` Specified one or more times to exclude one or more items
+-  ``--iexclude`` Same as ``--exclude`` but ignores the case of paths
 -  ``--exclude-caches`` Specified once to exclude folders containing a special file
 -  ``--exclude-file`` Specified one or more times to exclude items listed in a given file
 -  ``--exclude-if-present`` Specified one or more times to exclude a folders content
diff --git a/doc/050_restore.rst b/doc/050_restore.rst
index e602c7e8a..f5d584042 100644
--- a/doc/050_restore.rst
+++ b/doc/050_restore.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ You can use the command ``restic ls latest`` or ``restic find foo`` to find the
 path to the file within the snapshot. This path you can then pass to
 `--include` in verbatim to only restore the single file or directory.
 
+There are case insensitive variants of of ``--exclude`` and ``--include`` called
+``--iexclude`` and ``--iinclude``. These options will behave the same way but
+ignore the casing of paths.
+
 Restore using mount
 ===================