diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/StatementImpl.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/StatementImpl.java
index e236c8368f1..f8598313025 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/StatementImpl.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/StatementImpl.java
@@ -361,6 +361,6 @@ class StatementImpl implements Statement {
   private boolean containsLimit(String sql) {
     String[] tokens = sql.split("\\s+");
     String secondToLastToken = tokens[tokens.length-2];
-    return ("limit").equals(secondToLastToken);
+    return ("limit").equals(secondToLastToken.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()));
   }
 }
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diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/JdbcTest.java b/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/JdbcTest.java
index b3d7ae92fc1..6d9c51acfc4 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/JdbcTest.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/sql/JdbcTest.java
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ public class JdbcTest extends AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase {
     assert(!rs.next());
     stmt.close();
 
-    //Test simple loop. Since limit is set it will override the statement maxRows
-    rs = stmt.executeQuery("select id, a_i, a_s, a_f from collection1 order by a_i asc limit 100");
+    //Test simple loop. Since limit is set it will override the statement maxRows.
+    rs = stmt.executeQuery("select id, a_i, a_s, a_f from collection1 order by a_i asc    LIMIT   100");
     int count = 0;
     while(rs.next()) {
       ++count;