diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index f043de44b6..d85e3a3a71 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
         <release version="3.1-beta1" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44495 - Handle named cell ranges in formulas that have lower case parts</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44491 - Don't have the new-style "HPSF properties are always available" affect the old-style use of HPSF alongside HSSF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44471 - Crystal Reports generates files with short StyleRecords, which isn't allowed in the spec. Work around this</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">44450 - Support for Lookup, HLookup and VLookup functions</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 66c348de6a..4b836f6a96 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
         <release version="3.1-beta1" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44495 - Handle named cell ranges in formulas that have lower case parts</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44491 - Don't have the new-style "HPSF properties are always available" affect the old-style use of HPSF alongside HSSF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">44471 - Crystal Reports generates files with short StyleRecords, which isn't allowed in the spec. Work around this</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">44450 - Support for Lookup, HLookup and VLookup functions</action>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/FormulaParser.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/FormulaParser.java
index 1d78b1b239..dc75a5c170 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/FormulaParser.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/FormulaParser.java
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ public class FormulaParser {
                 for(int i = 0; i < book.getNumNames(); i++) {
                 	// Our formula will by now contain an upper-cased
                 	//  version of any named range names
-                    if(book.getNameRecord(i).getNameText().toUpperCase().equals(name)) {
+                    if(book.getNameRecord(i).getNameText().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
                         nameRecordExists = true;
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/NamePtg.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/NamePtg.java
index d418afa7e7..01323c3a01 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/NamePtg.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/NamePtg.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class NamePtg
         NameRecord rec;
         for (short i = 1; i < n; i++) {
             rec = book.getNameRecord(i - 1);
-            if (name.equals(rec.getNameText())) {
+            if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(rec.getNameText())) {
                 field_1_label_index = i;
                 return;
             }