diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/MultiPartInputStream.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/MultiPartInputStream.java
index 00ceb5d5754..40f7ac679ee 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/MultiPartInputStream.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/MultiPartInputStream.java
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ public class MultiPartInputStream
          */
         public String getHeader(String name)
         {
-            return (String)_headers.getValue(name, 0);
+            if (name == null)
+                return null;
+            return (String)_headers.getValue(name.toLowerCase(), 0);
         }
 
         /** 
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/MultiPartInputStreamTest.java b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/MultiPartInputStreamTest.java
index 826dbcb1bba..6c01b7d6310 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/MultiPartInputStreamTest.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/MultiPartInputStreamTest.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class MultiPartInputStreamTest extends TestCase
         
         Part stuff = mpis.getPart("stuff");
         assertEquals("text/plain", stuff.getContentType());
-        assertEquals("text/plain", stuff.getHeader("content-type"));
+        assertEquals("text/plain", stuff.getHeader("Content-Type"));
         assertEquals(1, stuff.getHeaders("content-type").size());
         assertEquals("form-data; name=\"stuff\"; filename=\"stuff.txt\"", stuff.getHeader("content-disposition"));
         assertEquals(2, stuff.getHeaderNames().size());