diff --git a/src/conf/domain_capabilities.c b/src/conf/domain_capabilities.c
index e7323a81d7..f7d9be50f8 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_capabilities.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ virDomainCapsCPUModelsGet(virDomainCapsCPUModelsPtr cpuModels,
         return NULL;
 
     for (i = 0; i < cpuModels->nmodels; i++) {
-        if (STREQ(cpuModels->models[i].name, name))
+        if (STRCASEEQ(cpuModels->models[i].name, name))
             return cpuModels->models + i;
     }