diff --git a/modules/markup/renderer.go b/modules/markup/renderer.go
index 9278d4c65..5f69dc723 100644
--- a/modules/markup/renderer.go
+++ b/modules/markup/renderer.go
@@ -328,11 +328,13 @@ func IsReadmeFile(name string) bool {
 // the length of the provided extension list.
 // Note that the '.' should be provided in ext, e.g ".md"
 func IsReadmeFileExtension(name string, ext ...string) (int, bool) {
+	name = strings.ToLower(name)
 	if len(name) < 6 || name[:6] != "readme" {
 		return 0, false
 	}
 
 	for i, extension := range ext {
+		extension = strings.ToLower(extension)
 		if name[6:] == extension {
 			return i, true
 		}
diff --git a/modules/markup/renderer_test.go b/modules/markup/renderer_test.go
index 1e0f7db19..950ee15b9 100644
--- a/modules/markup/renderer_test.go
+++ b/modules/markup/renderer_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ func TestMisc_IsReadmeFile(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: true,
 			idx:      0,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "README.md",
+			expected: true,
+			idx:      0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "ReAdMe.Md",
+			expected: true,
+			idx:      0,
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "readme.txt",
 			expected: true,