diff --git a/src/cache_cf.cc b/src/cache_cf.cc

index 9165ef99c..32a3df322 100644

--- a/src/cache_cf.cc

+++ b/src/cache_cf.cc

@@ -2081,6 +2081,7 @@ parse_peer(CachePeer ** head)

     CachePeer *p = new CachePeer;

     p->host = xstrdup(host_str);

+    Tolower(p->host);

     p->name = xstrdup(host_str);

     p->type = parseNeighborType(token);