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);