diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/predicate/SchemaCompatibilityValidator.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/predicate/SchemaCompatibilityValidator.java
index d473841d95..6ec85469f4 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/predicate/SchemaCompatibilityValidator.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/predicate/SchemaCompatibilityValidator.java
@@ -59,9 +59,13 @@
 public class SchemaCompatibilityValidator implements FilterPredicate.Visitor<Void> {
 
   public static void validate(FilterPredicate predicate, MessageType schema) {
+   validate(predicate, schema, true);
+  }
+
+  public static void validate(FilterPredicate predicate, MessageType schema, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
     checkNotNull(predicate, "predicate");
     checkNotNull(schema, "schema");
-    predicate.accept(new SchemaCompatibilityValidator(schema));
+    predicate.accept(new SchemaCompatibilityValidator(schema, isCaseSensitive));
   }
 
   // A map of column name to the type the user supplied for this column.
@@ -76,11 +80,14 @@ public static void validate(FilterPredicate predicate, MessageType schema) {
   // the original type of a column, keyed by path
   private final Map<ColumnPath, OriginalType> originalTypes = new HashMap<ColumnPath, OriginalType>();
 
-  private SchemaCompatibilityValidator(MessageType schema) {
+  private boolean isCaseSensitive = true;
+
+  private SchemaCompatibilityValidator(MessageType schema, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
 
+    this.isCaseSensitive = isCaseSensitive;
     for (ColumnDescriptor cd : schema.getColumns()) {
-      ColumnPath columnPath = ColumnPath.get(cd.getPath());
-      columnsAccordingToSchema.put(columnPath, cd);
+      ColumnPath columnPath = isCaseSensitive? ColumnPath.get(cd.getPath()):ColumnPath.getLowerCase(cd.getPath());
+        columnsAccordingToSchema.put(columnPath, cd);
 
       OriginalType ot = schema.getType(cd.getPath()).getOriginalType();
       if (ot != null) {
@@ -186,7 +193,8 @@ private <T extends Comparable<T>> void validateColumn(Column<T> column) {
   }
 
   private ColumnDescriptor getColumnDescriptor(ColumnPath columnPath) {
-    ColumnDescriptor cd = columnsAccordingToSchema.get(columnPath);
+    ColumnDescriptor cd = isCaseSensitive ? columnsAccordingToSchema.get(columnPath):
+      columnsAccordingToSchema.get(ColumnPath.getLowerCase(columnPath.toArray()));
     checkArgument(cd != null, "Column " + columnPath + " was not found in schema!");
     return cd;
   }
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/GroupType.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/GroupType.java
index bf98bfd21a..7241f0deeb 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/GroupType.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/GroupType.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import org.apache.parquet.io.InvalidRecordException;
 
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ public class GroupType extends Type {
 
   private final List<Type> fields;
   private final Map<String, Integer> indexByName;
-
   /**
    * @param repetition OPTIONAL, REPEATED, REQUIRED
    * @param name the name of the field
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public GroupType(Repetition repetition, String name, List<Type> fields) {
     this(repetition, name, null, fields, null);
   }
 
+  public GroupType(Repetition repetition, String name, List<Type> fields, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
+    this(repetition, name, null, fields, null, isCaseSensitive);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param repetition OPTIONAL, REPEATED, REQUIRED
    * @param name the name of the field
@@ -87,12 +91,17 @@ public GroupType(Repetition repetition, String name, OriginalType originalType,
    * @param id the id of the field
    */
   GroupType(Repetition repetition, String name, OriginalType originalType, List<Type> fields, ID id) {
+    this(repetition, name, originalType, fields, id, true);
+  }
+
+  GroupType(Repetition repetition, String name, OriginalType originalType, List<Type> fields, ID id, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
     super(name, repetition, originalType, id);
     if (fields.isEmpty()) {
       throw new InvalidSchemaException("A group type can not be empty. Parquet does not support empty group without leaves. Empty group: " + name);
     }
+
     this.fields = fields;
-    this.indexByName = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+    this.indexByName = isCaseSensitive? new HashMap<String, Integer>() : new TreeMap<String, Integer>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
     for (int i = 0; i < fields.size(); i++) {
       indexByName.put(fields.get(i).getName(), i);
     }
@@ -391,4 +400,16 @@ List<Type> mergeFields(GroupType toMerge, boolean strict) {
     }
     return newFields;
   }
+
+  public List<Type> getContainedFields(GroupType base) {
+    List<Type> newFields = new ArrayList<Type>();
+    List<Type> baseFields = base.getFields();
+    for (Type type : this.getFields()) {
+      if (base.containsField(type.getName())) {
+        newFields.add(type);
+      }
+    }
+    return newFields;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/MessageType.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/MessageType.java
index 1e26ed2425..7d1cb6906c 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/MessageType.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/schema/MessageType.java
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ public MessageType(String name, List<Type> fields) {
    super(Repetition.REPEATED, name, fields);
  }
 
+ public MessageType(String name, List<Type> fields, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
+     super(Repetition.REPEATED, name, fields, isCaseSensitive);
+ }
+
+ public MessageType(MessageType base, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
+     super(Repetition.REPEATED, base.getName(), base.getFields(), isCaseSensitive);
+ }
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
diff --git a/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/metadata/ColumnPath.java b/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/metadata/ColumnPath.java
index 4383b0f2f6..e2193f5c5d 100644
--- a/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/metadata/ColumnPath.java
+++ b/parquet-common/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/metadata/ColumnPath.java
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ protected ColumnPath toCanonical(ColumnPath value) {
     }
   };
 
+  private static Canonicalizer<ColumnPath> pathsLowerCase = new Canonicalizer<ColumnPath>() {
+    @Override
+    protected ColumnPath toCanonical(ColumnPath value) {
+      String[] path = new String[value.p.length];
+      for (int i = 0; i < value.p.length; i++) {
+        path[i] = value.p[i].toLowerCase().intern();
+      }
+      return new ColumnPath(path);
+    }
+  };
+
   public static ColumnPath fromDotString(String path) {
     checkNotNull(path, "path");
     return get(path.split("\\."));
@@ -48,6 +59,10 @@ public static ColumnPath get(String... path){
     return paths.canonicalize(new ColumnPath(path));
   }
 
+  public static ColumnPath getLowerCase(String... path){
+    return pathsLowerCase.canonicalize(new ColumnPath(path));
+  }
+
   private final String[] p;
 
   private ColumnPath(String[] path) {
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/compat/RowGroupFilter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/compat/RowGroupFilter.java
index d85a231a31..7781f8ad44 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/compat/RowGroupFilter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/filter2/compat/RowGroupFilter.java
@@ -40,15 +40,26 @@
 public class RowGroupFilter implements Visitor<List<BlockMetaData>> {
   private final List<BlockMetaData> blocks;
   private final MessageType schema;
+  private final boolean isCaseSensitive;
 
   public static List<BlockMetaData> filterRowGroups(Filter filter, List<BlockMetaData> blocks, MessageType schema) {
+   return filterRowGroups(filter, blocks, schema, true);
+  }
+
+  public static List<BlockMetaData> filterRowGroups(Filter filter, List<BlockMetaData> blocks, MessageType schema,
+                                                    boolean isCaseSensitive) {
     checkNotNull(filter, "filter");
-    return filter.accept(new RowGroupFilter(blocks, schema));
+    return filter.accept(new RowGroupFilter(blocks, schema, isCaseSensitive));
   }
 
   private RowGroupFilter(List<BlockMetaData> blocks, MessageType schema) {
+   this(blocks, schema, true);
+  }
+
+  private RowGroupFilter(List<BlockMetaData> blocks, MessageType schema, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
     this.blocks = checkNotNull(blocks, "blocks");
     this.schema = checkNotNull(schema, "schema");
+    this.isCaseSensitive = isCaseSensitive;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@ public List<BlockMetaData> visit(FilterCompat.FilterPredicateCompat filterPredic
     FilterPredicate filterPredicate = filterPredicateCompat.getFilterPredicate();
 
     // check that the schema of the filter matches the schema of the file
-    SchemaCompatibilityValidator.validate(filterPredicate, schema);
+    SchemaCompatibilityValidator.validate(filterPredicate, schema, isCaseSensitive);
 
     List<BlockMetaData> filteredBlocks = new ArrayList<BlockMetaData>();
 
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/InternalParquetRecordReader.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/InternalParquetRecordReader.java
index 6ff4eac24d..b0d2051ac0 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/InternalParquetRecordReader.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/InternalParquetRecordReader.java
@@ -169,13 +169,23 @@ public void initialize(MessageType fileSchema,
     // initialize a ReadContext for this file
     ReadSupport.ReadContext readContext = readSupport.init(new InitContext(
         configuration, toSetMultiMap(fileMetadata), fileSchema));
-    this.requestedSchema = readContext.getRequestedSchema();
+    MessageType request = readContext.getRequestedSchema();
+    boolean isCaseSensitive = configuration.getBoolean(ParquetInputFormat.CASE_SENSITIVITY, true);
+
+    if (!isCaseSensitive) {
+      MessageType base = new MessageType(request, false);
+      this.requestedSchema = new MessageType(request.getName(), fileSchema.getContainedFields(base));
+    } else {
+      this.requestedSchema = request;
+    }
+
     this.fileSchema = fileSchema;
     this.file = file;
     this.columnCount = requestedSchema.getPaths().size();
     this.recordConverter = readSupport.prepareForRead(
         configuration, fileMetadata, fileSchema, readContext);
     this.strictTypeChecking = configuration.getBoolean(STRICT_TYPE_CHECKING, true);
+
     List<ColumnDescriptor> columns = requestedSchema.getColumns();
     reader = new ParquetFileReader(configuration, file, blocks, columns);
     for (BlockMetaData block : blocks) {
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetInputFormat.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetInputFormat.java
index a4baf98b0a..2c33c52866 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetInputFormat.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetInputFormat.java
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ public class ParquetInputFormat<T> extends FileInputFormat<Void, T> {
    */
   public static final String FILTER_PREDICATE = "parquet.private.read.filter.predicate";
 
+  /**
+   * key to configure case sensitivity
+   */
+  public static final String CASE_SENSITIVITY = "parquet.read.case.sensitivity";
+
   /**
    * key to turn on or off task side metadata loading (default true)
    * if true then metadata is read on the task side and some tasks may finish immediately.
@@ -126,10 +131,18 @@ public static void setTaskSideMetaData(Job job,  boolean taskSideMetadata) {
     ContextUtil.getConfiguration(job).setBoolean(TASK_SIDE_METADATA, taskSideMetadata);
   }
 
+  public static void setCaseSensitiveRead(Job job, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
+    ContextUtil.getConfiguration(job).setBoolean(CASE_SENSITIVITY, isCaseSensitive);
+  }
+
   public static boolean isTaskSideMetaData(Configuration configuration) {
     return configuration.getBoolean(TASK_SIDE_METADATA, TRUE);
   }
 
+  public static boolean isCaseSensitiveRead(Configuration configuration) {
+    return configuration.getBoolean(CASE_SENSITIVITY, TRUE);
+  }
+
   public static void setReadSupportClass(Job job,  Class<?> readSupportClass) {
     ContextUtil.getConfiguration(job).set(READ_SUPPORT_CLASS, readSupportClass.getName());
   }
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetReader.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetReader.java
index a45dde545c..d33372b503 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetReader.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetReader.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.parquet.hadoop;
 
+import static java.lang.Boolean.TRUE;
 import static org.apache.parquet.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
@@ -144,8 +145,9 @@ private void initReader() throws IOException {
 
       MessageType fileSchema = footer.getParquetMetadata().getFileMetaData().getSchema();
 
+      boolean isCaseSensitive = conf.getBoolean(ParquetInputFormat.CASE_SENSITIVITY, TRUE);
       List<BlockMetaData> filteredBlocks = RowGroupFilter.filterRowGroups(
-          filter, blocks, fileSchema);
+          filter, blocks, fileSchema, isCaseSensitive);
 
       reader = new InternalParquetRecordReader<T>(readSupport, filter);
       reader.initialize(fileSchema,