diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/ConfigurationService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/ConfigurationService.java
index 2ab1350dc..d9f49813c 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -53,5 +53,26 @@ public class ConfigurationService {
             "REMOTE_USER"
         );
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the usernames provided to the header authentication
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive, or false if usernames
+     * should be treated as case-insensitive. This will default to the global
+     * Guacamole configuration for case-sensitivity, which defaults to true, but
+     * can be overridden for this extension, if desired.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     true if usernames should be treated as case-sensitive, otherwise
+     *     false.
+     * 
+     * @throws GuacamoleException 
+     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed.
+     */
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return environment.getProperty(
+            HTTPHeaderGuacamoleProperties.HTTP_AUTH_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+            environment.getCaseSensitiveUsernames()
+        );
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/HTTPHeaderGuacamoleProperties.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/HTTPHeaderGuacamoleProperties.java
index 733a1f8cd..acf514a75 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/HTTPHeaderGuacamoleProperties.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/HTTPHeaderGuacamoleProperties.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.guacamole.auth.header;
 
-import org.apache.guacamole.properties.IntegerGuacamoleProperty;
+import org.apache.guacamole.properties.BooleanGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.StringGuacamoleProperty;
 
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class HTTPHeaderGuacamoleProperties {
     private HTTPHeaderGuacamoleProperties() {}
 
     /**
-     * The header used for HTTP header authentication.
+     * A property used to configure the header used for HTTP header authentication.
      */
     public static final StringGuacamoleProperty HTTP_AUTH_HEADER = new StringGuacamoleProperty() {
 
@@ -44,5 +44,17 @@ public class HTTPHeaderGuacamoleProperties {
         public String getName() { return "http-auth-header"; }
 
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property used to configure whether or not usernames within the header
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty HTTP_AUTH_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+        
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "http-auth-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+        
+    };
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/user/AuthenticatedUser.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
index 793fef01e..d498c5c4d 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-header/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/header/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
 package org.apache.guacamole.auth.header.user;
 
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.auth.header.ConfigurationService;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AbstractAuthenticatedUser;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AuthenticationProvider;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An HTTP header implementation of AuthenticatedUser, associating a
@@ -31,12 +35,23 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
  */
 public class AuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
 
+    /**
+     * Logger for this class.
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AuthenticatedUser.class);
+    
     /**
      * Reference to the authentication provider associated with this
      * authenticated user.
      */
     @Inject
     private AuthenticationProvider authProvider;
+    
+    /**
+     * Service for retrieving header configuration information.
+     */
+    @Inject
+    private ConfigurationService confService;
 
     /**
      * The credentials provided when this user was authenticated.
@@ -58,6 +73,19 @@ public class AuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
         setIdentifier(username.toLowerCase());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        try {
+            return confService.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+        }
+        catch (GuacamoleException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Error when trying to retrieve header configuration: {}."
+                    + " Usernames comparison will be case-sensitive.", e);
+            LOGGER.debug("Exception caught when retrieving header configuration.", e);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public AuthenticationProvider getAuthenticationProvider() {
         return authProvider;
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/JDBCEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/JDBCEnvironment.java
index 27f3d0563..dcc754451 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/JDBCEnvironment.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/JDBCEnvironment.java
@@ -271,5 +271,18 @@ public abstract class JDBCEnvironment extends DelegatingEnvironment {
         return true;
 
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns a boolean value that indicates whether or not usernames should
+     * be treated as case-sensitive.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     true if usernames should be treated as case-sensitive, or false if
+     *     usernames should be treated as case-insensitive.
+     * 
+     * @throws GuacamoleException 
+     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed.
+     */
+    public abstract boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException;
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledAuthenticatedUser.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledAuthenticatedUser.java
index 7ede92c6c..6c5ca16f4 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledAuthenticatedUser.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledAuthenticatedUser.java
@@ -194,5 +194,10 @@ public class ModeledAuthenticatedUser extends RemoteAuthenticatedUser {
     public boolean isPrivileged() throws GuacamoleException {
         return getUser().isPrivileged();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        return user.isCaseSensitive();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledUser.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledUser.java
index 811ccaa31..4ac0b95dc 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledUser.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/user/ModeledUser.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import java.util.TimeZone;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.jdbc.security.PasswordEncryptionService;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.jdbc.security.SaltService;
 import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.auth.jdbc.JDBCEnvironment;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.jdbc.base.ModeledPermissions;
 import org.apache.guacamole.form.BooleanField;
 import org.apache.guacamole.form.DateField;
@@ -180,6 +181,13 @@ public class ModeledUser extends ModeledPermissions<UserModel> implements User {
      */
     @Inject
     private Provider<UserRecordSet> userRecordSetProvider;
+    
+    /**
+     * The environment associated with this instance of the JDBC authentication
+     * module.
+     */
+    @Inject
+    private JDBCEnvironment environment;
 
     /**
      * Whether attributes which control access restrictions should be exposed
@@ -780,5 +788,15 @@ public class ModeledUser extends ModeledPermissions<UserModel> implements User {
     public boolean isSkeleton() {
         return (getModel().getEntityID() == null);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        try {
+            return environment.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+        }
+        catch (GuacamoleException e) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/mysql/conf/MySQLEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/mysql/conf/MySQLEnvironment.java
index a3dea8964..c5c142ef3 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/mysql/conf/MySQLEnvironment.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/mysql/conf/MySQLEnvironment.java
@@ -439,7 +439,18 @@ public class MySQLEnvironment extends JDBCEnvironment {
         // Enforce access window restrictions for active sessions unless explicitly disabled
         return getProperty(
                 MySQLGuacamoleProperties.MYSQL_ENFORCE_ACCESS_WINDOWS_FOR_ACTIVE_SESSIONS,
-                true);
+                true
+        );
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        return getProperty(
+                MySQLGuacamoleProperties.MYSQL_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                false
+        );
+        
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/mysql/conf/MySQLGuacamoleProperties.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/mysql/conf/MySQLGuacamoleProperties.java
index 5e20b52c6..d2b80987a 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/mysql/conf/MySQLGuacamoleProperties.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-mysql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/mysql/conf/MySQLGuacamoleProperties.java
@@ -301,6 +301,14 @@ public class MySQLGuacamoleProperties {
         @Override
         public String getName() { return "mysql-batch-size"; }
 
-    };    
+    };
+    
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty MYSQL_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+    
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "mysql-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+                
+    };
     
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/postgresql/conf/PostgreSQLEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/postgresql/conf/PostgreSQLEnvironment.java
index a0e166aa6..0955ab13e 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/postgresql/conf/PostgreSQLEnvironment.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/postgresql/conf/PostgreSQLEnvironment.java
@@ -398,5 +398,17 @@ public class PostgreSQLEnvironment extends JDBCEnvironment {
                 PostgreSQLGuacamoleProperties.POSTGRESQL_ENFORCE_ACCESS_WINDOWS_FOR_ACTIVE_SESSIONS,
                 true);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // By default, PostgreSQL does use case-sensitive string searches, so
+        // we will honor case-sensitive usernames.
+        return getProperty(
+                PostgreSQLGuacamoleProperties.POSTGRESQL_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                true
+        );
+        
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/postgresql/conf/PostgreSQLGuacamoleProperties.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/postgresql/conf/PostgreSQLGuacamoleProperties.java
index 707b83ca1..c3f64a154 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/postgresql/conf/PostgreSQLGuacamoleProperties.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-postgresql/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/postgresql/conf/PostgreSQLGuacamoleProperties.java
@@ -314,5 +314,17 @@ public class PostgreSQLGuacamoleProperties {
         public String getName() { return "postgresql-batch-size"; }
 
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property that configures whether or not usernames should be treated as
+     * case-sensitive with the Postgres JDBC backend.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty POSTGRESQL_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+                
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "postgresql-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+        
+    };
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sqlserver/conf/SQLServerEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sqlserver/conf/SQLServerEnvironment.java
index 498479d79..5b0f6969b 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sqlserver/conf/SQLServerEnvironment.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sqlserver/conf/SQLServerEnvironment.java
@@ -328,5 +328,17 @@ public class SQLServerEnvironment extends JDBCEnvironment {
                 SQLServerGuacamoleProperties.SQLSERVER_TRUST_ALL_SERVER_CERTIFICATES,
                 false);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // SQL Server uses case-insensitive string searches by default, so
+        // we do not enforce case-sensitivity unless otherwise configured.
+        return getProperty(
+                SQLServerGuacamoleProperties.SQLSERVER_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                false
+        );
+        
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sqlserver/conf/SQLServerGuacamoleProperties.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sqlserver/conf/SQLServerGuacamoleProperties.java
index c4df81381..d978a5388 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sqlserver/conf/SQLServerGuacamoleProperties.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-sqlserver/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sqlserver/conf/SQLServerGuacamoleProperties.java
@@ -257,5 +257,13 @@ public class SQLServerGuacamoleProperties {
         public String getName() { return "sqlserver-trust-all-server-certificates"; }
 
     };
+    
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty SQLSERVER_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+                
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "sqlserver-case-sensitive-usernames" ; }
+                
+    };
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/json/ConfigurationService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/json/ConfigurationService.java
index 2705e61ed..6fb2cd403 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/json/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/json/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
 import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.properties.BooleanGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.ByteArrayProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.StringGuacamoleProperty;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,20 @@ public class ConfigurationService {
     @Inject
     private Environment environment;
 
+    /**
+     * A property used to configure whether or not usernames within the JSON
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive.
+     */
+    private static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty JSON_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+      
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return "json-case-sensitive-usernames";
+        }
+        
+    };
+    
     /**
      * The encryption key to use for all decryption and signature verification.
      */
@@ -64,6 +79,25 @@ public class ConfigurationService {
         }
 
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the usernames provided to the JSON authentication
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive, or false if usernames
+     * should be treated as case-insensitive. The default will be taken from
+     * the global Guacamole configuration, which defaults to true, but
+     * can be overridden for this extension.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     true if usernames should be treated as case-sensitive, otherwise
+     *     false.
+     * 
+     * @throws GuacamoleException 
+     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed.
+     */
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return environment.getProperty(JSON_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                environment.getCaseSensitiveUsernames());
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the symmetric key which will be used to encrypt and sign all
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/json/user/AuthenticatedUser.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/json/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
index 562d6a426..0eeab697a 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/json/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-json/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/json/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
 package org.apache.guacamole.auth.json.user;
 
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.auth.json.ConfigurationService;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AbstractAuthenticatedUser;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AuthenticationProvider;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of AuthenticatedUser specific to the
@@ -31,12 +35,24 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
  */
 public class AuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
 
+    /**
+     * Logger for this class.
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AuthenticatedUser.class);
+    
     /**
      * Reference to the authentication provider associated with this
      * authenticated user.
      */
     @Inject
     private AuthenticationProvider authProvider;
+    
+    /**
+     * Reference to the configuration service associated with this
+     * authentication provider.
+     */
+    @Inject
+    private ConfigurationService confService;
 
     /**
      * The credentials provided when this user was authenticated.
@@ -66,6 +82,19 @@ public class AuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
         this.userData = userData;
         setIdentifier(userData.getUsername());
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        try {
+            return confService.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+        }
+        catch (GuacamoleException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Error when attempting to get the JSON configuration: {}. "
+                    + "Username comparisons will be case-sensitive.", e.getMessage());
+            LOGGER.debug("Exception caught while retrieving JSON configuration.", e);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 
     @Override
     public AuthenticationProvider getAuthenticationProvider() {
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/ConnectedLDAPConfiguration.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/ConnectedLDAPConfiguration.java
index c41114c02..3f555ce5d 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/ConnectedLDAPConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/ConnectedLDAPConfiguration.java
@@ -223,5 +223,10 @@ public class ConnectedLDAPConfiguration implements LDAPConfiguration, AutoClosea
     public MemberAttributeType getMemberAttributeType() throws GuacamoleException {
         return config.getMemberAttributeType();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return config.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/DefaultLDAPConfiguration.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/DefaultLDAPConfiguration.java
index cb2db9b6b..63cd64ab1 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/DefaultLDAPConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/DefaultLDAPConfiguration.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.guacamole.auth.ldap.conf;
 
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.filter.ExprNode;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.message.AliasDerefMode;
 import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.name.Dn;
 import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
 import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleServerException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
 
 /**
  * LDAPConfiguration implementation that returns the default values for all
@@ -35,6 +37,12 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleServerException;
  */
 public class DefaultLDAPConfiguration implements LDAPConfiguration {
 
+    /**
+     * The environment in which Guacamole is running.
+     */
+    @Inject
+    private Environment environment;
+    
     @Override
     public String appliesTo(String username) {
         return null;
@@ -150,5 +158,10 @@ public class DefaultLDAPConfiguration implements LDAPConfiguration {
             throws GuacamoleException {
         return MemberAttributeType.DN;
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return environment.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/EnvironmentLDAPConfiguration.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/EnvironmentLDAPConfiguration.java
index 5ffeb203b..44a946417 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/EnvironmentLDAPConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/EnvironmentLDAPConfiguration.java
@@ -233,5 +233,19 @@ public class EnvironmentLDAPConfiguration implements LDAPConfiguration {
             DEFAULT.getMemberAttributeType()
         );
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // Most LDAP directories do not factor in case when comparing usernames,
+        // however, in order to avoid surprising anyone who may rely on this
+        // behavior in Guacamole, this is currently defaulted the overall
+        // Guacamole configuration (default of true), but can be over-ridden
+        // for the LDAP extension specifically, if desired.
+        return environment.getProperty(
+                LDAPGuacamoleProperties.LDAP_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                environment.getCaseSensitiveUsernames()
+        );
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/JacksonLDAPConfiguration.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/JacksonLDAPConfiguration.java
index bddccd871..bb9b474ee 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/JacksonLDAPConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/JacksonLDAPConfiguration.java
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ public class JacksonLDAPConfiguration implements LDAPConfiguration {
      */
     @JsonProperty("member-attribute-type")
     private String memberAttributeType;
+    
+    /**
+     * The raw YAML value of {@link LDAPGuacamoleProperties#LDAP_USERNAMES_CASE_SENSITIVE}.
+     * If not set within the YAML, this will currently default to true.
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("case-sensitive-usernames")
+    private String caseSensitiveUsernames;
 
     /**
      * The default configuration options for all parameters.
@@ -439,5 +446,11 @@ public class JacksonLDAPConfiguration implements LDAPConfiguration {
         return withDefault(LDAPGuacamoleProperties.LDAP_MEMBER_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE,
                 memberAttributeType, defaultConfig::getMemberAttributeType);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return withDefault(LDAPGuacamoleProperties.LDAP_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                caseSensitiveUsernames, defaultConfig::getCaseSensitiveUsernames);
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/LDAPConfiguration.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/LDAPConfiguration.java
index e57049b26..31a847566 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/LDAPConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/LDAPConfiguration.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.apache.guacamole.auth.ldap.conf;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.filter.ExprNode;
 import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.message.AliasDerefMode;
 import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.name.Dn;
@@ -334,5 +333,21 @@ public interface LDAPConfiguration {
      *     retrieved.
      */
     MemberAttributeType getMemberAttributeType() throws GuacamoleException;
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the usernames provided to the LDAP authentication
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive, or false if usernames
+     * should be treated as case-insensitive. The default is true, usernames
+     * will be case-sensitive in keeping with the past behavior of Guacamole
+     * prior to the addition of this option.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     true if usernames should be treated as case-sensitive, otherwise
+     *     false.
+     * 
+     * @throws GuacamoleException 
+     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed.
+     */
+    boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException;
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/LDAPGuacamoleProperties.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/LDAPGuacamoleProperties.java
index 7349356b9..072128ecf 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/LDAPGuacamoleProperties.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/conf/LDAPGuacamoleProperties.java
@@ -306,5 +306,17 @@ public class LDAPGuacamoleProperties {
         public String getName() { return "ldap-member-attribute-type"; }
 
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property used to configure whether or not usernames within the LDAP
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty LDAP_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+    
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "ldap-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+                
+    };
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/user/LDAPAuthenticatedUser.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/user/LDAPAuthenticatedUser.java
index 2abe4aef0..f934afd57 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/user/LDAPAuthenticatedUser.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ldap/user/LDAPAuthenticatedUser.java
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.name.Dn;
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.ldap.ConnectedLDAPConfiguration;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AbstractAuthenticatedUser;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AuthenticationProvider;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An LDAP-specific implementation of AuthenticatedUser, associating a
@@ -35,6 +38,11 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
  */
 public class LDAPAuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
 
+    /**
+     * The logger for this class.
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LDAPAuthenticatedUser.class);
+    
     /**
      * Reference to the authentication provider associated with this
      * authenticated user.
@@ -135,6 +143,23 @@ public class LDAPAuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
         return config;
     }
     
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        try {
+            return config.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+        }
+        catch (GuacamoleException e) {
+            // LDAP authentication is almost universally case-insensitive,
+            // however, we're maintaining case-sensitivity within Guacamole
+            // at the moment in order to avoid surprising anyone with this change.
+            // Case-sensitivity can be disabled as a configuration option.
+            LOGGER.error("Error retrieving configuration for username case-sensitivity: {}. "
+                    + "Username comparisons will be done case-sensitively.", e.getMessage());
+            LOGGER.debug("Caught exception when retrieving case-sensitivity configuration.", e);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public AuthenticationProvider getAuthenticationProvider() {
         return authProvider;
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/conf/ConfigurationService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/conf/ConfigurationService.java
index 78738ed53..614464142 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/conf/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/conf/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -362,5 +362,26 @@ public class ConfigurationService {
             throw new GuacamoleServerException("Unknown host specified for NAS IP.", e);
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the usernames provided to the RADIUS authentication
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive, or false if usernames
+     * should be treated as case-insensitive. The default value is read from
+     * Guacamole's global configuration, which defaults to true, but can be
+     * overridden for the RADIUS extension, if desired.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     true if usernames should be treated as case-sensitive, otherwise
+     *     false.
+     * 
+     * @throws GuacamoleException 
+     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed.
+     */
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return environment.getProperty(
+                RadiusGuacamoleProperties.RADIUS_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                environment.getCaseSensitiveUsernames()
+        );
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/conf/RadiusGuacamoleProperties.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/conf/RadiusGuacamoleProperties.java
index 06e186f23..459dc5859 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/conf/RadiusGuacamoleProperties.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/conf/RadiusGuacamoleProperties.java
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ public class RadiusGuacamoleProperties {
         public String getName() { return "radius-nas-ip"; }
         
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property used to configure whether or not usernames within the RADIUS
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty RADIUS_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+        
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "radius-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+        
+    };
 
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/user/AuthenticatedUser.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
index a42925357..ddedb860d 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-radius/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/radius/user/AuthenticatedUser.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AbstractAuthenticatedUser;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AuthenticationProvider;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An RADIUS-specific implementation of AuthenticatedUser, associating a
@@ -30,12 +32,23 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
  */
 public class AuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
 
+    /**
+     * Logger for this class.
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AuthenticatedUser.class);
+    
     /**
      * Reference to the authentication provider associated with this
      * authenticated user.
      */
     @Inject
     private AuthenticationProvider authProvider;
+    
+    /**
+     * A reference to the configuration service associated with this module.
+     */
+    @Inject
+    private ConfigurationService confService;
 
     /**
      * The credentials provided when this user was authenticated.
@@ -62,5 +75,18 @@ public class AuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
     public Credentials getCredentials() {
         return credentials;
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        try {
+            return confService.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+        }
+        catch (GuacamoleException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Error retrieving configuration for username case sensiivity. "
+                + "Usernames will be processed as case-sensitive.");
+            LOGGER.debug("Exception caught while retrieving RADIUS configuration.", e);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sso/conf/SSOEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sso/conf/SSOEnvironment.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9fe0258d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sso/conf/SSOEnvironment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.guacamole.auth.sso.conf;
+
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.DelegatingEnvironment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.LocalEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ * An SSO-specific environment that defines generic properties that can be used
+ * with any of the implemented SSO providers.
+ */
+public abstract class SSOEnvironment extends DelegatingEnvironment {
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance of the SSOEnvironment using the underlying
+     * LocalEnvironment to read configured properties.
+     */
+    public SSOEnvironment() {
+        super(LocalEnvironment.getInstance());
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the usernames provided to the SSO authentication
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive, or false if usernames
+     * should be treated as case-insensitive. The default is true, usernames
+     * will be case-sensitive in keeping with the past behavior of Guacamole
+     * prior to the addition of this option.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     true if usernames should be treated as case-sensitive, otherwise
+     *     false.
+     * 
+     * @throws GuacamoleException 
+     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed.
+     */
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // While most SSO systems do not use case to differentiate between
+        // usernames, this currently defaults to true to avoid suddenly
+        // breaking any extensions that rely on case-sensitivity.
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sso/user/SSOAuthenticatedUser.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sso/user/SSOAuthenticatedUser.java
index 1e46f6d25..5f3e5d07a 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sso/user/SSOAuthenticatedUser.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/sso/user/SSOAuthenticatedUser.java
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AbstractAuthenticatedUser;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.AuthenticationProvider;
 import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An AuthenticatedUser whose identity has been supplied by an arbitrary SSO
@@ -35,12 +39,23 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.net.auth.Credentials;
  */
 public class SSOAuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
 
+    /**
+     * Logger for this class.
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SSOAuthenticatedUser.class);
+    
     /**
      * Reference to the authentication provider associated with this
      * authenticated user.
      */
     @Inject
     private AuthenticationProvider authProvider;
+    
+    /**
+     * The environment in which this instance of Guacamole is running.
+     */
+    @Inject
+    private Environment environment;
 
     /**
      * The credentials provided when this user was authenticated.
@@ -112,5 +127,22 @@ public class SSOAuthenticatedUser extends AbstractAuthenticatedUser {
     public Set<String> getEffectiveUserGroups() {
         return effectiveGroups;
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        try {
+            return environment.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+        }
+        catch (GuacamoleException e) {
+            // Most SSO systems do not consider usernames to be case-sensitive;
+            // however, in order to avoid any surprises created by the introduction
+            // of case-sensitivity, we've opted to continue to evaluate these
+            // usernames in a case-sensitive manner by default.
+            LOGGER.error("Error occurred when trying to retrieve case-sensitivity configuration: {}. "
+                    + "Usernames comparisons will be done in a case-sensitive manner.", e.getMessage());
+            LOGGER.debug("Exception caught when trying to access the case-sensitivity property.", e);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/CASAuthenticationProviderModule.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/CASAuthenticationProviderModule.java
index 0cfeacd42..a9568b6bb 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/CASAuthenticationProviderModule.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/CASAuthenticationProviderModule.java
@@ -20,18 +20,28 @@
 package org.apache.guacamole.auth.cas;
 
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+import org.apache.guacamole.auth.cas.conf.CASEnvironment;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.cas.conf.ConfigurationService;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.cas.ticket.TicketValidationService;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
 
 /**
  * Guice module which configures CAS-specific injections.
  */
 public class CASAuthenticationProviderModule extends AbstractModule {
 
+    /**
+     * The configuration environment for this server and extension.
+     */
+    private final Environment environment = new CASEnvironment();
+    
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(ConfigurationService.class);
         bind(TicketValidationService.class);
+        
+        bind(Environment.class).toInstance(environment);
+        
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/conf/CASEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/conf/CASEnvironment.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45973f3fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/conf/CASEnvironment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.guacamole.auth.cas.conf;
+
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.DelegatingEnvironment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.LocalEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ * An environment for retrieving CAS-related properties from the Guacamole
+ * configuration.
+ */
+public class CASEnvironment extends DelegatingEnvironment {
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance of the configuration environment for the
+     * CAS SSO module, pulling the default instance of the LocalEnvironment.
+     */
+    public CASEnvironment() {
+        super(LocalEnvironment.getInstance());
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // While most SSO systems do not consider usernames case-sensitive,
+        // this defaults to the global Guacamole configuration, which defaults
+        // to true, in order to avoid surprising or breaking environments that
+        // may rely on this behavior. This can be overridden for the entire
+        // Guacamole instance or for this extension.
+        return getProperty(CASGuacamoleProperties.CAS_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                super.getCaseSensitiveUsernames());
+        
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/conf/CASGuacamoleProperties.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/conf/CASGuacamoleProperties.java
index 7bb363f9c..cb40b9740 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/conf/CASGuacamoleProperties.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-cas/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/cas/conf/CASGuacamoleProperties.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.apache.guacamole.auth.cas.conf;
 
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.cas.group.GroupFormat;
+import org.apache.guacamole.properties.BooleanGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.EnumGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.URIGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.StringGuacamoleProperty;
@@ -117,5 +118,17 @@ public class CASGuacamoleProperties {
         public String getName() { return "cas-group-ldap-attribute"; }
 
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property used to configure whether or not usernames within the CAS SSO
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty CAS_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+    
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "cas-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+                
+    };
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/OpenIDAuthenticationProviderModule.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/OpenIDAuthenticationProviderModule.java
index 2fce2a719..6dc45f7f9 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/OpenIDAuthenticationProviderModule.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/OpenIDAuthenticationProviderModule.java
@@ -22,19 +22,28 @@ package org.apache.guacamole.auth.openid;
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Scopes;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.openid.conf.ConfigurationService;
+import org.apache.guacamole.auth.openid.conf.OpenIDEnvironment;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.sso.NonceService;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.openid.token.TokenValidationService;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
 
 /**
  * Guice module which configures OpenID-specific injections.
  */
 public class OpenIDAuthenticationProviderModule extends AbstractModule {
 
+    /**
+     * The configuration environment for this server and extension.
+     */
+    private final Environment environment = new OpenIDEnvironment();
+    
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(ConfigurationService.class);
         bind(NonceService.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
         bind(TokenValidationService.class);
+        
+        bind(Environment.class).toInstance(environment);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/conf/ConfigurationService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/conf/ConfigurationService.java
index 444bd7706..58204277a 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/conf/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/conf/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
 import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.properties.BooleanGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.IntegerGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.StringGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.URIGuacamoleProperty;
@@ -217,7 +218,19 @@ public class ConfigurationService {
 
         @Override
         public String getName() { return "openid-redirect-uri"; }
-
+        
+    };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property used to configure whether or not usernames within the OpenID
+     * SSO module should be treated as case-sensitive.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty OPENID_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+    
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "openid-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+                
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/conf/OpenIDEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/conf/OpenIDEnvironment.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8ea4d081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-openid/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/openid/conf/OpenIDEnvironment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.guacamole.auth.openid.conf;
+
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.DelegatingEnvironment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.LocalEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ * An environment for retrieving OpenID-related properties from the Guacamole
+ * configuration.
+ */
+public class OpenIDEnvironment extends DelegatingEnvironment {
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance of the configuration environment for the
+     * OpenID SSO module, pulling the default instance of the LocalEnvironment.
+     */
+    public OpenIDEnvironment() {
+        super(LocalEnvironment.getInstance());
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // While most SSO systems do not consider usernames case-sensitive,
+        // this defaults to the global Guacamole configuration, which defaults
+        // to true, in order to avoid surprising or breaking environments that
+        // may rely on this behavior. This can be overridden for the entire
+        // Guacamole instance or for this extension.
+        return getProperty(ConfigurationService.OPENID_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                super.getCaseSensitiveUsernames());
+        
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/SAMLAuthenticationProviderModule.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/SAMLAuthenticationProviderModule.java
index e01880a62..a223392fa 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/SAMLAuthenticationProviderModule.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/SAMLAuthenticationProviderModule.java
@@ -24,12 +24,19 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.auth.saml.conf.ConfigurationService;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.saml.acs.AssertionConsumerServiceResource;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.saml.acs.SAMLAuthenticationSessionManager;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.saml.acs.SAMLService;
+import org.apache.guacamole.auth.saml.conf.SAMLEnvironment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
 
 /**
  * Guice module which configures SAML-specific injections.
  */
 public class SAMLAuthenticationProviderModule extends AbstractModule {
 
+    /**
+     * The environment for this server and extension.
+     */
+    private final Environment environment = new SAMLEnvironment();
+    
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(AssertionConsumerServiceResource.class);
@@ -37,6 +44,8 @@ public class SAMLAuthenticationProviderModule extends AbstractModule {
         bind(SAMLAuthenticationSessionManager.class);
         bind(SAMLService.class);
         
+        bind(Environment.class).toInstance(environment);
+        
         requestStaticInjection(SAMLAuthenticationEventListener.class);
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/conf/ConfigurationService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/conf/ConfigurationService.java
index 47ead8820..8419658ec 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/conf/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/conf/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -189,6 +189,18 @@ public class ConfigurationService {
         public String getName() { return "saml-private-key-path"; }
 
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property used to configure whether or not usernames within the SAML SSO
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty SAML_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+    
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "saml-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+                
+    };
 
     /**
      * The Guacamole server environment.
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/conf/SAMLEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/conf/SAMLEnvironment.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b294db528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-saml/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/saml/conf/SAMLEnvironment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.guacamole.auth.saml.conf;
+
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.DelegatingEnvironment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.LocalEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ * An environment for retrieving SAML-related properties from the Guacamole
+ * configuration.
+ */
+public class SAMLEnvironment extends DelegatingEnvironment {
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance of the configuration environment for the
+     * SAML SSO module, pulling the default instance of the LocalEnvironment.
+     */
+    public SAMLEnvironment() {
+        super(LocalEnvironment.getInstance());
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // While most SSO systems do not consider usernames case-sensitive,
+        // this defaults to the global Guacamole configuration, which defaults
+        // to true, in order to avoid surprising or breaking environments that
+        // may rely on this behavior. This can be overridden for the entire
+        // Guacamole instance or for this extension.
+        return getProperty(ConfigurationService.SAML_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                super.getCaseSensitiveUsernames());
+        
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/SSLAuthenticationProviderModule.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/SSLAuthenticationProviderModule.java
index 9f7b15aff..bcf7368fb 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/SSLAuthenticationProviderModule.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/SSLAuthenticationProviderModule.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ package org.apache.guacamole.auth.ssl;
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Scopes;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.ssl.conf.ConfigurationService;
+import org.apache.guacamole.auth.ssl.conf.SSLEnvironment;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.sso.NonceService;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
 
 /**
  * Guice module which configures injections specific to SSO using SSL/TLS
@@ -30,12 +32,19 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.auth.sso.NonceService;
  */
 public class SSLAuthenticationProviderModule extends AbstractModule {
 
+    /**
+     * The configuration environment of this server and extension.
+     */
+    private final Environment environment = new SSLEnvironment();
+    
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(ConfigurationService.class);
         bind(NonceService.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
         bind(SSLAuthenticationSessionManager.class);
 
+        bind(Environment.class).toInstance(environment);
+        
         requestStaticInjection(SSLAuthenticationEventListener.class);
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/conf/ConfigurationService.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/conf/ConfigurationService.java
index 7931c0dad..9a165cbcc 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/conf/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/conf/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
 import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
 import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleServerException;
 import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.properties.BooleanGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.IntegerGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.StringGuacamoleProperty;
 import org.apache.guacamole.properties.URIGuacamoleProperty;
@@ -186,6 +187,18 @@ public class ConfigurationService {
         public String getName() { return "ssl-max-domain-validity"; }
 
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property used to configure whether or not usernames within the SSL SSO
+     * module should be treated as case-sensitive.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty SSL_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+    
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "ssl-case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+                
+    };
 
     /**
      * The Guacamole server environment.
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/conf/SSLEnvironment.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/conf/SSLEnvironment.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf544dd0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-sso/modules/guacamole-auth-sso-ssl/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/ssl/conf/SSLEnvironment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.guacamole.auth.ssl.conf;
+
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.DelegatingEnvironment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.LocalEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ * An environment for retrieving SSL-related properties from the Guacamole
+ * configuration.
+ */
+public class SSLEnvironment extends DelegatingEnvironment {
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance of the configuration environment for the
+     * SSL SSO module, pulling the default instance of the LocalEnvironment.
+     */
+    public SSLEnvironment() {
+        super(LocalEnvironment.getInstance());
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        
+        // While most SSO systems do not consider usernames case-sensitive,
+        // this defaults to the global Guacamole configuration, which defaults
+        // to true, in order to avoid surprising or breaking environments that
+        // may rely on this behavior. This can be overridden for the entire
+        // Guacamole instance or for this extension.
+        return getProperty(ConfigurationService.SSL_CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES,
+                super.getCaseSensitiveUsernames());
+        
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/environment/DelegatingEnvironment.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/environment/DelegatingEnvironment.java
index 936612a21..5dc3266c4 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/environment/DelegatingEnvironment.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/environment/DelegatingEnvironment.java
@@ -113,5 +113,10 @@ public class DelegatingEnvironment implements Environment {
     public void addGuacamoleProperties(GuacamoleProperties properties) throws GuacamoleException {
         environment.addGuacamoleProperties(properties);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return environment.getCaseSensitiveUsernames();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/environment/Environment.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/environment/Environment.java
index 22b95149b..e6154a17c 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/environment/Environment.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/environment/Environment.java
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ public interface Environment {
         public String getName() { return "guacd-ssl"; }
 
     };
+    
+    /**
+     * A property that configures whether or not Guacamole will take case
+     * into account when comparing and processing usernames.
+     */
+    public static final BooleanGuacamoleProperty CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES =
+            new BooleanGuacamoleProperty() {
+        
+        @Override
+        public String getName() { return "case-sensitive-usernames"; }
+        
+    };
 
     /**
      * Returns the Guacamole home directory as determined when this Environment
@@ -367,5 +379,23 @@ public interface Environment {
                 + "support dynamic definition of Guacamole properties.",
                 getClass()));
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns true if Guacamole should consider case when comparing and
+     * processing usernames (case-sensitive), or false if case should not be
+     * considered (case-insensitive). Because the past behavior of Guacamole,
+     * prior to the introduction of this option, was case-sensitive, the default
+     * value is true.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     true if Guacamole should consider usernames case-sensitive, otherwise
+     *     false.
+     * 
+     * @throws GuacamoleException 
+     *     If guacamole.properties cannot be parsed.
+     */
+    public default boolean getCaseSensitiveUsernames() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return getProperty(CASE_SENSITIVE_USERNAMES, true);
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AbstractIdentifiable.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AbstractIdentifiable.java
index 3401719d4..f0cd2ed1a 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AbstractIdentifiable.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AbstractIdentifiable.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.guacamole.net.auth;
 
-
 /**
  * Abstract implementation of Identifiable which provides equals() and
  * hashCode() implementations which use the identifier to determine equality.
@@ -34,12 +33,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractIdentifiable implements Identifiable {
 
     @Override
     public String getIdentifier() {
-        return identifier;
+        if (identifier == null || isCaseSensitive())
+            return identifier;
+        
+        return identifier.toLowerCase();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void setIdentifier(String identifier) {
-        this.identifier = identifier;
+        if (isCaseSensitive() || identifier == null)
+            this.identifier = identifier;
+        else
+            this.identifier = identifier.toLowerCase();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -48,7 +53,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractIdentifiable implements Identifiable {
         if (identifier == null)
             return 0;
 
-        return identifier.hashCode();
+        if (isCaseSensitive())
+            return identifier.hashCode();
+        
+        return identifier.toLowerCase().hashCode();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -65,8 +73,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractIdentifiable implements Identifiable {
         if (otherIdentifier == null)
             return identifier == null;
 
-        // Otherwise, equal only if strings are identical
-        return otherIdentifier.equals(identifier);
+        // If this identifier is case-sensitive, evaluate with case-sensitivity.
+        if (isCaseSensitive())
+            return otherIdentifier.equals(identifier);
+        
+        // The identifier should not be evaluated in a case-sensitive manner.
+        return otherIdentifier.equalsIgnoreCase(identifier);
 
     }
 
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AbstractUser.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AbstractUser.java
index f4e85ae6f..472a3325c 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AbstractUser.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/AbstractUser.java
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractUser extends AbstractIdentifiable
     public void setPassword(String password) {
         this.password = password;
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        
+        // In order to avoid causing incompatibility with other extensions,
+        // this class maintains case-sensitive comparisons.
+        return true;
+    }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/Identifiable.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/Identifiable.java
index d32fec063..b5e0136c2 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/Identifiable.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/net/auth/Identifiable.java
@@ -43,5 +43,18 @@ public interface Identifiable {
      *     The identifier to assign.
      */
     public void setIdentifier(String identifier);
+    
+    /**
+     * Whether or not this identifier should be evaluated in a case-sensitive
+     * manner or not. By default this returns true and the identifier will
+     * be evaluated in a case-sensitive manner.
+     * 
+     * @return 
+     *     True if the comparisons of this identifier should be case-sensitive,
+     *     otherwise false.
+     */
+    default public boolean isCaseSensitive() {
+        return true;
+    }
 
 }