diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index ef16e468..db4dfe71 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
   * better link speed names on network map
 
+  [BUG FIXES]
+
+  * fix case insensitive username match for LDAP
+
 2.039019 - 2018-03-23
 
   [BUG FIXES]
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Auth/Provider/DBIC.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Auth/Provider/DBIC.pm
index 8d779d0a..190a38b6 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Auth/Provider/DBIC.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Auth/Provider/DBIC.pm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ sub get_user_details {
 
     my $user = try {
       $database->resultset($users_table)->find({
-          $username_column => { -ilike => $username },
+          $username_column => { -ilike => quotemeta($username) },
       });
     };
 
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AuthN.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AuthN.pm
index 6ce04181..e54dad35 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AuthN.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/AuthN.pm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ post '/login' => sub {
 
     if ($success) {
         my $user = schema('netdisco')->resultset('User')
-          ->find({ username => { -ilike => param('username') } });
+          ->find({ username => { -ilike => quotemeta(param('username')) } });
 
         session logged_in_user => $user->username;
         session logged_in_fullname => $user->fullname;