diff --git a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/StringUtils.java b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/StringUtils.java
index 6e3924d40..4dde22fe2 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/StringUtils.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/StringUtils.java
@@ -260,6 +260,15 @@ public static void removeIgnoreKeyCase(Map<String, ?> map, String name) {
         }
     }
 
+    public static boolean containsIgnoreCase(List<String> list, String str) {
+        for (String i : list) {
+            if (i.equalsIgnoreCase(str)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public static String throwableToString(Throwable t) {
         try(final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
             final PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw, true)) {
diff --git a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/core/Tags.java b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/core/Tags.java
index 46b9a75c9..741cd5876 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/core/Tags.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/core/Tags.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public Tags(Collection<Tag> in) {
     }
 
     public boolean evaluate(String tagSelector, String karateEnv) {
-        if (tags.contains(Tag.IGNORE)) {
+        if (StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(tags, Tag.IGNORE)) {
             return false;
         }
         Values envValues = valuesFor(Tag.ENV);
diff --git a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/StringUtilsTest.java b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/StringUtilsTest.java
index 847db1a43..d23b8cf42 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/StringUtilsTest.java
+++ b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/StringUtilsTest.java
@@ -131,4 +131,12 @@ void testWrappedLinesEstimate() {
                 StringUtils.wrappedLinesEstimate("", 2));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testContainsIgnoreCase() {
+        List<String> list = Arrays.asList("foo", "bar");
+        assertTrue(StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(list, "foo"));
+        assertTrue(StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(list, "Foo"));
+        assertFalse(StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(list, "baz"));
+    }
+
 }