diff --git a/autodist-upstream-updates b/autodist-upstream-updates
index 56be4b9..74f7942 100755
--- a/autodist-upstream-updates
+++ b/autodist-upstream-updates
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ while read pkg ver upsource alias; do
    unset pkgline
    unset found_manual
    unset found_alias
-   pkgline=`grep "^$pkg " $MANUALVER_DB` && found_manual=1
+   pkgline=`grep -i "^$pkg " $MANUALVER_DB` && found_manual=1
    if [ ! "$found_manual" ]; then
       if [ "$alias" ]; then
          get_job_vector $alias