diff --git a/src/spicelib/parser/inptyplk.c b/src/spicelib/parser/inptyplk.c
index 578e4d411..8763427f9 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/parser/inptyplk.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/parser/inptyplk.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int INPtypelook(char *type)
              printf("In INPtypelook, checking model type = %s against existing model = %s, . . .\n", type, ft_sim->devices[i]->name);
 #endif
 
-	if (ft_sim->devices[i] && strcmp(type, ft_sim->devices[i]->name) == 0) {
+	if (ft_sim->devices[i] && strcasecmp(type, ft_sim->devices[i]->name) == 0) {
 	    /* found the device - return it */
 
 #ifdef TRACE