diff --git a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
index a1abdd64815bff..944dbb5fdf7e86 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ def _from_config(cls, config):
     @classmethod
     def _from_text(cls, text):
         config = ConfigParser()
+        # case sensitive: https://stackoverflow.com/q/1611799/812183
+        config.optionxform = str
         try:
             config.read_string(text)
         except AttributeError:  # pragma: nocover
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/data/example-21.12-py3-none-any.whl b/Lib/test/test_importlib/data/example-21.12-py3-none-any.whl
index f92f7716e3e613..641ab07f7aadd5 100644
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/data/example-21.12-py3.6.egg b/Lib/test/test_importlib/data/example-21.12-py3.6.egg
index 1d3f998f41b897..cdb298a19b09d3 100644
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_zip.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_zip.py
index db39e190ea7ac9..bcf7cf3618d748 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_zip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_zip.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ def test_zip_entry_points(self):
         scripts = dict(entry_points()['console_scripts'])
         entry_point = scripts['example']
         self.assertEqual(entry_point.value, 'example:main')
+        entry_point = scripts['Example']
+        self.assertEqual(entry_point.value, 'example:main')
 
     def test_missing_metadata(self):
         self.assertIsNone(distribution('example').read_text('does not exist'))