diff --git a/settings.json.docker b/settings.json.docker
index 725af9f31..ea25bba42 100644
--- a/settings.json.docker
+++ b/settings.json.docker
@@ -634,5 +634,10 @@
   "customLocaleStrings": {},
 
   /* Disable Admin UI tests */
-  "enableAdminUITests": false
+  "enableAdminUITests": false,
+
+  /*
+   * Enable/Disable case-insensitive pad names.
+   */
+  "enforceLowerCasePadIds": "${ENFORCE_LOWER_CASE_PAD_IDS:false}"
 }
diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index b2cb9555a..13124fcfa 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -635,5 +635,10 @@
   "customLocaleStrings": {},
 
   /* Disable Admin UI tests */
-  "enableAdminUITests": false
+  "enableAdminUITests": false,
+
+  /*
+   * Enable/Disable case-insensitive pad names.
+   */
+  "enforceLowerCasePadIds": false
 }
diff --git a/src/node/db/PadManager.js b/src/node/db/PadManager.js
index e419e8392..bbd227bd1 100644
--- a/src/node/db/PadManager.js
+++ b/src/node/db/PadManager.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 const CustomError = require('../utils/customError');
 const Pad = require('../db/Pad');
 const db = require('./DB');
+const settings = require('../utils/Settings');
 
 /**
  * A cache of all loaded Pads.
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ exports.sanitizePadId = async (padId) => {
     padId = padId.replace(from, to);
   }
 
+  if (settings.enforceLowerCasePadIds) padId = padId.toLowerCase();
+
   // we're out of possible transformations, so just return it
   return padId;
 };
diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index 51f48237a..67b6e1028 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ exports.importMaxFileSize = 50 * 1024 * 1024;
  */
 exports.enableAdminUITests = false;
 
+/*
+ * Enable auto conversion of pad Ids to lowercase.
+ * e.g. /p/EtHeRpAd to /p/ehtherpad
+ */
+exports.enforceLowerCasePadIds = false;
 
 // checks if abiword is avaiable
 exports.abiwordAvailable = () => {
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/enforceLowerCasePadIds.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/enforceLowerCasePadIds.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..458e380f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/enforceLowerCasePadIds.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert').strict;
+const common = require('../common');
+const padManager = require('../../../node/db/PadManager');
+const settings = require('../../../node/utils/Settings');
+
+describe(__filename, function () {
+  this.timeout(30000);
+  let agent;
+  const cleanUpPads = async () => {
+    const padIds = ['UPPERCASEpad', 'uppercasepad', 'ALREADYexistingPad', 'alreadyexistingpad'];
+    await Promise.all(padIds.map(async (padId) => {
+      if (await padManager.doesPadExist(padId)) {
+        const pad = await padManager.getPad(padId);
+        await pad.remove();
+      }
+    }));
+  };
+
+  before(async function () { agent = await common.init(); });
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    await cleanUpPads();
+  });
+  afterEach(async function () {
+    await cleanUpPads();
+  });
+
+  describe('not activated', function () {
+    Object.assign(settings, {
+      enforceLowerCasePadIds: false,
+    });
+    it('- do nothing', async function () {
+      const res = await agent.get('/p/UPPERCASEpad');
+      assert.equal(res.status, 200);
+    });
+
+    it('- do nothingg', async function () {
+      await agent.get('/p/UPPERCASEpad')
+          .expect(200);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('activated', function () {
+    it('- lowercase pad ids', async function () {
+      Object.assign(settings, {
+        enforceLowerCasePadIds: true,
+      });
+      await agent.get('/p/UPPERCASEpad')
+          .expect(302)
+          .expect('location', 'uppercasepad');
+    });
+
+    it('- keeps old pads accessible', async function () {
+      Object.assign(settings, {
+        enforceLowerCasePadIds: false,
+      });
+      const pad = await padManager.getPad('ALREADYexistingPad', 'alreadyexistingpad');
+      await padManager.getPad('ALREADYexistingPad', 'bla');
+      assert.equal(pad.text(), 'alreadyexistingpad\n');
+      Object.assign(settings, {
+        enforceLowerCasePadIds: true,
+      });
+
+      const newpad = await padManager.getPad('alreadyexistingpad', 'testcontent');
+      assert.equal(newpad.text(), 'testcontent\n');
+    });
+  });
+});