diff --git a/inventory/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/inventory/PrinterMode.java b/inventory/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/inventory/PrinterMode.java
index 52ceac9..26981c8 100644
--- a/inventory/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/inventory/PrinterMode.java
+++ b/inventory/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/inventory/PrinterMode.java
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@
 
     public static PrinterMode valueOf(final String m)
     {
-        if (TEXT.name().equals(m))
+        if (TEXT.name().equalsIgnoreCase(m))
         {
             return TEXT;
         }
-        else if (HTML_FRAGMENT.name().equals(m))
+        else if (HTML_FRAGMENT.name().equalsIgnoreCase(m))
         {
             return HTML_FRAGMENT;
         }
-        else if (JSON.name().equals(m))
+        else if (JSON.name().equalsIgnoreCase(m))
         {
             return JSON;
         }
diff --git a/inventory/src/test/java/org/apache/felix/inventory/PrinterModeTest.java b/inventory/src/test/java/org/apache/felix/inventory/PrinterModeTest.java
index 0f72ac6..aa192fe 100644
--- a/inventory/src/test/java/org/apache/felix/inventory/PrinterModeTest.java
+++ b/inventory/src/test/java/org/apache/felix/inventory/PrinterModeTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
         TestCase.assertSame(PrinterMode.JSON, PrinterMode.valueOf("JSON"));
         TestCase.assertSame(PrinterMode.HTML_FRAGMENT, PrinterMode.valueOf("HTML_FRAGMENT"));
 
+        TestCase.assertSame(PrinterMode.TEXT, PrinterMode.valueOf("text"));
+        TestCase.assertSame(PrinterMode.JSON, PrinterMode.valueOf("json"));
+        TestCase.assertSame(PrinterMode.HTML_FRAGMENT, PrinterMode.valueOf("html_fragment"));
+
+        TestCase.assertSame(PrinterMode.TEXT, PrinterMode.valueOf("Text"));
+        TestCase.assertSame(PrinterMode.JSON, PrinterMode.valueOf("Json"));
+        TestCase.assertSame(PrinterMode.HTML_FRAGMENT, PrinterMode.valueOf("HTML_Fragment"));
+
         TestCase.assertNull(PrinterMode.valueOf("unsupported_name"));
     }