--- /dev/null
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
+@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ opkg_configure_packages(char *pkg_name)
+ for(i = 0; i < ordered->len; i++) {
+ pkg = ordered->pkgs[i];
+
+- if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0))
++ if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
+ continue;
+
+ if (pkg->state_status == SS_UNPACKED) {
+@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ opkg_list_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+ for (i=0; i < available->len; i++) {
+ pkg = available->pkgs[i];
+ /* if we have package name or pattern and pkg does not match, then skip it */
+- if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0))
++ if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
+ continue;
+ print_pkg(pkg);
+ }
+@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ opkg_list_installed_cmd(int argc, char *
+ for (i=0; i < available->len; i++) {
+ pkg = available->pkgs[i];
+ /* if we have package name or pattern and pkg does not match, then skip it */
+- if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0))
++ if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
+ continue;
+ print_pkg(pkg);
+ }
+@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ opkg_list_changed_conffiles_cmd(int argc
+ for (i=0; i < available->len; i++) {
+ pkg = available->pkgs[i];
+ /* if we have package name or pattern and pkg does not match, then skip it */
+- if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0))
++ if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
+ continue;
+ if (nv_pair_list_empty(&pkg->conffiles))
+ continue;
+@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ opkg_info_status_cmd(int argc, char **ar
+
+ for (i=0; i < available->len; i++) {
+ pkg = available->pkgs[i];
+- if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, 0)) {
++ if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase)) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ opkg_remove_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+ for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
+ for (a=0; a<available->len; a++) {
+ pkg = available->pkgs[a];
+- if (fnmatch(argv[i], pkg->name, 0)) {
++ if (fnmatch(argv[i], pkg->name, conf->nocase)) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (conf->restrict_to_default_dest) {
+@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ opkg_depends_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+ for (j=0; j<available_pkgs->len; j++) {
+ pkg = available_pkgs->pkgs[j];
+
+- if (fnmatch(argv[i], pkg->name, 0) != 0)
++ if (fnmatch(argv[i], pkg->name, conf->nocase) != 0)
+ continue;
+
+ depends_count = pkg->depends_count +
+@@ -1147,9 +1147,9 @@ opkg_what_provides_replaces_cmd(enum wha
+ ((what_field_type == WHATPROVIDES)
+ ? pkg->provides[k]
+ : pkg->replaces[k]);
+- if (fnmatch(target, apkg->name, 0) == 0) {
++ if (fnmatch(target, apkg->name, conf->nocase) == 0) {
+ opkg_msg(NOTICE, " %s", pkg->name);
+- if (strcmp(target, apkg->name) != 0)
++ if ((conf->nocase ? strcasecmp(target, apkg->name) : strcmp(target, apkg->name)) != 0)
+ opkg_msg(NOTICE, "\t%s %s\n",
+ rel_str, apkg->name);
+ opkg_message(NOTICE, "\n");
+@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ opkg_search_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+
+ for (iter = str_list_first(installed_files); iter; iter = str_list_next(installed_files, iter)) {
+ installed_file = (char *)iter->data;
+- if (fnmatch(argv[0], installed_file, 0)==0)
++ if (fnmatch(argv[0], installed_file, conf->nocase)==0)
+ print_pkg(pkg);
+ }
+
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.c
+@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ opkg_option_t options[] = {
+ { "noaction", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.noaction },
+ { "download_only", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.download_only },
+ { "nodeps", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.nodeps },
++ { "nocase", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, &_conf.nocase },
+ { "offline_root", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.offline_root },
+ { "overlay_root", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.overlay_root },
+ { "proxy_passwd", OPKG_OPT_TYPE_STRING, &_conf.proxy_passwd },
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_conf.h
+@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern opkg_conf_t *conf;
+ #include "config.h"
+
+ #include <stdarg.h>
++#include <fnmatch.h> /* FNM_CASEFOLD */
+
+ #include "hash_table.h"
+ #include "pkg_src_list.h"
+@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ struct opkg_conf
+ int force_remove;
+ int check_signature;
+ int nodeps; /* do not follow dependencies */
++ int nocase; /* perform case insensitive matching */
+ char *offline_root;
+ char *overlay_root;
+ int query_all;
+--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
++++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
+@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum {
+ ARGS_OPT_NOACTION,
+ ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY,
+ ARGS_OPT_NODEPS,
++ ARGS_OPT_NOCASE,
+ ARGS_OPT_AUTOREMOVE,
+ ARGS_OPT_CACHE,
+ };
+@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
+ {"noaction", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOACTION},
+ {"download-only", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_DOWNLOAD_ONLY},
+ {"nodeps", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NODEPS},
++ {"nocase", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOCASE},
+ {"offline", 1, 0, 'o'},
+ {"offline-root", 1, 0, 'o'},
+ {"add-arch", 1, 0, ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH},
+@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
+ char *tuple, *targ;
+
+ while (1) {
+- c = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "Ad:f:no:p:t:vV::",
++ c = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "Ad:f:ino:p:t:vV::",
+ long_options, &option_index);
+ if (c == -1)
+ break;
+@@ -122,6 +124,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
+ case 'f':
+ conf->conf_file = xstrdup(optarg);
+ break;
++ case 'i':
++ conf->nocase = FNM_CASEFOLD;
++ break;
+ case 'o':
+ conf->offline_root = xstrdup(optarg);
+ break;
+@@ -176,6 +181,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
+ case ARGS_OPT_NODEPS:
+ conf->nodeps = 1;
+ break;
++ case ARGS_OPT_NOCASE:
++ conf->nocase = FNM_CASEFOLD;
++ break;
+ case ARGS_OPT_ADD_ARCH:
+ case ARGS_OPT_ADD_DEST:
+ tuple = xstrdup(optarg);
+@@ -287,6 +295,7 @@ usage()
+ printf("\t--noaction No action -- test only\n");
+ printf("\t--download-only No action -- download only\n");
+ printf("\t--nodeps Do not follow dependencies\n");
++ printf("\t--nocase Perform case insensitive pattern matching\n");
+ printf("\t--force-removal-of-dependent-packages\n");
+ printf("\t Remove package and all dependencies\n");
+ printf("\t--autoremove Remove packages that were installed\n");
--- /dev/null
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
+@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ opkg_download_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+
+
+ static int
+-opkg_list_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
++opkg_list_find_cmd(int argc, char **argv, int use_desc)
+ {
+ int i;
+ pkg_vec_t *available;
+@@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ opkg_list_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+ /* if we have package name or pattern and pkg does not match, then skip it */
+ if (pkg_name && fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->name, conf->nocase))
+ continue;
++ if (pkg_name && use_desc && pkg->description &&
++ fnmatch(pkg_name, pkg->description, conf->nocase))
++ continue;
+ print_pkg(pkg);
+ }
+ pkg_vec_free(available);
+@@ -619,6 +622,18 @@ opkg_list_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+ return 0;
+ }
+
++static int
++opkg_list_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
++{
++ return opkg_list_find_cmd(argc, argv, 0);
++}
++
++static int
++opkg_find_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
++{
++ return opkg_list_find_cmd(argc, argv, 1);
++}
++
+
+ static int
+ opkg_list_installed_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+@@ -1262,6 +1277,7 @@ static opkg_cmd_t cmds[] = {
+ {"configure", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_configure_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
+ {"files", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_files_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
+ {"search", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_search_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
++ {"find", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_find_cmd, PFM_SOURCE},
+ {"download", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_download_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
+ {"compare_versions", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_compare_versions_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
+ {"compare-versions", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_compare_versions_cmd, PFM_DESCRIPTION|PFM_SOURCE},
+--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
++++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
+@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ usage()
+ printf("\tlist-changed-conffiles List user modified configuration files\n");
+ printf("\tfiles <pkg> List files belonging to <pkg>\n");
+ printf("\tsearch <file|regexp> List package providing <file>\n");
++ printf("\tfind <regexp> List packages whose name or description matches <regexp>\n");
+ printf("\tinfo [pkg|regexp] Display all info for <pkg>\n");
+ printf("\tstatus [pkg|regexp] Display all status for <pkg>\n");
+ printf("\tdownload <pkg> Download <pkg> to current directory\n");