diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 3722081d..ff46d977 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     token = Token.find_by_action_and_value('autologin', key)
     token && (token.created_on > Setting.autologin.to_i.day.ago) && token.user.active? ? token.user : nil
   end
+  
+  # Makes find_by_mail case-insensitive
+  def self.find_by_mail(mail)
+    find(:first, :conditions => ["LOWER(mail) = ?", mail.to_s.downcase])
+  end
 
   # Sort users by their display names
   def <=>(user)
diff --git a/test/integration/account_test.rb b/test/integration/account_test.rb
index c349200d..c6cfd080 100644
--- a/test/integration/account_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/account_test.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class AccountTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_response :success
     assert_template "account/lost_password"
     
-    post "account/lost_password", :mail => 'jsmith@somenet.foo'
+    post "account/lost_password", :mail => 'jSmith@somenet.foo'
     assert_redirected_to "account/login"
     
     token = Token.find(:first)
diff --git a/test/unit/user_test.rb b/test/unit/user_test.rb
index b931501a..319a1c2f 100644
--- a/test/unit/user_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/user_test.rb
@@ -158,4 +158,10 @@ class UserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     @jsmith.pref.comments_sorting = 'desc'
     assert @jsmith.wants_comments_in_reverse_order?
   end
+  
+  def test_find_by_mail_should_be_case_insensitive
+    u = User.find_by_mail('JSmith@somenet.foo')
+    assert_not_nil u
+    assert_equal 'jsmith@somenet.foo', u.mail
+  end
 end