diff --git a/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog b/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
index fdc001d12..357f66610 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-09-28  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
+
+	* appearance-themes.c: (theme_store_sort_func): make theme sorting
+	case-insensitive (bug #481224)
+
 2007-09-23  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
 
 	* gnome-wp-item.c: (gnome_wp_item_free), (gnome_wp_item_dup):
diff --git a/capplets/appearance/appearance-themes.c b/capplets/appearance/appearance-themes.c
index 800709ad3..2ddcb188c 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/appearance-themes.c
+++ b/capplets/appearance/appearance-themes.c
@@ -736,10 +736,17 @@ theme_store_sort_func (GtkTreeModel *model,
 
     gtk_tree_model_get (model, b, COL_NAME, &b_name, COL_LABEL, &b_label, -1);
 
-    if (!strcmp (b_name, CUSTOM_THEME_NAME))
+    if (!strcmp (b_name, CUSTOM_THEME_NAME)) {
       rc = 1;
-    else
-      rc = strcmp (a_label, b_label);
+    } else {
+      gchar *a_case, *b_case;
+
+      a_case = g_utf8_casefold (a_label, -1);
+      b_case = g_utf8_casefold (b_label, -1);
+      rc = g_utf8_collate (a_case, b_case);
+      g_free (a_case);
+      g_free (b_case);
+    }
 
     g_free (b_name);
     g_free (b_label);