diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 03d3425ed..e76554f57 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #1345: Fix two bugs with :confval:`nitpick_ignore`; now you don't have to
   remove the store environment for changes to have effect.
 
+* #1072: In the JS search, fix issues searching for upper-cased words by
+  lowercasing words before stemming.
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js_t b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js_t
index 26121366e..523ecaaac 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js_t
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js_t
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ var Search = {
         continue;
       }
       // stem the word
-      var word = stemmer.stemWord(tmp[i]).toLowerCase();
+      var word = stemmer.stemWord(tmp[i].toLowerCase());
       var toAppend;
       // select the correct list
       if (word[0] == '-') {