diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index ac3d394..fbfad69 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*options.txt*	For Vim version 7.3.  Last change: 2013 Mar 13
+*options.txt*	For Vim version 7.3.  Last change: 2013 Mar 19
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -2941,6 +2941,14 @@
 	NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
 	set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
 
+			*'fileignorecase'* *'wic'* *'nofileignorecase'* *'nowic'*
+'fileignorecase' 'wic'	boolean	(default on for systems where case in file
+				 names is normally ignored.
+			global
+			{not in Vi}
+	When set case is ignored when using file names and directories.
+	See 'wildignorecase' for only ignoring case when doing completion.
+
 					*'filetype'* *'ft'*
 'filetype' 'ft'		string (default: "")
 			local to buffer
@@ -7903,7 +7911,7 @@
 			global
 			{not in Vi}
 	When set case is ignored when completing file names and directories.
-	Has no effect on systems where file name case is generally ignored.
+	Has no effect when 'fileignorecase' is set.
 	Does not apply when the shell is used to expand wildcards, which
 	happens when there are special characters.
 
diff --git a/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim b/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim
index 32f0a83..c9cf903 100644
--- a/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim
+++ b/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 " Vim plugin for showing matching parens
 " Maintainer:  Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change: 2011 Aug 27
+" Last Change: 2013 Mar 19
 
 " Exit quickly when:
 " - this plugin was already loaded (or disabled)
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 5c63899..2a9fe4d 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -2401,12 +2401,7 @@
     if (name != NULL)
     {
 	regmatch.regprog = prog;
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-	regmatch.rm_ic = TRUE;		/* Always ignore case */
-#else
-	regmatch.rm_ic = FALSE;		/* Never ignore case */
-#endif
-
+	regmatch.rm_ic = p_fic;	/* ignore case when 'fileignorecase' is set */
 	if (vim_regexec(&regmatch, name, (colnr_T)0))
 	    match = name;
 	else
diff --git a/src/edit.c b/src/edit.c
index 5d60951..65038e4 100644
--- a/src/edit.c
+++ b/src/edit.c
@@ -4336,13 +4336,7 @@
 
 		/* May change home directory back to "~". */
 		tilde_replace(compl_pattern, num_matches, matches);
-		ins_compl_add_matches(num_matches, matches,
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-			TRUE
-#else
-			FALSE
-#endif
-			);
+		ins_compl_add_matches(num_matches, matches, p_fic || p_wic);
 	    }
 	    break;
 
diff --git a/src/ex_cmds2.c b/src/ex_cmds2.c
index de190e7..11446ef 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds2.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds2.c
@@ -1926,11 +1926,7 @@
 	 * Delete the items: use each item as a regexp and find a match in the
 	 * argument list.
 	 */
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-	regmatch.rm_ic = TRUE;		/* Always ignore case */
-#else
-	regmatch.rm_ic = FALSE;		/* Never ignore case */
-#endif
+	regmatch.rm_ic = p_fic;	/* ignore case when 'fileignorecase' is set */
 	for (i = 0; i < new_ga.ga_len && !got_int; ++i)
 	{
 	    p = ((char_u **)new_ga.ga_data)[i];
diff --git a/src/ex_getln.c b/src/ex_getln.c
index 57582e8..d8a4a67 100644
--- a/src/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/ex_getln.c
@@ -3653,19 +3653,16 @@
 	{
 	    for (i = 0; i < xp->xp_numfiles; ++i)
 	    {
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-		if (xp->xp_context == EXPAND_DIRECTORIES
+		if (p_fic && (xp->xp_context == EXPAND_DIRECTORIES
 			|| xp->xp_context == EXPAND_FILES
 			|| xp->xp_context == EXPAND_SHELLCMD
-			|| xp->xp_context == EXPAND_BUFFERS)
+			|| xp->xp_context == EXPAND_BUFFERS))
 		{
 		    if (TOLOWER_LOC(xp->xp_files[i][len]) !=
 					    TOLOWER_LOC(xp->xp_files[0][len]))
 			break;
 		}
-		else
-#endif
-		     if (xp->xp_files[i][len] != xp->xp_files[0][len])
+		else if (xp->xp_files[i][len] != xp->xp_files[0][len])
 		    break;
 	    }
 	    if (i < xp->xp_numfiles)
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index b5a49b8..6e89b88 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -6485,9 +6485,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_ACL
     vim_acl_T	acl;		/* ACL from original file */
 #endif
-#if defined(UNIX) || defined(CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME)
     int		use_tmp_file = FALSE;
-#endif
 
     /*
      * When the names are identical, there is nothing to do.  When they refer
@@ -6496,11 +6494,9 @@
      */
     if (fnamecmp(from, to) == 0)
     {
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-	if (STRCMP(gettail(from), gettail(to)) != 0)
+	if (p_fic && STRCMP(gettail(from), gettail(to)) != 0)
 	    use_tmp_file = TRUE;
 	else
-#endif
 	    return 0;
     }
 
@@ -6539,7 +6535,6 @@
     }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(UNIX) || defined(CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME)
     if (use_tmp_file)
     {
 	char	tempname[MAXPATHL + 1];
@@ -6572,7 +6567,6 @@
 	}
 	return -1;
     }
-#endif
 
     /*
      * Delete the "to" file, this is required on some systems to make the
@@ -10007,11 +10001,7 @@
     int		match = FALSE;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-    regmatch.rm_ic = TRUE;		/* Always ignore case */
-#else
-    regmatch.rm_ic = FALSE;		/* Don't ever ignore case */
-#endif
+    regmatch.rm_ic = p_fic; /* ignore case if 'fileignorecase' is set */
 #ifdef FEAT_OSFILETYPE
     if (*pattern == '<')
     {
diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
index c1cc89c..1cad0f5 100644
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -5026,16 +5026,21 @@
     return retval;
 }
 
-#if (defined(CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME) && defined(BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME)) \
-	|| defined(PROTO)
 /*
- * Versions of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() that handle '/' and '\' equally.
+ * Versions of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() that handle '/' and '\' equally
+ * and deal with 'fileignorecase'.
  */
     int
 vim_fnamecmp(x, y)
     char_u	*x, *y;
 {
+#ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
     return vim_fnamencmp(x, y, MAXPATHL);
+#else
+    if (p_fic)
+	return MB_STRICMP(x, y);
+    return STRCMP(x, y);
+#endif
 }
 
     int
@@ -5043,9 +5048,11 @@
     char_u	*x, *y;
     size_t	len;
 {
+#ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
+    /* TODO: multi-byte characters. */
     while (len > 0 && *x && *y)
     {
-	if (TOLOWER_LOC(*x) != TOLOWER_LOC(*y)
+	if ((p_fic ? TOLOWER_LOC(*x) != TOLOWER_LOC(*y) : *x != *y)
 		&& !(*x == '/' && *y == '\\')
 		&& !(*x == '\\' && *y == '/'))
 	    break;
@@ -5056,8 +5063,12 @@
     if (len == 0)
 	return 0;
     return (*x - *y);
-}
+#else
+    if (p_fic)
+	return MB_STRNICMP(x, y, len);
+    return STRNCMP(x, y, len);
 #endif
+}
 
 /*
  * Concatenate file names fname1 and fname2 into allocated memory.
@@ -9835,11 +9846,8 @@
 	}
 	else if (path_end >= path + wildoff
 			 && (vim_strchr((char_u *)"*?[{~$", *path_end) != NULL
-#ifndef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-			     || ((flags & EW_ICASE)
-					       && isalpha(PTR2CHAR(path_end)))
-#endif
-			     ))
+			     || (!p_fic && (flags & EW_ICASE)
+					     && isalpha(PTR2CHAR(path_end)))))
 	    e = p;
 #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
 	if (has_mbyte)
@@ -9882,14 +9890,10 @@
     }
 
     /* compile the regexp into a program */
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-    regmatch.rm_ic = TRUE;		/* Behave like Terminal.app */
-#else
     if (flags & EW_ICASE)
 	regmatch.rm_ic = TRUE;		/* 'wildignorecase' set */
     else
-	regmatch.rm_ic = FALSE;		/* Don't ignore case */
-#endif
+	regmatch.rm_ic = p_fic;	/* ignore case when 'fileignorecase' is set */
     if (flags & (EW_NOERROR | EW_NOTWILD))
 	++emsg_silent;
     regmatch.regprog = vim_regcomp(pat, RE_MAGIC);
diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c
index 72a0343..f075639 100644
--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -5362,13 +5362,11 @@
     if (STRLEN(s1) != STRLEN(s2))
 	return FAIL;
 
+    /* TODO: handle multi-byte characters. */
     for (i = 0; s1[i] != NUL && s2[i] != NUL; i++)
     {
 	if (s1[i] != s2[i]
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-		&& TOUPPER_LOC(s1[i]) != TOUPPER_LOC(s2[i])
-#endif
-		)
+		      && (!p_fic || TOUPPER_LOC(s1[i]) != TOUPPER_LOC(s2[i])))
 	{
 	    if (i >= 2)
 		if (s1[i-1] == '*' && s1[i-2] == '*')
@@ -6123,12 +6121,7 @@
 	    break;
 	}
 
-	if (
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-		TOUPPER_LOC(p[i]) != TOUPPER_LOC(q[i])
-#else
-		p[i] != q[i]
-#endif
+	if ((p_fic ? TOUPPER_LOC(p[i]) != TOUPPER_LOC(q[i]) : p[i] != q[i])
 #ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
 		/* consider '/' and '\\' to be equal */
 		&& !((p[i] == '/' && q[i] == '\\')
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 467d578..39b48de 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -1108,6 +1108,15 @@
 			    (char_u *)&p_ffs, PV_NONE,
 			    {(char_u *)DFLT_FFS_VI, (char_u *)DFLT_FFS_VIM}
 			    SCRIPTID_INIT},
+    {"fileignorecase", "fic", P_BOOL|P_VI_DEF,
+			    (char_u *)&p_fic, PV_NONE,
+			    {
+#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
+				    (char_u *)TRUE,
+#else
+				    (char_u *)FALSE,
+#endif
+					(char_u *)0L} SCRIPTID_INIT},
     {"filetype",    "ft",   P_STRING|P_ALLOCED|P_VI_DEF|P_NOGLOB|P_NFNAME,
 #ifdef FEAT_AUTOCMD
 			    (char_u *)&p_ft, PV_FT,
diff --git a/src/option.h b/src/option.h
index 3474d8e..8b982f5 100644
--- a/src/option.h
+++ b/src/option.h
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@
 EXTERN char_u	*p_fencs;	/* 'fileencodings' */
 #endif
 EXTERN char_u	*p_ffs;		/* 'fileformats' */
+EXTERN long	p_fic;		/* 'fileignorecase' */
 #ifdef FEAT_FOLDING
 EXTERN char_u	*p_fcl;		/* 'foldclose' */
 EXTERN long	p_fdls;		/* 'foldlevelstart' */
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 1a652ac..072005f 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    872,
+/**/
     871,
 /**/
     870,
diff --git a/src/vim.h b/src/vim.h
index fa2e075..db2650e 100644
--- a/src/vim.h
+++ b/src/vim.h
@@ -1627,18 +1627,8 @@
  * (this does not account for maximum name lengths and things like "../dir",
  * thus it is not 100% accurate!)
  */
-#ifdef CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME
-# ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
-#  define fnamecmp(x, y) vim_fnamecmp((x), (y))
-#  define fnamencmp(x, y, n) vim_fnamencmp((x), (y), (size_t)(n))
-# else
-#  define fnamecmp(x, y) MB_STRICMP((x), (y))
-#  define fnamencmp(x, y, n) MB_STRNICMP((x), (y), (n))
-# endif
-#else
-# define fnamecmp(x, y) strcmp((char *)(x), (char *)(y))
-# define fnamencmp(x, y, n) strncmp((char *)(x), (char *)(y), (size_t)(n))
-#endif
+#define fnamecmp(x, y) vim_fnamecmp((char_u *)(x), (char_u *)(y))
+#define fnamencmp(x, y, n) vim_fnamencmp((char_u *)(x), (char_u *)(y), (size_t)(n))
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MEMSET
 # define vim_memset(ptr, c, size)   memset((ptr), (c), (size))