diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index 8c108510..15d09908 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class RstReader(BaseReader):
                 if element.tagname == 'field':  # custom fields (e.g. summary)
                     name_elem, body_elem = element.children
                     name = name_elem.astext()
-                    if name in formatted_fields:
+                    if name.lower() in formatted_fields:
                         value = render_node_to_html(
                             document, body_elem,
                             self.field_body_translator_class)
diff --git a/pelican/tests/content/article_with_capitalized_metadata.rst b/pelican/tests/content/article_with_capitalized_metadata.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93ed5b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/tests/content/article_with_capitalized_metadata.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+This is a super article !
+#########################
+
+:TAGS: foo, bar, foobar
+:DATE: 2010-12-02 10:14
+:MODIFIED: 2010-12-02 10:20
+:CATEGORY: yeah
+:AUTHOR: Alexis Métaireau
+:SUMMARY:
+    Multi-line metadata should be supported
+    as well as **inline markup** and stuff to "typogrify"...
+:CUSTOM_FIELD: http://notmyidea.org
+:CUSTOM_FORMATTED_FIELD:
+    Multi-line metadata should also be supported
+    as well as *inline markup* and stuff to "typogrify"...
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_generators.py b/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
index 332d7e78..169765ac 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ class TestArticlesGenerator(unittest.TestCase):
             ['This is a super article !', 'published', 'yeah', 'article'],
             ['This is a super article !', 'published', 'yeah', 'article'],
             ['This is a super article !', 'published', 'yeah', 'article'],
+            ['This is a super article !', 'published', 'yeah', 'article'],
             ['This is a super article !', 'published', 'Default', 'article'],
             ['Article with an inline SVG', 'published', 'Default', 'article'],
             ['This is an article with category !', 'published', 'yeah',
@@ -576,6 +577,7 @@ class TestArticlesGenerator(unittest.TestCase):
             'This is a super article !',
             'This is a super article !',
             'This is a super article !',
+            'This is a super article !',
             'This is an article with category !',
             ('This is an article with multiple authors in lastname, '
              'firstname format!'),
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
index de2a1b22..ea5f3bdd 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@ class RstReaderTest(ReaderTest):
 
         self.assertDictHasSubset(page.metadata, expected)
 
+    def test_article_with_capitalized_metadata(self):
+        page = self.read_file(path='article_with_capitalized_metadata.rst')
+        expected = {
+            'category': 'yeah',
+            'author': 'Alexis Métaireau',
+            'title': 'This is a super article !',
+            'summary': '<p class="first last">Multi-line metadata should be'
+                       ' supported\nas well as <strong>inline'
+                       ' markup</strong> and stuff to &quot;typogrify'
+                       '&quot;...</p>\n',
+            'date': SafeDatetime(2010, 12, 2, 10, 14),
+            'modified': SafeDatetime(2010, 12, 2, 10, 20),
+            'tags': ['foo', 'bar', 'foobar'],
+            'custom_field': 'http://notmyidea.org',
+        }
+
+        self.assertDictHasSubset(page.metadata, expected)
+
     def test_article_with_filename_metadata(self):
         page = self.read_file(
             path='2012-11-29_rst_w_filename_meta#foo-bar.rst',