diff --git a/autotests/folding/highlight.cmake.fold b/autotests/folding/highlight.cmake.fold
--- a/autotests/folding/highlight.cmake.fold
+++ b/autotests/folding/highlight.cmake.fold
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 )
 
 <beginfold id='5'># BEGIN defining a macro</beginfold id='5'>
-MACRO(ECOS_ADD_EXECUTABLE _exe_NAME )
+<beginfold id='2'>MACRO</beginfold id='2'>(ECOS_ADD_EXECUTABLE _exe_NAME )
 
 #special parameters are italic, see the STATIC in the next line
 ADD_LIBRARY(${_exe_NAME} STATIC ${ARGN})
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       PROPERTIES
       ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES "${ECOS_ADD_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES}"
    )
-ENDMACRO(ECOS_ADD_EXECUTABLE)
+<endfold id='2'>ENDMACRO</endfold id='2'>(ECOS_ADD_EXECUTABLE)
 <endfold id='5'># END of macro</endfold id='5'>
 
 #calling a self-defined function, variables are also Qt::blue here
diff --git a/src/lib/rule.cpp b/src/lib/rule.cpp
--- a/src/lib/rule.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/rule.cpp
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@
 bool WordDetect::doLoad(QXmlStreamReader& reader)
 {
     m_word = reader.attributes().value(QStringLiteral("String")).toString();
+    m_caseSensitivity = Xml::attrToBool(reader.attributes().value(QStringLiteral("insensitive"))) ? Qt::CaseInsensitive : Qt::CaseSensitive;
     return !m_word.isEmpty();
 }
 
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@
     if (offset > 0 && !isDelimiter(text.at(offset - 1)))
         return offset;
 
-    if (text.midRef(offset, m_word.size()) != m_word)
+    if (text.midRef(offset, m_word.size()).compare(m_word, m_caseSensitivity) != 0)
         return offset;
 
     if (text.size() == offset + m_word.size() || isDelimiter(text.at(offset + m_word.size())))
diff --git a/src/lib/rule_p.h b/src/lib/rule_p.h
--- a/src/lib/rule_p.h
+++ b/src/lib/rule_p.h
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
 
 private:
     QString m_word;
+    Qt::CaseSensitivity m_caseSensitivity;
 };
 
 }