diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index 85eeab2cb..a45131846 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ bool parseBitcoinURI(QString uri, SendCoinsRecipient *out)
     //
     //    Cannot handle this later, because bitcoin:// will cause Qt to see the part after // as host,
     //    which will lower-case it (and thus invalidate the address).
-    if(uri.startsWith("bitcoin://"))
+    if(uri.startsWith("bitcoin://", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
     {
         uri.replace(0, 10, "bitcoin:");
     }