diff --git a/doc/mdb-sql.txt b/doc/mdb-sql.txt
index 89f33b8..82333ca 100644
--- a/doc/mdb-sql.txt
+++ b/doc/mdb-sql.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SQL LANGUAGE
 
   limit clause:	LIMIT <integer>
 
-  operator:	=, =>, =<, <>, like, <, >
+  operator:	=, =>, =<, <>, like, ilike, <, >
 
   literal:	integers, floating point numbers, or string literal in single quotes
 
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ NOTES
 
   The -i command can be passed the string 'stdin' to test entering text as if using a pipe.
 
+  The 'like' operator performs a case-sensitive pattern match, with ANSI-style wildcards. An underscore in the pattern will match any single character, and a percent sign will match any run of characters.
+
+  The 'ilike' operator is similar, but performs a case-insensitive pattern match.
+
 ENVIRONMENT
   LC_COLLATE          Defines the locale for string-comparison operations. See locale(1).
   MDB_JET3_CHARSET    Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
diff --git a/include/mdbfakeglib.h b/include/mdbfakeglib.h
index 3d06767..2f5040f 100644
--- a/include/mdbfakeglib.h
+++ b/include/mdbfakeglib.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ void g_printerr(const gchar *format, ...);
 gint g_unichar_to_utf8(gunichar c, gchar *dst);
 gchar *g_locale_to_utf8(const gchar *opsysstring, size_t len,
         size_t *bytes_read, size_t *bytes_written, GError **error);
+gchar *g_utf8_casefold(const gchar *str, gssize len);
 gchar *g_utf8_strdown(const gchar *str, gssize len);
 
 /* GString */
diff --git a/include/mdbtools.h b/include/mdbtools.h
index 9b969ad..aad705d 100644
--- a/include/mdbtools.h
+++ b/include/mdbtools.h
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ enum {
 	MDB_LTEQ,
 	MDB_LIKE,
 	MDB_ISNULL,
-	MDB_NOTNULL
+	MDB_NOTNULL,
+	MDB_ILIKE,
 };
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ enum {
 				x == MDB_GTEQ || \
 				x == MDB_LTEQ || \
 				x == MDB_LIKE || \
+				x == MDB_ILIKE || \
 				x == MDB_ISNULL || \
 				x == MDB_NOTNULL )
 
@@ -611,6 +613,7 @@ void mdb_dump_stats(MdbHandle *mdb);
 
 /* like.c */
 int mdb_like_cmp(char *s, char *r);
+int mdb_ilike_cmp(char *s, char *r);
 
 /* write.c */
 void mdb_put_int16(void *buf, guint32 offset, guint32 value);
diff --git a/src/libmdb/fakeglib.c b/src/libmdb/fakeglib.c
index 5198e9f..e6b67d6 100644
--- a/src/libmdb/fakeglib.c
+++ b/src/libmdb/fakeglib.c
@@ -244,11 +244,16 @@ gchar *g_locale_to_utf8(const gchar *opsysstring, size_t len,
         size_t *bytes_read, size_t *bytes_written, GError **error) {
     if (len == (size_t)-1)
         len = strlen(opsysstring);
-    wchar_t *utf16 = malloc(sizeof(wchar_t)*(len+1));
-    if (mbstowcs(utf16, opsysstring, len+1) == (size_t)-1) {
-        free(utf16);
-        return g_strndup(opsysstring, len);
+    size_t wlen = mbstowcs(NULL, opsysstring, 0);
+    if (wlen == (size_t)-1) {
+        if (error) {
+            *error = malloc(sizeof(GError));
+            (*error)->message = g_strdup_printf("Invalid multibyte string: %s\n", opsysstring);
+        }
+        return NULL;
     }
+    wchar_t *utf16 = malloc(sizeof(wchar_t)*(wlen+1));
+    mbstowcs(utf16, opsysstring, wlen+1);
     gchar *utf8 = malloc(3*len+1);
     gchar *dst = utf8;
     for (size_t i=0; i<len; i++) {
@@ -260,6 +265,10 @@ gchar *g_locale_to_utf8(const gchar *opsysstring, size_t len,
     return utf8;
 }
 
+gchar *g_utf8_casefold(const gchar *str, gssize len) {
+    return g_utf8_strdown(str, len);
+}
+
 gchar *g_utf8_strdown(const gchar *str, gssize len) {
     gssize i = 0;
     if (len == -1)
@@ -547,11 +556,10 @@ gboolean g_option_context_parse(GOptionContext *context,
     while ((c = getopt_long(*argc, *argv, short_opts, long_opts, &longindex)) != -1) {
         if (c == '?') {
             *error = malloc(sizeof(GError));
-            (*error)->message = malloc(100);
             if (optopt) {
-                snprintf((*error)->message, 100, "Unrecognized option: -%c", optopt);
+                (*error)->message = g_strdup_printf("Unrecognized option: -%c", optopt);
             } else {
-                snprintf((*error)->message, 100, "Unrecognized option: %s", (*argv)[optind-1]);
+                (*error)->message = g_strdup_printf("Unrecognized option: %s", (*argv)[optind-1]);
             }
             free(short_opts);
             free(long_opts);
diff --git a/src/libmdb/index.c b/src/libmdb/index.c
index a6f5c60..480808b 100644
--- a/src/libmdb/index.c
+++ b/src/libmdb/index.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ int mdb_index_compute_cost(MdbTableDef *table, MdbIndex *idx)
 
 	/*
 	 * a like with a wild card first is useless as a sarg */
-	if (sarg->op == MDB_LIKE && sarg->value.s[0]=='%')
+	if ((sarg->op == MDB_LIKE || sarg->op == MDB_ILIKE) && sarg->value.s[0]=='%')
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -1027,6 +1027,7 @@ int mdb_index_compute_cost(MdbTableDef *table, MdbIndex *idx)
 				case MDB_EQUAL:
 					return 1; break;
 				case MDB_LIKE:
+				case MDB_ILIKE:
 					return 4; break;
 				case MDB_ISNULL:
 					return 12; break;
@@ -1040,6 +1041,7 @@ int mdb_index_compute_cost(MdbTableDef *table, MdbIndex *idx)
 					else return 1;
 					break;
 				case MDB_LIKE:
+				case MDB_ILIKE:
 					return 6; break;
 				case MDB_ISNULL:
 					return 12; break;
@@ -1053,6 +1055,7 @@ int mdb_index_compute_cost(MdbTableDef *table, MdbIndex *idx)
 				case MDB_EQUAL:
 					return 2; break;
 				case MDB_LIKE:
+				case MDB_ILIKE:
 					return 5; break;
 				case MDB_ISNULL:
 					return 12; break;
@@ -1066,6 +1069,7 @@ int mdb_index_compute_cost(MdbTableDef *table, MdbIndex *idx)
 					else return 2;
 					break;
 				case MDB_LIKE:
+				case MDB_ILIKE:
 					return 7; break;
 				case MDB_ISNULL:
 					return 12; break;
diff --git a/src/libmdb/like.c b/src/libmdb/like.c
index 17e19ed..fe57752 100644
--- a/src/libmdb/like.c
+++ b/src/libmdb/like.c
@@ -39,11 +39,7 @@ int mdb_like_cmp(char *s, char *r)
 	mdb_debug(MDB_DEBUG_LIKE, "comparing %s and %s", s, r);
 	switch (r[0]) {
 		case '\0':
-			if (s[0]=='\0') {
-				return 1;
-			} else {
-				return 0;
-			}
+			return (s[0]=='\0');
 		case '_':
 			/* skip one character */
 			return mdb_like_cmp(&s[1],&r[1]);
@@ -71,3 +67,25 @@ int mdb_like_cmp(char *s, char *r)
 			}
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param s: String to search within.
+ * @param r: Case-insensitive search pattern.
+ *
+ * Tests the string @s to see if it matches the search pattern @r without
+ * regard to case; this mimics the behavior of the Access LIKE operator. In the
+ * search pattern, a percent sign indicates matching on any number of
+ * characters, and an underscore indicates matching any single character.
+ *
+ * @Returns: 1 if the string matches, 0 if the string does not match.
+ */
+int mdb_ilike_cmp(char *s, char *r) {
+	char *s1 = g_utf8_casefold(s, -1);
+	char *r1 = g_utf8_casefold(r, -1);
+	int result = mdb_like_cmp(s1, r1);
+	g_free(s1);
+	g_free(r1);
+	return result;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/libmdb/sargs.c b/src/libmdb/sargs.c
index 0a3b4bd..a6c0299 100644
--- a/src/libmdb/sargs.c
+++ b/src/libmdb/sargs.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ int rc;
 	if (node->op == MDB_LIKE) {
 		return mdb_like_cmp(s,node->value.s);
 	}
+	if (node->op == MDB_ILIKE) {
+		return mdb_ilike_cmp(s,node->value.s);
+	}
 	rc = strcoll(node->value.s, s);
 	switch (node->op) {
 		case MDB_EQUAL:
diff --git a/src/sql/lexer.l b/src/sql/lexer.l
index e5717b7..d9b1b2a 100644
--- a/src/sql/lexer.l
+++ b/src/sql/lexer.l
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ null		{ return NUL; }
 "<"		{ return LT; }
 ">"		{ return GT; }
 like		{ return LIKE; }
+ilike		{ return ILIKE; }
 limit		{ return LIMIT; }
 top		{ return TOP; }
 percent		{ return PERCENT; }
diff --git a/src/sql/mdbsql.c b/src/sql/mdbsql.c
index 4ffeb59..dafaa1b 100644
--- a/src/sql/mdbsql.c
+++ b/src/sql/mdbsql.c
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ mdb_sql_dump_node(MdbSargNode *node, int level)
 		case MDB_LIKE: 
 			printf(" like %s\n", node->value.s); 
 			break;
+		case MDB_ILIKE:
+			printf(" ilike %s\n", node->value.s);
+			break;
 		case MDB_EQUAL: 
 			printf(" = %d\n", node->value.i); 
 			break;
@@ -398,6 +401,7 @@ mdb_sql_eval_expr(MdbSQL *sql, char *const1, int op, char *const2)
 			case MDB_LT: compar = (value < 0); break;
 			case MDB_LTEQ: compar = (value <= 0); break;
 			case MDB_LIKE: compar = mdb_like_cmp(const1,const2); break;
+			case MDB_ILIKE: compar = mdb_ilike_cmp(const1,const2); break;
 			default: illop = 1;
 		}
 	} else if (const1[0]!='\'' && const2[0]!='\'') {
diff --git a/src/sql/parser.y b/src/sql/parser.y
index 3a4982c..0bacc87 100644
--- a/src/sql/parser.y
+++ b/src/sql/parser.y
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ typedef struct sql_context
 %token <name> IDENT NAME PATH STRING NUMBER OPENING CLOSING
 %token SELECT FROM WHERE CONNECT DISCONNECT TO LIST TABLES AND OR NOT LIMIT COUNT STRPTIME
 %token DESCRIBE TABLE TOP PERCENT
-%token LTEQ GTEQ LIKE IS NUL
+%token LTEQ GTEQ LIKE ILIKE IS NUL
 
 %type <name> database
 %type <name> constant
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ typedef struct sql_context
 %left OR
 %left AND
 %right NOT
-%left EQ LTEQ GTEQ LT GT LIKE IS
+%left EQ LTEQ GTEQ LT GT LIKE ILIKE IS
 
 %%
 
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ operator:
 	| LTEQ	{ $$ = MDB_LTEQ; }
 	| GTEQ	{ $$ = MDB_GTEQ; }
 	| LIKE	{ $$ = MDB_LIKE; }
+	| ILIKE	{ $$ = MDB_ILIKE; }
 	;
 
 nulloperator:
diff --git a/src/util/mdb-sql.c b/src/util/mdb-sql.c
index 45564c7..4257f5d 100644
--- a/src/util/mdb-sql.c
+++ b/src/util/mdb-sql.c
@@ -413,7 +413,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	while (1) {
 		line ++;
-		if (s) free(s);
+		if (s) {
+			free(s);
+			s = NULL;
+		}
 
 		if (in) {
 			s=calloc(bufsz, 1);
@@ -434,9 +437,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				s[strlen(s)-1]=0;
 		} else {
 			snprintf(prompt, sizeof(prompt), "%d => ", line);
-			s=readline(prompt);
-			if (!s)
+			locale = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
+			char *l = readline(prompt);
+			setlocale(LC_CTYPE, locale);
+			if (!l)
 				break;
+			s=g_locale_to_utf8(l, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+			free(l);
 		}
 
 		if (!strcmp(s,"exit") || !strcmp(s,"quit") || !strcmp(s,"bye"))