diff --git a/mercurial/context.py b/mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py
+++ b/mercurial/context.py
@@ -1427,6 +1427,18 @@ class workingctx(committablectx):
             finally:
                 wlock.release()
 
+    def match(self, pats=[], include=None, exclude=None, default='glob'):
+        r = self._repo
+
+        # Only a case insensitive filesystem needs magic to translate user input
+        # to actual case in the filesystem.
+        if not util.checkcase(r.root):
+            return matchmod.icasefsmatcher(r.root, r.getcwd(), pats, include,
+                                           exclude, default, r.auditor, self)
+        return matchmod.match(r.root, r.getcwd(), pats,
+                              include, exclude, default,
+                              auditor=r.auditor, ctx=self)
+
     def _filtersuspectsymlink(self, files):
         if not files or self._repo.dirstate._checklink:
             return files
diff --git a/mercurial/match.py b/mercurial/match.py
--- a/mercurial/match.py
+++ b/mercurial/match.py
@@ -273,6 +273,34 @@ class narrowmatcher(match):
     def rel(self, f):
         return self._matcher.rel(self._path + "/" + f)
 
+class icasefsmatcher(match):
+    """A matcher for wdir on case insensitive filesystems, which normalizes the
+    given patterns to the case in the filesystem.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, root, cwd, patterns, include, exclude, default, auditor,
+                 ctx):
+        init = super(icasefsmatcher, self).__init__
+        self._dsnormalize = ctx.repo().dirstate.normalize
+
+        init(root, cwd, patterns, include, exclude, default, auditor=auditor,
+             ctx=ctx)
+
+        # m.exact(file) must be based off of the actual user input, otherwise
+        # inexact case matches are treated as exact, and not noted without -v.
+        if self._files:
+            self._fmap = set(_roots(self._kp))
+
+    def _normalize(self, patterns, default, root, cwd, auditor):
+        self._kp = super(icasefsmatcher, self)._normalize(patterns, default,
+                                                          root, cwd, auditor)
+        kindpats = []
+        for kind, pats in self._kp:
+            if kind not in ('re', 'relre'):  # regex can't be normalized
+                pats = self._dsnormalize(pats)
+            kindpats.append((kind, pats))
+        return kindpats
+
 def patkind(pattern, default=None):
     '''If pattern is 'kind:pat' with a known kind, return kind.'''
     return _patsplit(pattern, default)[0]
diff --git a/tests/test-add.t b/tests/test-add.t
--- a/tests/test-add.t
+++ b/tests/test-add.t
@@ -176,12 +176,48 @@ Test that adding a directory doesn't req
   $ mkdir CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir
   $ echo def > CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt
 
-  $ hg add -v capsdir1/capsdir
+  $ hg add capsdir1/capsdir
   adding CapsDir1/CapsDir/AbC.txt (glob)
   adding CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt (glob)
 
   $ hg forget capsdir1/capsdir/abc.txt
   removing CapsDir1/CapsDir/AbC.txt (glob)
+
+  $ hg forget capsdir1/capsdir
+  removing CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt (glob)
+
+  $ hg add capsdir1
+  adding CapsDir1/CapsDir/AbC.txt (glob)
+  adding CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt (glob)
+
+  $ hg ci -m "AbCDef" capsdir1/capsdir
+
+  $ hg status -A capsdir1/capsdir
+  C CapsDir1/CapsDir/AbC.txt
+  C CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt
+
+  $ hg files capsdir1/capsdir
+  CapsDir1/CapsDir/AbC.txt (glob)
+  CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt (glob)
+
+  $ echo xyz > CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt
+  $ hg ci -m xyz capsdir1/capsdir/subdir/def.txt
+
+  $ hg revert -r '.^' capsdir1/capsdir
+  reverting CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt (glob)
+
+  $ hg diff capsdir1/capsdir
+  diff -r 5112e00e781d CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt
+  --- a/CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+  +++ b/CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt	* +0000 (glob)
+  @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
+  -xyz
+  +def
+
+  $ hg remove -f 'glob:**.txt' -X capsdir1/capsdir
+  $ hg remove -f 'glob:**.txt' -I capsdir1/capsdir
+  removing CapsDir1/CapsDir/AbC.txt (glob)
+  removing CapsDir1/CapsDir/SubDir/Def.txt (glob)
 #endif
 
   $ cd ..