diff --git a/cmd/helm/search/search.go b/cmd/helm/search/search.go
index 753e3535d..ac29b27c2 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/search/search.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/search/search.go
@@ -147,11 +147,10 @@ func (i *Index) SearchLiteral(term string, threshold int) []*Result {
 	term = strings.ToLower(term)
 	buf := []*Result{}
 	for k, v := range i.lines {
-		lk := strings.ToLower(k)
 		lv := strings.ToLower(v)
 		res := strings.Index(lv, term)
 		if score := i.calcScore(res, lv); res != -1 && score < threshold {
-			parts := strings.Split(lk, verSep) // Remove version, if it is there.
+			parts := strings.Split(k, verSep) // Remove version, if it is there.
 			buf = append(buf, &Result{Name: parts[0], Score: score, Chart: i.charts[k]})
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/search/search_test.go b/cmd/helm/search/search_test.go
index 9c1859d77..dc82ca3d9 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/search/search_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/search/search_test.go
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ func loadTestIndex(t *testing.T, all bool) *Index {
 	i := NewIndex()
 	i.AddRepo("testing", &repo.IndexFile{Entries: indexfileEntries}, all)
 	i.AddRepo("ztesting", &repo.IndexFile{Entries: map[string]repo.ChartVersions{
-		"pinta": {
+		"Pinta": {
 			{
 				URLs: []string{"http://example.com/charts/pinta-2.0.0.tgz"},
 				Metadata: &chart.Metadata{
-					Name:        "pinta",
+					Name:        "Pinta",
 					Version:     "2.0.0",
 					Description: "Two ship, version two",
 				},
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ func TestSearchByName(t *testing.T) {
 			query: "pinta",
 			expect: []*Result{
 				{Name: "testing/pinta"},
-				{Name: "ztesting/pinta"},
+				{Name: "ztesting/Pinta"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "repo-specific search for one result",
 			query: "ztesting/pinta",
 			expect: []*Result{
-				{Name: "ztesting/pinta"},
+				{Name: "ztesting/Pinta"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -199,7 +199,15 @@ func TestSearchByName(t *testing.T) {
 			query: "two",
 			expect: []*Result{
 				{Name: "testing/pinta"},
-				{Name: "ztesting/pinta"},
+				{Name: "ztesting/Pinta"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "search mixedCase and result should be mixedCase too",
+			query: "pinta",
+			expect: []*Result{
+				{Name: "testing/pinta"},
+				{Name: "ztesting/Pinta"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -207,7 +215,7 @@ func TestSearchByName(t *testing.T) {
 			query: "TWO",
 			expect: []*Result{
 				{Name: "testing/pinta"},
-				{Name: "ztesting/pinta"},
+				{Name: "ztesting/Pinta"},
 			},
 		},
 		{