diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 384b9e850d..8855652bd4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 1229.	[bug]		named would crash if it received a TSIG signed
 			query as part of an AXFR response. [RT #2570]
 
+1221.	[bug]		Zone types 'master', 'slave' and 'stub' were not being
+			compared case insensitively. [RT #2542]
+
 1218.	[bug]		Named incorrectly returned SERVFAIL rather than
 			NOTAUTH when there was a TSIG BADTIME error. [RT #2519]
 
diff --git a/bin/named/config.c b/bin/named/config.c
index b10ba494de..dce527075e 100644
--- a/bin/named/config.c
+++ b/bin/named/config.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: config.c,v 1.11.2.3 2002/02/08 03:57:09 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: config.c,v 1.11.2.4 2002/03/20 20:32:41 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -203,11 +203,11 @@ ns_config_getzonetype(cfg_obj_t *zonetypeobj) {
 	char *str;
 
 	str = cfg_obj_asstring(zonetypeobj);
-	if (strcmp(str, "master") == 0)
+	if (strcasecmp(str, "master") == 0)
 		ztype = dns_zone_master;
-	else if (strcmp(str, "slave") == 0)
+	else if (strcasecmp(str, "slave") == 0)
 		ztype = dns_zone_slave;
-	else if (strcmp(str, "stub") == 0)
+	else if (strcasecmp(str, "stub") == 0)
 		ztype = dns_zone_stub;
 	else
 		INSIST(0);