diff --git a/core/src/dird/dbcopy/database_column_descriptions.cc b/core/src/dird/dbcopy/database_column_descriptions.cc
index 008f258333f..d3304d6e82d 100644
--- a/core/src/dird/dbcopy/database_column_descriptions.cc
+++ b/core/src/dird/dbcopy/database_column_descriptions.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "include/make_unique.h"
 #include "cats/cats.h"
 #include "dird/dbcopy/database_column_descriptions.h"
+#include "lib/util.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ void DatabaseColumnDescriptions::SelectColumnDescriptions(
   std::sort(column_descriptions.begin(), column_descriptions.end(),
             [](const std::unique_ptr<ColumnDescription>& v1,
                const std::unique_ptr<ColumnDescription>& v2) {
-              return v1->column_name < v2->column_name;
+              std::string l1, l2;
+              ToLowerCase(v1->column_name, v2->column_name, l1, l2);
+              return l1 < l2;
             });
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/dird/dbcopy/database_table_descriptions.cc b/core/src/dird/dbcopy/database_table_descriptions.cc
index bb1bbf42873..094f80d6ab4 100644
--- a/core/src/dird/dbcopy/database_table_descriptions.cc
+++ b/core/src/dird/dbcopy/database_table_descriptions.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "database_table_descriptions.h"
 #include "dird/dbcopy/database_column_descriptions.h"
 #include "cats/cats.h"
+#include "lib/util.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -88,17 +89,6 @@ DatabaseTablesMysql::DatabaseTablesMysql(BareosDb* db)
   }
 }
 
-static void ToLowerCase(const std::string& i1,
-                        const std::string& i2,
-                        std::string& o1,
-                        std::string& o2)
-{
-  o1.clear();
-  o2.clear();
-  std::transform(i1.cbegin(), i1.cend(), std::back_inserter(o1), ::tolower);
-  std::transform(i2.cbegin(), i2.cend(), std::back_inserter(o2), ::tolower);
-}
-
 const DatabaseTableDescriptions::TableDescription*
 DatabaseTableDescriptions::GetTableDescription(
     const std::string& table_name) const
diff --git a/core/src/lib/util.cc b/core/src/lib/util.cc
index 3381d99dc36..7394ca77111 100644
--- a/core/src/lib/util.cc
+++ b/core/src/lib/util.cc
@@ -1110,3 +1110,14 @@ std::string getenv_std_string(std::string env_var)
   const char* v = (std::getenv(env_var.c_str()));
   return v ? std::string(v) : std::string();
 }
+
+void ToLowerCase(const std::string& i1,
+                 const std::string& i2,
+                 std::string& o1,
+                 std::string& o2)
+{
+  o1.clear();
+  o2.clear();
+  std::transform(i1.cbegin(), i1.cend(), std::back_inserter(o1), ::tolower);
+  std::transform(i2.cbegin(), i2.cend(), std::back_inserter(o2), ::tolower);
+}
diff --git a/core/src/lib/util.h b/core/src/lib/util.h
index 629a8cb88d8..34acd9b73a2 100644
--- a/core/src/lib/util.h
+++ b/core/src/lib/util.h
@@ -68,5 +68,9 @@ void SetWorkingDirectory(const char* wd);
 const char* last_path_separator(const char* str);
 void SortCaseInsensitive(std::vector<std::string>& v);
 std::string getenv_std_string(std::string env_var);
+void ToLowerCase(const std::string& i1,
+                 const std::string& i2,
+                 std::string& o1,
+                 std::string& o2);
 
 #endif  // BAREOS_LIB_UTIL_H_