diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index a4c7d8fb..f382cca7 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/21194045?s=400&v=4",
       "profile": "https://github.com/thchia",
       "contributions": [
-        "bug"
+        "bug",
+        "code"
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c26dd328..10a63b26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ Thanks goes to these people ([emoji key][emojis]):
 | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1500684?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kent C. Dodds</b></sub>](https://kentcdodds.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=kentcdodds "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=kentcdodds "Documentation") [🚇](#infra-kentcdodds "Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=kentcdodds "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/2430381?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ryan Castner</b></sub>](http://audiolion.github.io)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=audiolion "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/8008023?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Daniel Sandiego</b></sub>](https://www.dnlsandiego.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dnlsandiego "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/12592677?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Paweł Mikołajczyk</b></sub>](https://github.com/Miklet)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=Miklet "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/464978?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Alejandro Ñáñez Ortiz</b></sub>](http://co.linkedin.com/in/alejandronanez/)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=alejandronanez "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1402095?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Matt Parrish</b></sub>](https://github.com/pbomb)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Apbomb "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=pbomb "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=pbomb "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=pbomb "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1288694?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Justin Hall</b></sub>](https://github.com/wKovacs64)<br />[📦](#platform-wKovacs64 "Packaging/porting to new platform") |
 | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
 | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1241511?s=460&v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Anto Aravinth</b></sub>](https://github.com/antoaravinth)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=antoaravinth "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=antoaravinth "Tests") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=antoaravinth "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/3462296?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Jonah Moses</b></sub>](https://github.com/JonahMoses)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=JonahMoses "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/4002543?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Łukasz Gandecki</b></sub>](http://team.thebrain.pro)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=lgandecki "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=lgandecki "Tests") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=lgandecki "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/498274?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ivan Babak</b></sub>](https://sompylasar.github.io)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Asompylasar "Bug reports") [🤔](#ideas-sompylasar "Ideas, Planning, & Feedback") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=sompylasar "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=sompylasar "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/4439618?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Jesse Day</b></sub>](https://github.com/jday3)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=jday3 "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/15199?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ernesto García</b></sub>](http://gnapse.github.io)<br />[💬](#question-gnapse "Answering Questions") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=gnapse "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=gnapse "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2747424?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Josef Maxx Blake</b></sub>](http://jomaxx.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=jomaxx "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=jomaxx "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=jomaxx "Tests") |
-| [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/725236?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Alex Cook</b></sub>](https://github.com/alecook)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=alecook "Documentation") [💡](#example-alecook "Examples") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/10348212?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Daniel Cook</b></sub>](https://github.com/dfcook)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/21194045?s=400&v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Thomas Chia</b></sub>](https://github.com/thchia)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Athchia "Bug reports") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/28659384?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Tim Deschryver</b></sub>](https://github.com/tdeschryver)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=tdeschryver "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=tdeschryver "Tests") |
+| [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/725236?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Alex Cook</b></sub>](https://github.com/alecook)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=alecook "Documentation") [💡](#example-alecook "Examples") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/10348212?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Daniel Cook</b></sub>](https://github.com/dfcook)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/21194045?s=400&v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Thomas Chia</b></sub>](https://github.com/thchia)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Athchia "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=thchia "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/28659384?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Tim Deschryver</b></sub>](https://github.com/tdeschryver)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=tdeschryver "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=tdeschryver "Tests") |
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
 
diff --git a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
index bd2e8343..30601751 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ test('can get elements by matching their text content', () => {
   expect(queryByText('Step 1 of 4')).toBeInTheDOM()
 })
 
+test('matches case with RegExp matcher', () => {
+  const {queryByText} = render(`
+    <span>STEP 1 of 4</span>
+  `)
+  expect(queryByText(/STEP 1 of 4/)).toBeInTheDOM()
+  expect(queryByText(/Step 1 of 4/)).not.toBeInTheDOM()
+})
+
 test('get can get form controls by label text', () => {
   const {getByLabelText} = render(`
     <div>
diff --git a/src/matches.js b/src/matches.js
index 7a8d64bb..387e9fe6 100644
--- a/src/matches.js
+++ b/src/matches.js
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ function matches(textToMatch, node, matcher) {
   if (typeof textToMatch !== 'string') {
     return false
   }
-  const normalizedText = textToMatch
-    .toLowerCase()
-    .trim()
-    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+  const normalizedText = textToMatch.trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
   if (typeof matcher === 'string') {
-    return normalizedText.includes(matcher.toLowerCase())
+    return normalizedText.toLowerCase().includes(matcher.toLowerCase())
   } else if (typeof matcher === 'function') {
     return matcher(normalizedText, node)
   } else {