diff --git a/lisp/org-beamer.el b/lisp/org-beamer.el
index 2631e7065..ea3a3f9ce 100644
--- a/lisp/org-beamer.el
+++ b/lisp/org-beamer.el
@@ -438,8 +438,10 @@ The effect is that these values will be accessible during export."
 		(save-restriction
 		  (widen)
 		  (goto-char (point-min))
-		  (and (re-search-forward
-			"^#\\+BEAMER_FRAME_LEVEL:[ \t]*\\(.*?\\)[ \t]*$" nil t)
+		  (and (let ((case-fold-search t))
+			 (re-search-forward
+			  "^#\\+BEAMER_FRAME_LEVEL:[ \t]*\\(.*?\\)[ \t]*$"
+			  nil t))
 		       (match-string 1))))
 	      (plist-get org-export-latex-options-plist :beamer-frame-level)
 	      org-beamer-frame-level))
@@ -461,7 +463,7 @@ The effect is that these values will be accessible during export."
 	      (save-excursion
 		(save-restriction
 		  (widen)
-		  (let ((txt ""))
+		  (let ((txt "") (case-fold-search t))
 		    (goto-char (point-min))
 		    (while (re-search-forward
 			    "^#\\+BEAMER_HEADER_EXTRA:[ \t]*\\(.*?\\)[ \t]*$"
diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
index 4f27f425a..b58766689 100644
--- a/lisp/org-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
@@ -1124,7 +1124,9 @@ LEVEL indicates the default depth for export."
 	      (save-restriction
 		(widen)
 		(goto-char (point-min))
-		(and (re-search-forward "^#\\+LaTeX_CLASS:[ \t]*\\(-[a-zA-Z]+\\)" nil t)
+		(and (let ((case-fold-search t))
+		       (re-search-forward
+			"^#\\+LaTeX_CLASS:[ \t]*\\(-[a-zA-Z]+\\)" nil t))
 		     (match-string 1))))
 	    (plist-get org-export-latex-options-plist :latex-class)
 	    org-export-latex-default-class)
@@ -1138,8 +1140,10 @@ LEVEL indicates the default depth for export."
 	      (save-restriction
 		(widen)
 		(goto-char (point-min))
-		(and (re-search-forward "^#\\+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS:[ \t]*\\(.*?\\)[ \t]*$" nil t)
-		     (match-string 1))))
+		(and (let ((case-fold-search t))
+		       (re-search-forward
+			"^#\\+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS:[ \t]*\\(.*?\\)[ \t]*$" nil t)
+		       (match-string 1)))))
 	    (plist-get org-export-latex-options-plist :latex-class-options))
 	org-export-latex-class
 	(or (car (assoc org-export-latex-class org-export-latex-classes))