diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
index ae01b7af..313cb069 100755
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -489,6 +489,24 @@ public class StringUtils
 
 
 
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   public static boolean safeEqualsIgnoreCase(String a, String b)
+   {
+      if(a == null && b == null)
+      {
+         return true;
+      }
+      if(a == null || b == null)
+      {
+         return false;
+      }
+      return (a.equalsIgnoreCase(b));
+   }
+
+
+
    /***************************************************************************
     **
     ***************************************************************************/
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtilsTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtilsTest.java
index ae8ce0d3..9faaabb1 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtilsTest.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtilsTest.java
@@ -350,4 +350,22 @@ class StringUtilsTest extends BaseTest
       assertEquals("test ((2)) (101)", StringUtils.appendIncrementingSuffix("test ((2)) (100)"));
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testSafeEqualsIgnoreCase()
+   {
+      assertTrue(StringUtils.safeEqualsIgnoreCase(null, null));
+      assertFalse(StringUtils.safeEqualsIgnoreCase("a", null));
+      assertFalse(StringUtils.safeEqualsIgnoreCase(null, "a"));
+      assertTrue(StringUtils.safeEqualsIgnoreCase("a", "a"));
+      assertTrue(StringUtils.safeEqualsIgnoreCase("A", "a"));
+      assertFalse(StringUtils.safeEqualsIgnoreCase("a", "b"));
+      assertTrue(StringUtils.safeEqualsIgnoreCase("timothy d. chamberlain", "TIMOThy d. chaMberlain"));
+      assertTrue(StringUtils.safeEqualsIgnoreCase("timothy d. chamberlain", "timothy d. chamberlain"));
+   }
+
 }