diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 01357d5f1eb..23b97971105 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ commands invoked from the menu will operate on the right buffer.
 You can restore the previous behavior by removing
 'mode-line-window-select' from 'x-pre-popup-menu-hook'.
 
+** Minibuffer
+
+---
+*** The variable 'completion-ignore-case' is now customizable.
+
 
 * Editing Changes in Emacs 32.1
 
diff --git a/lisp/cus-start.el b/lisp/cus-start.el
index bf5b331a30f..5b8b9dcfdc7 100644
--- a/lisp/cus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/cus-start.el
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ Leaving \"Default\" unchecked is equivalent with specifying a default of
 			     "24.5")	; 30 -> 100
 	     (history-delete-duplicates minibuffer boolean "22.1")
 	     (read-buffer-completion-ignore-case minibuffer boolean "23.1")
+             (completion-ignore-case minibuffer boolean)
 
 	     (minibuffer-prompt-properties
 	      minibuffer