diff --git a/core/vdbe/likeop.rs b/core/vdbe/likeop.rs
index 894dfdf844..98e8d8598b 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/likeop.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/likeop.rs
@@ -46,10 +46,17 @@ fn construct_like_regex_with_escape(pattern: &str, escape: char) -> Regex {
             '%' => regex_pattern.push_str(".*"),
             '_' => regex_pattern.push('.'),
             c => {
-                if regex_syntax::is_meta_character(c) {
-                    regex_pattern.push('\\');
+                if c.is_ascii_alphabetic() {
+                    regex_pattern.push('[');
+                    regex_pattern.push(c.to_ascii_lowercase());
+                    regex_pattern.push(c.to_ascii_uppercase());
+                    regex_pattern.push(']');
+                } else {
+                    if regex_syntax::is_meta_character(c) {
+                        regex_pattern.push('\\');
+                    }
+                    regex_pattern.push(c);
                 }
-                regex_pattern.push(c);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -57,7 +64,6 @@ fn construct_like_regex_with_escape(pattern: &str, escape: char) -> Regex {
     regex_pattern.push('$');
 
     RegexBuilder::new(&regex_pattern)
-        .case_insensitive(true)
         .dot_matches_new_line(true)
         .build()
         .unwrap()
diff --git a/core/vdbe/value.rs b/core/vdbe/value.rs
index 62dfccd27f..9e911bd7f3 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/value.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/value.rs
@@ -1026,10 +1026,17 @@ pub fn construct_like_regex(pattern: &str) -> Regex {
             '%' => regex_pattern.push_str(".*"),
             '_' => regex_pattern.push('.'),
             ch => {
-                if regex_syntax::is_meta_character(c) {
-                    regex_pattern.push('\\');
+                if ch.is_ascii_alphabetic() {
+                    regex_pattern.push('[');
+                    regex_pattern.push(ch.to_ascii_lowercase());
+                    regex_pattern.push(ch.to_ascii_uppercase());
+                    regex_pattern.push(']');
+                } else {
+                    if regex_syntax::is_meta_character(c) {
+                        regex_pattern.push('\\');
+                    }
+                    regex_pattern.push(ch);
                 }
-                regex_pattern.push(ch);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1037,7 +1044,6 @@ pub fn construct_like_regex(pattern: &str) -> Regex {
     regex_pattern.push('$');
 
     RegexBuilder::new(&regex_pattern)
-        .case_insensitive(true)
         .dot_matches_new_line(true)
         .build()
         .unwrap()
diff --git a/testing/like.test b/testing/like.test
index e813d6251e..b051fed127 100755
--- a/testing/like.test
+++ b/testing/like.test
@@ -138,3 +138,16 @@ do_execsql_test like-fn-esc-13 {
 do_execsql_test like-fn-esc-14 { 
     SELECT like('abcXX', 'abcXX', 'X') 
 } 0
+
+do_execsql_test unicode-like-case-sensitivity-1 {
+    SELECT like('ä', 'Ä');
+} {0}
+do_execsql_test unicode-like-case-sensitivity-2 {
+    SELECT like('a', 'A');
+} {1}
+do_execsql_test unicode-like-with-escape-1 {
+    SELECT like('ÄX%', 'ä%', 'X');
+} {0}
+do_execsql_test unicode-like-with-escape-2 {
+    SELECT like('ÄX%', 'Ä%', 'X');
+} {1}