diff --git a/src/history/html5.js b/src/history/html5.js
index e1cdba97d..d4a47632e 100644
--- a/src/history/html5.js
+++ b/src/history/html5.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class HTML5History extends History {
 
 export function getLocation (base: string): string {
   let path = decodeURI(window.location.pathname)
-  if (base && path.indexOf(base) === 0) {
+  if (base && path.toLowerCase().indexOf(base.toLowerCase()) === 0) {
     path = path.slice(base.length)
   }
   return (path || '/') + window.location.search + window.location.hash