diff --git a/appletbrowser/kcategorizeditemsview.cpp b/appletbrowser/kcategorizeditemsview.cpp
index 37121d0c0..787c62919 100644
--- a/appletbrowser/kcategorizeditemsview.cpp
+++ b/appletbrowser/kcategorizeditemsview.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ void KCategorizedItemsView::setItemModel(QStandardItemModel * model)
 
     m_modelItems = model;
     m_modelFilterItems->setSourceModel(m_modelItems);
+    m_modelFilterItems->setSortCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+    m_modelFilterItems->sort(0);
 
     itemsView->setModel(m_modelFilterItems);
 
diff --git a/appletbrowser/kcategorizeditemsviewmodels.cpp b/appletbrowser/kcategorizeditemsviewmodels.cpp
index f86faf89c..6586b48d9 100644
--- a/appletbrowser/kcategorizeditemsviewmodels.cpp
+++ b/appletbrowser/kcategorizeditemsviewmodels.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ bool DefaultItemFilterProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow,
 bool DefaultItemFilterProxyModel::lessThan(const QModelIndex &left,
         const QModelIndex &right) const
 {
-    return (sourceModel()->data(left).toString() < sourceModel()->data(right).toString());
+    return sourceModel()->data(left).toString().compare(sourceModel()->data(right).toString(), sortCaseSensitivity()) < 0;
 }
 
 void DefaultItemFilterProxyModel::setSearch(const QString & pattern)