diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index cd8fd814..b0887deb 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ backends:
 - The MPD command ``plchanges`` always returned the entire playlist. It now
   returns an empty response when the client has seen the latest version.
 
+- MPD no longer lowercases search queries. This broke e.g. search by URI, where
+  casing may be essential.
+
 
 v0.8.1 (2012-10-30)
 ===================
diff --git a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/music_db.py b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/music_db.py
index a9464241..00559e13 100644
--- a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/music_db.py
+++ b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/music_db.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def _build_query(mpd_query):
         elif field in ('file', 'filename'):
             field = 'uri'
         field = str(field)  # Needed for kwargs keys on OS X and Windows
-        what = m.groupdict()['what'].lower()
+        what = m.groupdict()['what']
         if field in query:
             query[field].append(what)
         else: