diff --git a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/properties/MarkerFilterPropertiesCaseTest.java b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/properties/MarkerFilterPropertiesCaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e55f4feb6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/properties/MarkerFilterPropertiesCaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.properties;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LifeCycle;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.test.junit.LoggerContextSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class MarkerFilterPropertiesCaseTest {
+
+    @Test
+    @LoggerContextSource("log4j2-properties-markerfilter-miscase.properties")
+    void testMarkerFilterPropertyCase(final Configuration config) {
+        assertNotNull(config);
+        assertEquals(LifeCycle.State.STARTED, config.getState(), "Configuration did not start");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/log4j2-properties-markerfilter-miscase.properties b/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/log4j2-properties-markerfilter-miscase.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2233101e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/log4j2-properties-markerfilter-miscase.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+status = ERROR
+dest = err
+
+appender.Stdout.type = Console
+appender.Stdout.name = StdOut
+appender.Stdout.target = SYSTEM_OUT
+appender.Stdout.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.Stdout.layout.pattern = %d [%t] %-5level: %msg%n%throwable
+
+appender.Stdout.filter.marker.type = MarkerFilter
+appender.Stdout.filter.marker.onMatch = DENY
+appender.Stdout.filter.marker.onMisMatch = NEUTRAL
+appender.Stdout.filter.marker.marker = FLOW
+
+rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = StdOut
+rootLogger.level = ERROR
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/properties/PropertiesConfigurationBuilder.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/properties/PropertiesConfigurationBuilder.java
index 4903e8bcb50..330f10d254d 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/properties/PropertiesConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/properties/PropertiesConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ private FilterComponentBuilder createFilter(final String key, final Properties p
         if (Strings.isEmpty(type)) {
             throw new ConfigurationException("No type attribute provided for Filter " + key);
         }
-        final String onMatch = (String) properties.remove(AbstractFilterBuilder.ATTR_ON_MATCH);
-        final String onMismatch = (String) properties.remove(AbstractFilterBuilder.ATTR_ON_MISMATCH);
+        final String onMatch = removeIgnoreCase(properties, AbstractFilterBuilder.ATTR_ON_MATCH);
+        final String onMismatch = removeIgnoreCase(properties, AbstractFilterBuilder.ATTR_ON_MISMATCH);
         final FilterComponentBuilder filterBuilder = builder.newFilter(type, onMatch, onMismatch);
         return processRemainingProperties(filterBuilder, properties);
     }
@@ -418,4 +418,15 @@ public PropertiesConfigurationBuilder setLoggerContext(final LoggerContext logge
     public LoggerContext getLoggerContext() {
         return loggerContext;
     }
+
+    private static String removeIgnoreCase(final Properties properties, final String key) {
+        for (final String k : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
+            if (k.equalsIgnoreCase(key)) {
+                final String value = properties.getProperty(k);
+                properties.remove(k);
+                return value;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }