diff --git a/validate.go b/validate.go
index 03487d9c..50de8d07 100644
--- a/validate.go
+++ b/validate.go
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ const (
 	ModeWriteToServer
 )
 
+// ValidateStrictCasing controls whether or not field names are case-sensitive
+// during validation. This is useful for clients that may send fields in a
+// different case than expected by the server. For example, a legacy client may
+// send `{"Foo": "bar"}` when the server expects `{"foo": "bar"}`. This is
+// disabled by default to match Go's JSON unmarshaling behavior.
+var ValidateStrictCasing = false
+
 var rxHostname = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])(\.([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9]))*$`)
 var rxURITemplate = regexp.MustCompile("^([^{]*({[^}]*})?)*$")
 var rxJSONPointer = regexp.MustCompile("^(?:/(?:[^~/]|~0|~1)*)*$")
@@ -609,7 +616,20 @@ func handleMapString(r Registry, s *Schema, path *PathBuffer, mode ValidateMode,
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if _, ok := m[k]; !ok {
+		actualKey := k
+		_, ok := m[k]
+		if !ok && !ValidateStrictCasing {
+			for actual := range m {
+				if strings.EqualFold(actual, k) {
+					// Case-insensitive match found, so this is not an error.
+					actualKey = actual
+					ok = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !ok {
 			if !s.requiredMap[k] {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -622,13 +642,13 @@ func handleMapString(r Registry, s *Schema, path *PathBuffer, mode ValidateMode,
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if m[k] == nil && (!s.requiredMap[k] || s.Nullable) {
+		if m[actualKey] == nil && (!s.requiredMap[k] || s.Nullable) {
 			// This is a non-required field which is null, or a nullable field set
 			// to null, so ignore it.
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if m[k] != nil && s.DependentRequired[k] != nil {
+		if m[actualKey] != nil && s.DependentRequired[k] != nil {
 			for _, dependent := range s.DependentRequired[k] {
 				if m[dependent] != nil {
 					continue
@@ -639,14 +659,24 @@ func handleMapString(r Registry, s *Schema, path *PathBuffer, mode ValidateMode,
 		}
 
 		path.Push(k)
-		Validate(r, v, path, mode, m[k], res)
+		Validate(r, v, path, mode, m[actualKey], res)
 		path.Pop()
 	}
 
 	if addl, ok := s.AdditionalProperties.(bool); ok && !addl {
+	addlPropLoop:
 		for k := range m {
 			// No additional properties allowed.
 			if _, ok := s.Properties[k]; !ok {
+				if !ValidateStrictCasing {
+					for propName := range s.Properties {
+						if strings.EqualFold(propName, k) {
+							// Case-insensitive match found, so this is not an error.
+							continue addlPropLoop
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
 				path.Push(k)
 				res.Add(path, m, validation.MsgUnexpectedProperty)
 				path.Pop()
diff --git a/validate_test.go b/validate_test.go
index 04df3965..767d0cca 100644
--- a/validate_test.go
+++ b/validate_test.go
@@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ func mapTo[A, B any](s []A, f func(A) B) []B {
 }
 
 var validateTests = []struct {
-	name  string
-	typ   reflect.Type
-	s     *huma.Schema
-	input any
-	mode  huma.ValidateMode
-	errs  []string
-	panic string
+	name    string
+	typ     reflect.Type
+	s       *huma.Schema
+	input   any
+	mode    huma.ValidateMode
+	errs    []string
+	panic   string
+	before  func()
+	cleanup func()
 }{
 	{
 		name:  "bool success",
@@ -918,6 +920,34 @@ var validateTests = []struct {
 		input: map[any]any{"value": "should not be set"},
 		errs:  []string{"write only property is non-zero"},
 	},
+	{
+		name: "case-insensive success",
+		typ: reflect.TypeOf(struct {
+			Value string `json:"value"`
+		}{}),
+		input: map[string]any{"VaLuE": "works"},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "case-insensive fail",
+		typ: reflect.TypeOf(struct {
+			Value string `json:"value" maxLength:"3"`
+		}{}),
+		input: map[string]any{"VaLuE": "fails"},
+		errs:  []string{"expected length <= 3"},
+	},
+	{
+		name:    "case-sensive fail",
+		before:  func() { huma.ValidateStrictCasing = true },
+		cleanup: func() { huma.ValidateStrictCasing = false },
+		typ: reflect.TypeOf(struct {
+			Value string `json:"value"`
+		}{}),
+		input: map[string]any{"VaLuE": "fails due to casing"},
+		errs: []string{
+			"expected required property value to be present",
+			"unexpected property",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		name: "unexpected property",
 		typ: reflect.TypeOf(struct {
@@ -1368,6 +1398,13 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range validateTests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if test.before != nil {
+				test.before()
+			}
+			if test.cleanup != nil {
+				defer test.cleanup()
+			}
+
 			registry := huma.NewMapRegistry("#/components/schemas/", huma.DefaultSchemaNamer)
 
 			var s *huma.Schema
@@ -1502,10 +1539,18 @@ func BenchmarkValidate(b *testing.B) {
 			if s.Type == huma.TypeObject && s.Properties["value"] != nil {
 				switch i := input.(type) {
 				case map[string]any:
-					input = i["value"]
+					for k := range i {
+						if strings.EqualFold(k, "value") {
+							input = i[k]
+						}
+					}
 					s = s.Properties["value"]
 				case map[any]any:
-					input = i["value"]
+					for k := range i {
+						if strings.EqualFold(fmt.Sprintf("%v", k), "value") {
+							input = i[k]
+						}
+					}
 					s = s.Properties["value"]
 				}
 			}