diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_LocalisedStrings.cpp b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_LocalisedStrings.cpp
index a42b1da461..20253a730d 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_LocalisedStrings.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_LocalisedStrings.cpp
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
   ==============================================================================
 */
 
-LocalisedStrings::LocalisedStrings (const String& fileContents)
+LocalisedStrings::LocalisedStrings (const String& fileContents, bool ignoreCase)
 {
-    loadFromText (fileContents);
+    loadFromText (fileContents, ignoreCase);
 }
 
-LocalisedStrings::LocalisedStrings (const File& fileToLoad)
+LocalisedStrings::LocalisedStrings (const File& fileToLoad, bool ignoreCase)
 {
-    loadFromText (fileToLoad.loadFileAsString());
+    loadFromText (fileToLoad.loadFileAsString(), ignoreCase);
 }
 
 LocalisedStrings::~LocalisedStrings()
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace
     {
         LeakAvoidanceTrick()
         {
-            const ScopedPointer<LocalisedStrings> dummy (new LocalisedStrings (String()));
+            const ScopedPointer<LocalisedStrings> dummy (new LocalisedStrings (String(), false));
         }
     };
 
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ namespace
     }
 }
 
-void LocalisedStrings::loadFromText (const String& fileContents)
+void LocalisedStrings::loadFromText (const String& fileContents, bool ignoreCase)
 {
+    translations.setIgnoresCase (ignoreCase);
+
     StringArray lines;
     lines.addLines (fileContents);
 
@@ -138,11 +140,6 @@ void LocalisedStrings::loadFromText (const String& fileContents)
     }
 }
 
-void LocalisedStrings::setIgnoresCase (const bool shouldIgnoreCase)
-{
-    translations.setIgnoresCase (shouldIgnoreCase);
-}
-
 //==============================================================================
 void LocalisedStrings::setCurrentMappings (LocalisedStrings* newTranslations)
 {
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_LocalisedStrings.h b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_LocalisedStrings.h
index 58f620476c..034743e8c9 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_LocalisedStrings.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_LocalisedStrings.h
@@ -81,14 +81,16 @@ public:
         When you create one of these, you can call setCurrentMappings() to make it
         the set of mappings that the system's using.
     */
-    LocalisedStrings (const String& fileContents);
+    LocalisedStrings (const String& fileContents,
+                      bool ignoreCaseOfKeys);
 
     /** Creates a set of translations from a file.
 
         When you create one of these, you can call setCurrentMappings() to make it
         the set of mappings that the system's using.
     */
-    LocalisedStrings (const File& fileToLoad);
+    LocalisedStrings (const File& fileToLoad,
+                      bool ignoreCaseOfKeys);
 
     /** Destructor. */
     ~LocalisedStrings();
@@ -167,19 +169,13 @@ public:
     const StringArray& getCountryCodes() const            { return countryCodes; }
 
 
-    //==============================================================================
-    /** Indicates whether to use a case-insensitive search when looking up a string.
-        This defaults to true.
-    */
-    void setIgnoresCase (bool shouldIgnoreCase);
-
 private:
     //==============================================================================
     String languageName;
     StringArray countryCodes;
     StringPairArray translations;
 
-    void loadFromText (const String& fileContents);
+    void loadFromText (const String&, bool ignoreCase);
 
     JUCE_LEAK_DETECTOR (LocalisedStrings)
 };