diff --git a/src/parser.lisp b/src/parser.lisp
index 8c9e457..c79df24 100644
--- a/src/parser.lisp
+++ b/src/parser.lisp
@@ -1558,13 +1558,17 @@ load database
   (:lambda (options)
     (alexandria:alist-plist options)))
 
-(defrule csv-bare-field-name (and (or #\_ (alpha-char-p character))
+(defrule csv-raw-field-name (and (or #\_ (alpha-char-p character))
                                   (* (or (alpha-char-p character)
                                          (digit-char-p character)
                                          #\_)))
   (:text t))
 
-(defrule csv-quoted-field-name (and #\" csv-bare-field-name #\")
+(defrule csv-bare-field-name csv-raw-field-name
+  (:lambda (name)
+    (string-downcase name)))
+
+(defrule csv-quoted-field-name (and #\" csv-raw-field-name #\")
   (:lambda (csv-field-name)
     (destructuring-bind (open name close) csv-field-name
       (declare (ignore open close))
diff --git a/src/sources/csv.lisp b/src/sources/csv.lisp
index a54dc2a..834b844 100644
--- a/src/sources/csv.lisp
+++ b/src/sources/csv.lisp
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@
 		      ;; this function update :rows stats
 		      #'pgloader.pgsql:copy-from-queue dbname table-name queue
 		      ;; we only are interested into the column names here
-		      :columns (mapcar #'car (columns csv))
+		      :columns (mapcar (lambda (col)
+                                         ;; always double quote column names
+                                         (format nil "~s" (car col)))
+                                       (columns csv))
 		      :truncate truncate)
 
       ;; now wait until both the tasks are over
diff --git a/test/csv.load b/test/csv.load
index 9e1ab9d..8e6d21c 100644
--- a/test/csv.load
+++ b/test/csv.load
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
  */
 
 LOAD CSV
-     FROM inline (x, y, a, b, c, d)
-     INTO postgresql:///pgloader?csv (a, b, d, c)
+     FROM inline (x, y, a, b, c, "camelCase")
+     INTO postgresql:///pgloader?csv (a, b, "camelCase", c)
 
      WITH truncate,
           skip header = 1,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ LOAD CSV
         a bigint,
         b bigint,
         c char(2),
-        d text
+        "camelCase" text
        );
     $$;