diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/user.py b/plugins/module_utils/user.py
index fc4c40e8..1775932a 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/user.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/user.py
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ def sort_column_order(statement):
     return '%s(%s)' % (priv_name, ', '.join(columns))
 
 
-def privileges_unpack(priv, mode, ensure_usage=True):
+def privileges_unpack(priv, mode, column_case_sensitive, ensure_usage=True):
     """ Take a privileges string, typically passed as a parameter, and unserialize
     it into a dictionary, the same format as privileges_get() above. We have this
     custom format to avoid using YAML/JSON strings inside YAML playbooks. Example
@@ -663,11 +663,16 @@ def privileges_unpack(priv, mode, ensure_usage=True):
         pieces[0] = object_type + '.'.join(dbpriv)
 
         if '(' in pieces[1]:
-            output[pieces[0]] = re.split(r',\s*(?=[^)]*(?:\(|$))', pieces[1].upper())
-            for i in output[pieces[0]]:
-                privs.append(re.sub(r'\s*\(.*\)', '', i))
+            if column_case_sensitive == True:
+                output[pieces[0]] = re.split(r',\s*(?=[^)]*(?:\(|$))', pieces[1])
+                for i in output[pieces[0]]:
+                    privs.append(re.sub(r'\s*\(.*\)', '', i))
+            else:
+                output[pieces[0]] = re.split(r',\s*(?=[^)]*(?:\(|$))', pieces[1].upper())
+                for i in output[pieces[0]]:
+                    privs.append(re.sub(r'\s*\(.*\)', '', i))
         else:
-            output[pieces[0]] = pieces[1].upper().split(',')
+            output[pieces[0]] = pieces[1].split(',')
             privs = output[pieces[0]]
 
         # Handle cases when there's privs like GRANT SELECT (colA, ...) in privs.
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_role.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_role.py
index 070d7939..779fbf1c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_role.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_role.py
@@ -954,7 +954,8 @@ def main():
         detach_members=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         check_implicit_admin=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         set_default_role_all=dict(type='bool', default=True),
-        members_must_exist=dict(type='bool', default=True)
+        members_must_exist=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+        column_case_sensitive=dict(type='bool', default=False)
     )
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=argument_spec,
@@ -989,6 +990,7 @@ def main():
     db = ''
     set_default_role_all = module.params['set_default_role_all']
     members_must_exist = module.params['members_must_exist']
+    column_case_sensitive = module.boolean(module.params['column_case_sensitive'])
 
     if priv and not isinstance(priv, (str, dict)):
         msg = ('The "priv" parameter must be str or dict '
@@ -1038,7 +1040,7 @@ def main():
             module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e))
 
         try:
-            priv = privileges_unpack(priv, mode, ensure_usage=not subtract_privs)
+            priv = privileges_unpack(priv, mode, column_case_sensitive, ensure_usage=not subtract_privs)
         except Exception as e:
             module.fail_json(msg='Invalid privileges string: %s' % to_native(e))
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
index e1808c89..7668cd65 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ def main():
         resource_limits=dict(type='dict'),
         force_context=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         session_vars=dict(type='dict'),
+        column_case_sensitive=dict(type='bool', default=False)
     )
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=argument_spec,
@@ -434,6 +435,7 @@ def main():
     plugin_auth_string = module.params["plugin_auth_string"]
     resource_limits = module.params["resource_limits"]
     session_vars = module.params["session_vars"]
+    column_case_sensitive = module.boolean(module.params["column_case_sensitive"])
 
     if priv and not isinstance(priv, (str, dict)):
         module.fail_json(msg="priv parameter must be str or dict but %s was passed" % type(priv))
@@ -473,7 +475,7 @@ def main():
             mode = get_mode(cursor)
         except Exception as e:
             module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e))
-        priv = privileges_unpack(priv, mode, ensure_usage=not subtract_privs)
+        priv = privileges_unpack(priv, mode, column_case_sensitive, ensure_usage=not subtract_privs)
     password_changed = False
     if state == "present":
         if user_exists(cursor, user, host, host_all):