diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/generate-workspace-id.spec.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/generate-workspace-id.spec.ts
index e83e4b4d282898..a5d9c06ea4edd3 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/generate-workspace-id.spec.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/generate-workspace-id.spec.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const expect = chai.expect
             ['gitpod-io','gitpod','gitpodio-gitpod-'],
             ['this is rather long and has some "§$"% special chars','also here pretty long and needs abbreviation','thisisratherlon-alsohere-'],
             ['breatheco-de', 'python-flask-api-tutorial', 'breathecode-pythonflaska-'],
+            ['UPPER', "CaSe", "upper-case-"]
         ]
         for (const d of data) {
             const id = await generateWorkspaceID(d[0], d[1]);
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/generate-workspace-id.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/generate-workspace-id.ts
index 7164ce9002b0ae..f70199537cfc0a 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/generate-workspace-id.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/util/generate-workspace-id.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function clean(segment: string | undefined, maxChars: number = 15) {
   if (!segment) {
     return undefined;
   }
+  segment = segment.toLowerCase();
   let result = '';
   for (let i =0; i < segment.length; i++) {
     if (characters.indexOf(segment[i]) !== -1) {