diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteCollection.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteCollection.cs
index c6f3ab1dbb..2a85f426de 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteCollection.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteCollection.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Logging;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Logging.Internal;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
-using Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel;
+
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 {
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
                 if (isValidated || useBestEffort)
                 {
                     context.IsBound = isValidated;
-                    return bestPath;
+                    return NormalizeVirtualPath(bestPath);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
                     if (context.IsBound)
                     {
                         // This route has validated route values, short circuit.
-                        return path;
+                        return NormalizeVirtualPath(path);
                     }
                     else if (bestPath == null)
                     {
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 
                 if (useBestEffort)
                 {
-                    return bestPath;
+                    return NormalizeVirtualPath(bestPath);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -197,7 +198,33 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
             }
         }
 
-        private void EnsureLogger(HttpContext context)
+        private string NormalizeVirtualPath(String url)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url)) return url;
+
+            if (_options.LowercaseUrls)
+            {
+                var indexOfSeparator = url.IndexOfAny(new char[] { '?', '#' });
+
+                // No query string, lowercase the url
+                if (indexOfSeparator == -1)
+                {
+                    return url.ToLowerInvariant();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var lowercaseUrl = url.Substring(0, indexOfSeparator).ToLowerInvariant();
+                    var queryString = url.Substring(indexOfSeparator);
+
+                    // queryString will contain the delimiter ? or # as the first character, so it's safe to append.
+                    return lowercaseUrl + queryString;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return url;
+    }
+
+    private void EnsureLogger(HttpContext context)
         {
             if (_logger == null)
             {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteOptions.cs
index a17f762a93..b8785a4cf1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteOptions.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 {
     public class RouteOptions
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether all generated URLs are lower-case.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool LowercaseUrls { get; set; }
+
         private IDictionary<string, Type> _constraintTypeMap = GetDefaultConstraintMap();
 
         public IDictionary<string, Type> ConstraintMap
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/RouteCollectionTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/RouteCollectionTest.cs
index 081885a8f5..fc64702a99 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/RouteCollectionTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/RouteCollectionTest.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Logging;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel;
 using Moq;
@@ -17,6 +18,61 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 {
     public class RouteCollectionTest
     {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(@"Home/Index/23", "home/index/23", true)]
+        [InlineData(@"Home/Index/23", "Home/Index/23", false)]
+        [InlineData(@"Home/Index/23?Param1=ABC&Param2=Xyz", "Home/Index/23?Param1=ABC&Param2=Xyz", false)]
+        [InlineData(@"Home/Index/23?Param1=ABC&Param2=Xyz", "home/index/23?Param1=ABC&Param2=Xyz", true)]
+        [InlineData(@"Home/Index/23#Param1=ABC&Param2=Xyz", "Home/Index/23#Param1=ABC&Param2=Xyz", false)]
+        [InlineData(@"Home/Index/23#Param1=ABC&Param2=Xyz", "home/index/23#Param1=ABC&Param2=Xyz", true)]
+        public void GetVirtualPath_CanLowerCaseUrls_BasedOnOptions(
+            string returnUrl, 
+            string lowercaseUrl, 
+            bool lowercaseUrls)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var target = new Mock<IRouter>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+            target
+                .Setup(e => e.GetVirtualPath(It.IsAny<VirtualPathContext>()))
+                .Returns(returnUrl);
+
+            var routeCollection = new RouteCollection();
+            routeCollection.Add(target.Object);
+            var virtualPathContext = CreateVirtualPathContext(options: GetRouteOptions(lowercaseUrls));
+
+            // Act
+            var stringVirtualPath = routeCollection.GetVirtualPath(virtualPathContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(lowercaseUrl, stringVirtualPath);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(@"\u0130", @"\u0130", true)]
+        [InlineData(@"\u0049", @"\u0049", true)]
+        [InlineData(@"üino", @"üino", true)]
+        public void GetVirtualPath_DoesntLowerCaseUrls_Invariant(
+            string returnUrl,
+            string lowercaseUrl,
+            bool lowercaseUrls)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var target = new Mock<IRouter>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+            target
+                .Setup(e => e.GetVirtualPath(It.IsAny<VirtualPathContext>()))
+                .Returns(returnUrl);
+
+            var routeCollection = new RouteCollection();
+            routeCollection.Add(target.Object);
+            var virtualPathContext = CreateVirtualPathContext(options: GetRouteOptions(lowercaseUrls));
+            
+            // Act
+            var stringVirtualPath = routeCollection.GetVirtualPath(virtualPathContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(lowercaseUrl, stringVirtualPath);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task RouteAsync_LogsCorrectValuesWhenHandled()
         {
@@ -124,8 +180,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
         public async Task RouteAsync_SecondMatches()
         {
             // Arrange
-            var routes = new RouteCollection();
 
+            var routes = new RouteCollection();
             var route1 = CreateRoute(accept: false);
             routes.Add(route1.Object);
 
@@ -151,7 +207,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
         {
             // Arrange
             var routes = new RouteCollection();
-
             var route1 = CreateRoute(accept: false);
             routes.Add(route1.Object);
 
@@ -171,18 +226,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
             Assert.Empty(context.RouteData.Routers);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void NamedRouteTests_GetNamedRoute_ReturnsValue()
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(false, "RouteName")]
+        [InlineData(true, "routename")]
+        public void NamedRouteTests_GetNamedRoute_ReturnsValue(bool lowercaseUrls, string expectedUrl)
         {
             // Arrange
             var routeCollection = GetNestedRouteCollection(new string[] { "Route1", "Route2", "RouteName", "Route3" });
-            var virtualPathContext = CreateVirtualPathContext("RouteName");
+            var virtualPathContext = CreateVirtualPathContext(
+                routeName: "RouteName", 
+                options: GetRouteOptions(lowercaseUrls));
 
             // Act
             var stringVirtualPath = routeCollection.GetVirtualPath(virtualPathContext);
 
             // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("RouteName", stringVirtualPath);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedUrl, stringVirtualPath);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -207,13 +266,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 
             // Add Duplicate route.
             routeCollection.Add(CreateNamedRoute("Route3"));
-            var virtualPathContext = CreateVirtualPathContext("Route1");
+            var virtualPathContext = CreateVirtualPathContext(routeName: "Route1", options: GetRouteOptions(true));
 
             // Act
             var stringVirtualPath = routeCollection.GetVirtualPath(virtualPathContext);
 
             // Assert
-            Assert.Equal("Route1", stringVirtualPath);
+            Assert.Equal("route1", stringVirtualPath);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -225,11 +284,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 
             // Add Duplicate route.
             routeCollection.Add(CreateNamedRoute(ambiguousRoute));
-            var virtualPathContext = CreateVirtualPathContext(ambiguousRoute);
+            var virtualPathContext = CreateVirtualPathContext(routeName: ambiguousRoute, options: GetRouteOptions());
 
             // Act & Assert
             var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => routeCollection.GetVirtualPath(virtualPathContext));
-            Assert.Equal("The supplied route name 'ambiguousRoute' is ambiguous and matched more than one route.", ex.Message);
+            Assert.Equal(
+                "The supplied route name 'ambiguousRoute' is ambiguous and matched more than one route.", 
+                ex.Message);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -526,6 +587,75 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
             route3.Verify(r => r.GetVirtualPath(It.IsAny<VirtualPathContext>()), Times.Once());
         }
 
+        // "Integration" tests for RouteCollection
+
+        public static IEnumerable<object[]> IntegrationTestData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                yield return new object[] {
+                    "{controller}/{action}",
+                    new RouteValueDictionary { { "controller", "Home" }, { "action", "Index" } },
+                    "home/index",
+                    true };
+
+                yield return new object[] {
+                    "{controller}/{action}/",
+                    new RouteValueDictionary { { "controller", "Home" }, { "action", "Index" } },
+                    "Home/Index",
+                    false };
+
+                yield return new object[] {
+                    "api/{action}/",
+                    new RouteValueDictionary { { "action", "Create" } },
+                    "api/create",
+                    true };
+
+                yield return new object[] {
+                    "api/{action}/{id}",
+                    new RouteValueDictionary {
+                        { "action", "Create" },
+                        { "id", "23" },
+                        { "Param1", "Value1" },
+                        { "Param2", "Value2" } },
+                    "api/create/23?Param1=Value1&Param2=Value2",
+                    true };
+
+                yield return new object[] {
+                    "api/{action}/{id}",
+                    new RouteValueDictionary {
+                        { "action", "Create" },
+                        { "id", "23" },
+                        { "Param1", "Value1" },
+                        { "Param2", "Value2" } },
+                    "api/Create/23?Param1=Value1&Param2=Value2",
+                    false };
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData("IntegrationTestData")]
+        public void GetVirtualPath_Success(
+            string template,
+            RouteValueDictionary values,
+            string expectedUrl,
+            bool lowercaseUrls
+            )
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var routeCollection = new RouteCollection();
+            var route = CreateTemplateRoute(template);
+            routeCollection.Add(route);
+            var context = CreateVirtualPathContext(values, options: GetRouteOptions(lowercaseUrls));
+
+            // Act
+            var path = routeCollection.GetVirtualPath(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.True(context.IsBound);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedUrl, path);
+        }
+
         private static async Task<TestSink> SetUp(bool enabled, bool handled)
         {
             // Arrange
@@ -615,6 +745,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
             return target.Object;
         }
 
+        private static TemplateRoute CreateTemplateRoute(string template)
+        {
+            var target = new Mock<IRouter>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+            target
+                .Setup(e => e.GetVirtualPath(It.IsAny<VirtualPathContext>()))
+                .Callback<VirtualPathContext>(c => c.IsBound = true)
+                .Returns<VirtualPathContext>(rc => null);
+
+            var resolverMock = new Mock<IInlineConstraintResolver>();
+            return new TemplateRoute(target.Object, template, resolverMock.Object);
+        }
+
         private static VirtualPathContext CreateVirtualPathContext(
             string routeName = null,
             ILoggerFactory loggerFactory = null,
@@ -646,6 +788,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
             return new VirtualPathContext(context.Object, null, null, routeName);
         }
 
+        private static VirtualPathContext CreateVirtualPathContext(
+            RouteValueDictionary values,
+            RouteOptions options = null)
+        {
+            var optionsAccessor = new Mock<IOptions<RouteOptions>>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+            optionsAccessor.SetupGet(o => o.Options).Returns(options);
+
+            var context = new Mock<HttpContext>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+            context.Setup(m => m.RequestServices.GetService(typeof(IOptions<RouteOptions>)))
+                .Returns(optionsAccessor.Object);
+            context.Setup(m => m.RequestServices.GetService(typeof(ILoggerFactory)))
+                .Returns(NullLoggerFactory.Instance);
+
+
+            return new VirtualPathContext(context.Object, null, values);
+        }
+
         private static RouteContext CreateRouteContext(
             string requestPath,
             ILoggerFactory loggerFactory = null,
@@ -697,6 +856,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 
             return target;
         }
+
+        private static RouteOptions GetRouteOptions(bool lowerCaseUrls = false, bool useBestEffortLinkGeneration = true)
+        {
+            var routeOptions = new RouteOptions();
+            routeOptions.LowercaseUrls = lowerCaseUrls;
+            routeOptions.UseBestEffortLinkGeneration = useBestEffortLinkGeneration;
+            return routeOptions;
+        }
     }
 }
 #endif