diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-api/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskSettings.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-api/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskSettings.java
index 7bc3973e3769..058dd23daa73 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-api/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskSettings.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-api/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskSettings.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 public class TaskSettings implements PersistentStateComponent<TaskSettings> {
   public boolean ALWAYS_DISPLAY_COMBO = false;
   public int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 5000;
+  public boolean LOWER_CASE_BRANCH = false;
 
   public static TaskSettings getInstance() {
     return ServiceManager.getService(TaskSettings.class);
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/actions/vcs/VcsOpenTaskPanel.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/actions/vcs/VcsOpenTaskPanel.java
index b44bb1f8ada1..84d729656799 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/actions/vcs/VcsOpenTaskPanel.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/actions/vcs/VcsOpenTaskPanel.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.VcsTaskHandler;
 import com.intellij.tasks.LocalTask;
 import com.intellij.tasks.Task;
 import com.intellij.tasks.TaskManager;
+import com.intellij.tasks.config.TaskSettings;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.TaskManagerImpl;
 import com.intellij.tasks.ui.TaskDialogPanel;
 import com.intellij.ui.ColoredListCellRenderer;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 /**
  * @author Dmitry Avdeev
@@ -156,9 +158,10 @@ public class VcsOpenTaskPanel extends TaskDialogPanel {
 
   @NotNull
   private String getBranchName(Task task) {
-    return myVcsTaskHandler != null
-                         ? myVcsTaskHandler.cleanUpBranchName(myTaskManager.constructDefaultBranchName(task))
-                         : myTaskManager.suggestBranchName(task);
+    String branchName = myVcsTaskHandler != null
+               ? myVcsTaskHandler.cleanUpBranchName(myTaskManager.constructDefaultBranchName(task))
+               : myTaskManager.suggestBranchName(task);
+    return TaskSettings.getInstance().LOWER_CASE_BRANCH ? branchName.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH) : branchName;
   }
 
   private void updateFields(boolean initial) {
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskConfigurable.form b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskConfigurable.form
index d13e010af90e..6cfe92d81ed3 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskConfigurable.form
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskConfigurable.form
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <form xmlns="http://www.intellij.com/uidesigner/form/" version="1" bind-to-class="com.intellij.tasks.config.TaskConfigurable">
-  <grid id="27dc6" binding="myPanel" layout-manager="GridLayoutManager" row-count="8" column-count="3" same-size-horizontally="false" same-size-vertically="false" hgap="-1" vgap="-1">
+  <grid id="27dc6" binding="myPanel" layout-manager="GridLayoutManager" row-count="9" column-count="3" same-size-horizontally="false" same-size-vertically="false" hgap="-1" vgap="-1">
     <margin top="0" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
     <constraints>
       <xy x="20" y="20" width="565" height="420"/>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <children>
       <component id="5bcde" class="javax.swing.JTextField" binding="myHistoryLength">
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="2" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="0" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
+          <grid row="3" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="0" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
             <preferred-size width="30" height="-1"/>
           </grid>
         </constraints>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       </component>
       <component id="b5a6c" class="javax.swing.JLabel">
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="2" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+          <grid row="3" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
         </constraints>
         <properties>
           <labelFor value="5bcde"/>
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
       </component>
       <vspacer id="3f700">
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="7" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="6" hsize-policy="1" anchor="0" fill="2" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+          <grid row="8" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="6" hsize-policy="1" anchor="0" fill="2" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
         </constraints>
       </vspacer>
       <component id="6f93" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="mySaveContextOnCommit">
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="5" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+          <grid row="6" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
         </constraints>
         <properties>
           <text value="&amp;Save context on commit"/>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       </component>
       <component id="6010f" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBCheckBox" binding="myAlwaysDisplayTaskCombo">
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="4" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+          <grid row="5" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
         </constraints>
         <properties>
           <text value="Always &amp;display task combo in toolbar"/>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       </component>
       <component id="f47eb" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel">
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="3" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+          <grid row="4" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
         </constraints>
         <properties>
           <labelFor value="c5184"/>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
       </component>
       <component id="c5184" class="javax.swing.JTextField" binding="myConnectionTimeout">
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="3" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="0" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
+          <grid row="4" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="0" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
             <preferred-size width="30" height="-1"/>
           </grid>
         </constraints>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       </component>
       <component id="737ae" class="javax.swing.JLabel">
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="3" column="2" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="4" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+          <grid row="4" column="2" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="4" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
         </constraints>
         <properties>
           <text value="milliseconds"/>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <grid id="fa297" layout-manager="GridLayoutManager" row-count="1" column-count="1" same-size-horizontally="false" same-size-vertically="false" hgap="-1" vgap="-1">
         <margin top="10" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
         <constraints>
-          <grid row="6" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="0" fill="3" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
+          <grid row="7" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="0" fill="3" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
             <preferred-size width="511" height="58"/>
           </grid>
         </constraints>
@@ -192,6 +192,14 @@
         </constraints>
         <properties/>
       </component>
+      <component id="c6d76" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="myLowerCase">
+        <constraints>
+          <grid row="2" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+        </constraints>
+        <properties>
+          <text value="Lo&amp;wercased"/>
+        </properties>
+      </component>
     </children>
   </grid>
 </form>
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskConfigurable.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskConfigurable.java
index 8e9a8c9f50fb..02861097fe83 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskConfigurable.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/config/TaskConfigurable.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public class TaskConfigurable extends BindableConfigurable implements Searchable
 
   @BindControl("branchNameFormat")
   private EditorTextField myBranchNameFormat;
+  private JCheckBox myLowerCase;
 
   private final Project myProject;
   private Configurable[] myConfigurables;
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ public class TaskConfigurable extends BindableConfigurable implements Searchable
     enableCachePanel();
     myAlwaysDisplayTaskCombo.setSelected(TaskSettings.getInstance().ALWAYS_DISPLAY_COMBO);
     myConnectionTimeout.setText(Integer.toString(TaskSettings.getInstance().CONNECTION_TIMEOUT));
+    myLowerCase.setSelected(TaskSettings.getInstance().LOWER_CASE_BRANCH);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ public class TaskConfigurable extends BindableConfigurable implements Searchable
     int oldConnectionTimeout = TaskSettings.getInstance().CONNECTION_TIMEOUT;
     Integer connectionTimeout = Integer.valueOf(myConnectionTimeout.getText());
     TaskSettings.getInstance().CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = connectionTimeout;
+    TaskSettings.getInstance().LOWER_CASE_BRANCH = myLowerCase.isSelected();
 
     if (connectionTimeout != oldConnectionTimeout) {
       for (TaskRepository repository : manager.getAllRepositories()) {
@@ -160,7 +163,8 @@ public class TaskConfigurable extends BindableConfigurable implements Searchable
   public boolean isModified() {
     return super.isModified() ||
            TaskSettings.getInstance().ALWAYS_DISPLAY_COMBO != myAlwaysDisplayTaskCombo.isSelected() ||
-      TaskSettings.getInstance().CONNECTION_TIMEOUT != Integer.valueOf(myConnectionTimeout.getText());
+           TaskSettings.getInstance().CONNECTION_TIMEOUT != Integer.valueOf(myConnectionTimeout.getText()) ||
+           TaskSettings.getInstance().LOWER_CASE_BRANCH != myLowerCase.isSelected();
   }
 
   @Override