diff --git a/grub-core/disk/cryptodisk.c b/grub-core/disk/cryptodisk.c
index e89430812..a4cd8445f 100644
--- a/grub-core/disk/cryptodisk.c
+++ b/grub-core/disk/cryptodisk.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ grub_cryptodisk_open (const char *name, grub_disk_t disk)
   if (grub_memcmp (name, "cryptouuid/", sizeof ("cryptouuid/") - 1) == 0)
     {
       for (dev = cryptodisk_list; dev != NULL; dev = dev->next)
-	if (grub_strcasecmp (name + sizeof ("cryptouuid/") - 1, dev->uuid) == 0)
+	if (grub_uuidcasecmp (name + sizeof ("cryptouuid/") - 1, dev->uuid, sizeof (dev->uuid)) == 0)
 	  break;
     }
   else
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ grub_cryptodisk_get_by_uuid (const char *uuid)
 {
   grub_cryptodisk_t dev;
   for (dev = cryptodisk_list; dev != NULL; dev = dev->next)
-    if (grub_strcasecmp (dev->uuid, uuid) == 0)
+    if (grub_uuidcasecmp (dev->uuid, uuid, sizeof (dev->uuid)) == 0)
       return dev;
   return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/grub-core/disk/geli.c b/grub-core/disk/geli.c
index e190066f9..722910d64 100644
--- a/grub-core/disk/geli.c
+++ b/grub-core/disk/geli.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ geli_scan (grub_disk_t disk, grub_cryptomount_args_t cargs)
       return NULL;
     }
 
-  if (cargs->search_uuid != NULL && grub_strcasecmp (cargs->search_uuid, uuid) != 0)
+  if (cargs->search_uuid != NULL && grub_uuidcasecmp (cargs->search_uuid, uuid, sizeof (uuid)) != 0)
     {
       grub_dprintf ("geli", "%s != %s\n", uuid, cargs->search_uuid);
       return NULL;
diff --git a/grub-core/disk/luks.c b/grub-core/disk/luks.c
index 7f837d52c..9e1e6a5d9 100644
--- a/grub-core/disk/luks.c
+++ b/grub-core/disk/luks.c
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ static grub_cryptodisk_t
 luks_scan (grub_disk_t disk, grub_cryptomount_args_t cargs)
 {
   grub_cryptodisk_t newdev;
-  const char *iptr;
   struct grub_luks_phdr header;
-  char *optr;
-  char uuid[sizeof (header.uuid) + 1];
   char ciphername[sizeof (header.cipherName) + 1];
   char ciphermode[sizeof (header.cipherMode) + 1];
   char hashspec[sizeof (header.hashSpec) + 1];
@@ -92,19 +89,9 @@ luks_scan (grub_disk_t disk, grub_cryptomount_args_t cargs)
       || grub_be_to_cpu16 (header.version) != 1)
     return NULL;
 
-  grub_memset (uuid, 0, sizeof (uuid));
-  optr = uuid;
-  for (iptr = header.uuid; iptr < &header.uuid[ARRAY_SIZE (header.uuid)];
-       iptr++)
+  if (cargs->search_uuid != NULL && grub_uuidcasecmp (cargs->search_uuid, header.uuid, sizeof (header.uuid)) != 0)
     {
-      if (*iptr != '-')
-	*optr++ = *iptr;
-    }
-  *optr = 0;
-
-  if (cargs->search_uuid != NULL && grub_strcasecmp (cargs->search_uuid, uuid) != 0)
-    {
-      grub_dprintf ("luks", "%s != %s\n", uuid, cargs->search_uuid);
+      grub_dprintf ("luks", "%s != %s\n", header.uuid, cargs->search_uuid);
       return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -123,7 +110,7 @@ luks_scan (grub_disk_t disk, grub_cryptomount_args_t cargs)
   newdev->source_disk = NULL;
   newdev->log_sector_size = GRUB_LUKS1_LOG_SECTOR_SIZE;
   newdev->total_sectors = grub_disk_native_sectors (disk) - newdev->offset_sectors;
-  grub_memcpy (newdev->uuid, uuid, sizeof (uuid));
+  grub_memcpy (newdev->uuid, header.uuid, sizeof (header.uuid));
   newdev->modname = "luks";
 
   /* Configure the hash used for the AF splitter and HMAC.  */
@@ -143,7 +130,7 @@ luks_scan (grub_disk_t disk, grub_cryptomount_args_t cargs)
       return NULL;
     }
 
-  COMPILE_TIME_ASSERT (sizeof (newdev->uuid) >= sizeof (uuid));
+  COMPILE_TIME_ASSERT (sizeof (newdev->uuid) >= sizeof (header.uuid));
   return newdev;
 }
 
diff --git a/grub-core/disk/luks2.c b/grub-core/disk/luks2.c
index e4bef3d0e..d5106402f 100644
--- a/grub-core/disk/luks2.c
+++ b/grub-core/disk/luks2.c
@@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ luks2_scan (grub_disk_t disk, grub_cryptomount_args_t cargs)
 {
   grub_cryptodisk_t cryptodisk;
   grub_luks2_header_t header;
-  char uuid[sizeof (header.uuid) + 1];
-  grub_size_t i, j;
 
   if (cargs->check_boot)
     return NULL;
@@ -362,14 +360,9 @@ luks2_scan (grub_disk_t disk, grub_cryptomount_args_t cargs)
       return NULL;
     }
 
-  for (i = 0, j = 0; i < sizeof (header.uuid); i++)
-    if (header.uuid[i] != '-')
-      uuid[j++] = header.uuid[i];
-  uuid[j] = '\0';
-
-  if (cargs->search_uuid != NULL && grub_strcasecmp (cargs->search_uuid, uuid) != 0)
+  if (cargs->search_uuid != NULL && grub_uuidcasecmp (cargs->search_uuid, header.uuid, sizeof (header.uuid)) != 0)
     {
-      grub_dprintf ("luks2", "%s != %s\n", uuid, cargs->search_uuid);
+      grub_dprintf ("luks2", "%s != %s\n", header.uuid, cargs->search_uuid);
       return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -377,8 +370,8 @@ luks2_scan (grub_disk_t disk, grub_cryptomount_args_t cargs)
   if (!cryptodisk)
     return NULL;
 
-  COMPILE_TIME_ASSERT (sizeof (cryptodisk->uuid) >= sizeof (uuid));
-  grub_memcpy (cryptodisk->uuid, uuid, sizeof (uuid));
+  COMPILE_TIME_ASSERT (sizeof (cryptodisk->uuid) >= sizeof (header.uuid));
+  grub_memcpy (cryptodisk->uuid, header.uuid, sizeof (header.uuid));
 
   cryptodisk->modname = "luks2";
   return cryptodisk;
diff --git a/include/grub/misc.h b/include/grub/misc.h
index 7489685d0..892ac6a42 100644
--- a/include/grub/misc.h
+++ b/include/grub/misc.h
@@ -244,6 +244,36 @@ grub_strncasecmp (const char *s1, const char *s2, grub_size_t n)
     - (int) grub_tolower ((grub_uint8_t) *s2);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Do a case insensitive compare of two UUID strings by ignoring all dashes.
+ * Note that the parameter n, is the number of significant characters to
+ * compare, where significant characters are any except the dash.
+ */
+static inline int
+grub_uuidcasecmp (const char *uuid1, const char *uuid2, grub_size_t n)
+{
+  if (n == 0)
+    return 0;
+
+  while (*uuid1 && *uuid2 && --n)
+    {
+      /* Skip forward to non-dash on both UUIDs. */
+      while ('-' == *uuid1)
+        ++uuid1;
+
+      while ('-' == *uuid2)
+        ++uuid2;
+
+      if (grub_tolower ((grub_uint8_t) *uuid1) != grub_tolower ((grub_uint8_t) *uuid2))
+	break;
+
+      uuid1++;
+      uuid2++;
+    }
+
+  return (int) grub_tolower ((grub_uint8_t) *uuid1) - (int) grub_tolower ((grub_uint8_t) *uuid2);
+}
+
 /*
  * Note that these differ from the C standard's definitions of strtol,
  * strtoul(), and strtoull() by the addition of two const qualifiers on the end