diff --git a/manual/template_lang.rst b/manual/template_lang.rst
index 36fc4e8f9f..ddf219e99b 100644
--- a/manual/template_lang.rst
+++ b/manual/template_lang.rst
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ In `GPM` the functions described in `Single Function Mode` all require an additi
 * ``strcat(a [, b]*)`` -- can take any number of arguments. Returns a string formed by concatenating all the arguments.
 * ``strcat_max(max, string1 [, prefix2, string2]*)`` -- Returns a string formed by concatenating the arguments. The returned value is initialized to ``string1``. Strings made from ``prefix, string`` pairs are added to the end of the value as long as the resulting string length is less than ``max``. Prefixes can be empty. Returns ``string1`` even if ``string1`` is longer than ``max``. You can pass as many ``prefix, string`` pairs as you wish.
 * ``strcmp(x, y, lt, eq, gt)`` -- does a case-insensitive lexical comparison of ``x`` and ``y``. Returns ``lt`` if ``x < y``, ``eq`` if ``x == y``, otherwise ``gt``. This function can often be replaced by one of the lexical comparison operators (``==``, ``>``, ``<``, etc.)
+* ``strcmpcase(x, y, lt, eq, gt)`` -- does a case-sensitive lexical comparison of ``x`` and ``y``. Returns ``lt`` if ``x < y``, ``eq`` if ``x == y``, otherwise ``gt``.
+
+  Note: This is NOT the default behavior used by calibre, for example, in the lexical comparison operators (``==``, ``>``, ``<``, etc.). This function could cause unexpected results, preferably use ``strcmp()`` whenever possible.
+
 * ``strlen(value)`` -- Returns the length of the string ``value``.
 * ``substr(str, start, end)`` -- returns the ``start``'th through the ``end``'th characters of ``str``. The first character in ``str`` is the zero'th character. If ``end`` is negative, then it indicates that many characters counting from the right. If ``end`` is zero, then it indicates the last character. For example, ``substr('12345', 1, 0)`` returns ``'2345'``, and ``substr('12345', 1, -1)`` returns ``'234'``.
 * ``subtract(x, y)`` -- returns ``x - y``. Throws an exception if either ``x`` or ``y`` are not numbers. This function can usually be replaced by the ``-`` operator.
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/formatter_functions.py b/src/calibre/utils/formatter_functions.py
index 0c0efab5f8..977383fdc6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/formatter_functions.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/formatter_functions.py
@@ -197,6 +197,27 @@ class BuiltinStrcmp(BuiltinFormatterFunction):
         return gt
 
 
+class BuiltinStrcmpcase(BuiltinFormatterFunction):
+    name = 'strcmpcase'
+    arg_count = 5
+    category = 'Relational'
+    __doc__ = doc = _('strcmpcase(x, y, lt, eq, gt) -- does a case-sensitive comparison of x '
+            'and y as strings. Returns lt if x < y. Returns eq if x == y. '
+            'Otherwise returns gt.\n'
+            'Note: This is NOT the default behavior used by calibre, for example, in the '
+            'lexical comparison operators (==, >, <, etc.). This function could '
+            'cause unexpected results, preferably use strcmp() whenever possible.')
+
+    def evaluate(self, formatter, kwargs, mi, locals, x, y, lt, eq, gt):
+        from calibre.utils.icu import case_sensitive_strcmp as case_strcmp
+        v = case_strcmp(x, y)
+        if v < 0:
+            return lt
+        if v == 0:
+            return eq
+        return gt
+
+
 class BuiltinCmp(BuiltinFormatterFunction):
     name = 'cmp'
     category = 'Relational'
@@ -2325,7 +2346,7 @@ _formatter_builtins = [
     BuiltinRawField(), BuiltinRawList(),
     BuiltinRe(), BuiltinReGroup(), BuiltinRound(), BuiltinSelect(), BuiltinSeriesSort(),
     BuiltinSetGlobals(), BuiltinShorten(), BuiltinStrcat(), BuiltinStrcatMax(),
-    BuiltinStrcmp(), BuiltinStrInList(), BuiltinStrlen(), BuiltinSubitems(),
+    BuiltinStrcmp(), BuiltinStrcmpcase(), BuiltinStrInList(), BuiltinStrlen(), BuiltinSubitems(),
     BuiltinSublist(),BuiltinSubstr(), BuiltinSubtract(), BuiltinSwapAroundArticles(),
     BuiltinSwapAroundComma(), BuiltinSwitch(),
     BuiltinTemplate(), BuiltinTest(), BuiltinTitlecase(),