diff --git a/spec/keymap-spec.coffee b/spec/keymap-spec.coffee
index b79783322..090da4bc8 100644
--- a/spec/keymap-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/keymap-spec.coffee
@@ -254,6 +254,22 @@ describe "Keymap", ->
         it "favors the more specific complete match", ->
 
   describe ".bindKeys(name, selector, bindings)", ->
+    it "normalizes bindings that use shift with lower case alpha chars", ->
+      fooHandler = jasmine.createSpy('fooHandler')
+      fragment.on 'foo', fooHandler
+      keymap.bindKeys 'name', '*', 'ctrl-shift-l': 'foo'
+      result = keymap.handleKeyEvent(keydownEvent('l', ctrlKey: true, altKey: false, shiftKey: true, target: fragment[0]))
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+      expect(fooHandler).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    it "normalizes bindings that use shift with upper case alpha chars", ->
+      fooHandler = jasmine.createSpy('fooHandler')
+      fragment.on 'foo', fooHandler
+      keymap.bindKeys 'name', '*', 'ctrl-shift-L': 'foo'
+      result = keymap.handleKeyEvent(keydownEvent('l', ctrlKey: true, altKey: false, shiftKey: true, target: fragment[0]))
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+      expect(fooHandler).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
     it "normalizes the key patterns in the hash to put the modifiers in alphabetical order", ->
       fooHandler = jasmine.createSpy('fooHandler')
       fragment.on 'foo', fooHandler
diff --git a/src/key-binding.coffee b/src/key-binding.coffee
index 46b359858..1efaf8578 100644
--- a/src/key-binding.coffee
+++ b/src/key-binding.coffee
@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@ class KeyBinding
       keys = @parseKeystroke(keystroke)
       modifiers = keys[0...-1]
       modifiers.sort()
-      [modifiers..., _.last(keys)].join('-')
+      key = _.last(keys)
+
+      # Uppercase alpha chars if the shift modifer is pressed
+      if 'shift' in modifiers and /^[a-z]$/i.test(key)
+        modifiers = _.without(modifiers, 'shift')
+        key = key.toUpperCase()
+      [modifiers..., key].join('-')
+
     normalizedKeystroke.join(' ')
 
   @parseKeystroke: (keystroke) ->