diff --git a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
index 5ced6da20b6..40fd36d3c39 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
@@ -994,15 +994,15 @@ createdb(ParseState *pstate, const CreatedbStmt *stmt)
 		char	   *strategy;
 
 		strategy = defGetString(dstrategy);
-		if (strcmp(strategy, "wal_log") == 0)
+		if (pg_strcasecmp(strategy, "wal_log") == 0)
 			dbstrategy = CREATEDB_WAL_LOG;
-		else if (strcmp(strategy, "file_copy") == 0)
+		else if (pg_strcasecmp(strategy, "file_copy") == 0)
 			dbstrategy = CREATEDB_FILE_COPY;
 		else
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
 					 errmsg("invalid create database strategy \"%s\"", strategy),
-					 errhint("Valid strategies are \"wal_log\", and \"file_copy\".")));
+					 errhint("Valid strategies are \"wal_log\" and \"file_copy\".")));
 	}
 
 	/* If encoding or locales are defaulted, use source's setting */
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/createdb.c b/src/bin/scripts/createdb.c
index a1482df3d98..cbeef4f54f0 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/createdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/createdb.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		appendStringLiteralConn(&sql, lc_ctype, conn);
 	}
 	if (locale_provider)
-		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " LOCALE_PROVIDER %s", locale_provider);
+		appendPQExpBuffer(&sql, " LOCALE_PROVIDER %s", fmtId(locale_provider));
 	if (icu_locale)
 	{
 		appendPQExpBufferStr(&sql, " ICU_LOCALE ");
diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl b/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl
index 2e712f4fe92..20984d761bb 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/t/020_createdb.pl
@@ -153,9 +153,19 @@ $node->issues_sql_like(
 	qr/statement: CREATE DATABASE foobar6 STRATEGY wal_log TEMPLATE foobar2/,
 	'create database with WAL_LOG strategy');
 
+$node->issues_sql_like(
+	[ 'createdb', '-T', 'foobar2', '-S', 'WAL_LOG', 'foobar6s' ],
+	qr/statement: CREATE DATABASE foobar6s STRATEGY "WAL_LOG" TEMPLATE foobar2/,
+	'create database with WAL_LOG strategy');
+
 $node->issues_sql_like(
 	[ 'createdb', '-T', 'foobar2', '-S', 'file_copy', 'foobar7' ],
 	qr/statement: CREATE DATABASE foobar7 STRATEGY file_copy TEMPLATE foobar2/,
 	'create database with FILE_COPY strategy');
 
+$node->issues_sql_like(
+	[ 'createdb', '-T', 'foobar2', '-S', 'FILE_COPY', 'foobar7s' ],
+	qr/statement: CREATE DATABASE foobar7s STRATEGY "FILE_COPY" TEMPLATE foobar2/,
+	'create database with FILE_COPY strategy');
+
 done_testing();