diff --git a/src/org/labkey/test/BaseWebDriverTest.java b/src/org/labkey/test/BaseWebDriverTest.java
index 0d5214b414..cec151afd0 100644
--- a/src/org/labkey/test/BaseWebDriverTest.java
+++ b/src/org/labkey/test/BaseWebDriverTest.java
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ public void setPipelineRoot(String rootPath, boolean inherit)
         {
             _setPipelineRoot(rootPath, inherit);
 
-            waitForElement(Locators.labkeyMessage.withText("The pipeline root was set to '" + Paths.get(rootPath).normalize() + "'"));
+            waitForElement(Locators.labkeyMessage.withTextIgnoreCase("The pipeline root was set to '" + Paths.get(rootPath).normalize() + "'"));
 
             getArtifactCollector().addArtifactLocation(new File(rootPath));
 
diff --git a/src/org/labkey/test/Locator.java b/src/org/labkey/test/Locator.java
index 8bcf8b532a..8acc80db17 100644
--- a/src/org/labkey/test/Locator.java
+++ b/src/org/labkey/test/Locator.java
@@ -1247,6 +1247,11 @@ public XPathLocator withText(String text)
             return this.withPredicate("normalize-space()="+xq(ns(text)));
         }
 
+        public XPathLocator withTextIgnoreCase(String text)
+        {
+            return this.withPredicate(toLowerCase("normalize-space()", text) + "= "+xq(ns(text.toLowerCase())));
+        }
+
         public XPathLocator withText()
         {
             return this.withPredicate("string-length() > 0");