2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ui/app/components/app/send/send-footer/send-footer.container.js b/ui/app/components/app/send/send-footer/send-footer.container.js
index 502159a81..ea3fd7ee4 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/app/send/send-footer/send-footer.container.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/app/send/send-footer/send-footer.container.js
@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ function mapDispatchToProps (dispatch) {
 
       return dispatch(updateTransaction(editingTx))
     },
+
     addToAddressBookIfNew: (newAddress, toAccounts, nickname = '') => {
       const hexPrefixedAddress = ethUtil.addHexPrefix(newAddress)
-      if (addressIsNew(toAccounts)) {
+      if (addressIsNew(toAccounts, hexPrefixedAddress)) {
         // TODO: nickname, i.e. addToAddressBook(recipient, nickname)
         dispatch(addToAddressBook(hexPrefixedAddress, nickname))
       }
diff --git a/ui/app/components/app/send/send-footer/send-footer.utils.js b/ui/app/components/app/send/send-footer/send-footer.utils.js
index f82ff1e9b..abb2ebc77 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/app/send/send-footer/send-footer.utils.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/app/send/send-footer/send-footer.utils.js
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ function constructUpdatedTx ({
 }
 
 function addressIsNew (toAccounts, newAddress) {
-  return !toAccounts.find(({ address }) => newAddress === address)
+  const newAddressNormalized = newAddress.toLowerCase()
+  const foundMatching = toAccounts.some(({ address }) => address === newAddressNormalized)
+  return !foundMatching
 }
 
 module.exports = {