diff --git a/samples/Makefile.eeglobal_sample b/samples/Makefile.eeglobal_sample
index 05babd11031..c4b5ffd9835 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile.eeglobal_sample
+++ b/samples/Makefile.eeglobal_sample
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ ifeq (_$(IOPRP_CONTENTS)_,__)
 	$(error Cannot generate IOPRP if 'IOPRP_CONTENTS' variable is empty)
 else
 	$(DIR_GUARD)
-	romimg -c $@ $<
+	romimg -C $@ $<
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/romimg/src/main.c b/tools/romimg/src/main.c
index 9a706ee3a3b..ef724899d6a 100644
--- a/tools/romimg/src/main.c
+++ b/tools/romimg/src/main.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "romimg.h"
 
@@ -34,13 +35,15 @@ static void DisplayROMImgDetails(const ROMIMG *ROMImg)
 
 static void DisplaySyntaxHelp(void)
 {
-    printf(REDBOLD"Syntax error"DEFCOL". Syntax:\n"
-           "ROMIMG -c <ROM image> <files>\n\tCreate ROM image\n"
+    printf("Syntax:\n"
+           "ROMIMG -c <ROM image> <files>\n\tCreate ROM image *\n"
            "ROMIMG -l <ROM image>\n\tList files in ROM image\n"
-           "ROMIMG -a <ROM image> <file(s)>\n\tAdd file(s) to ROM image\n"
+           "ROMIMG -a <ROM image> <file(s)>\n\tAdd file(s) to ROM image *\n"
            "ROMIMG -d <ROM image> <file(s)>\n\tDelete file(s) from ROM image\n"
            "ROMIMG -x <ROM image>\n\tExtract all files from ROM image\n"
-           "ROMIMG -x <ROM image> <file>\n\tExtract file from ROM image\n");
+           "ROMIMG -x <ROM image> <file>\n\tExtract file from ROM image\n"
+           "\n note*: write the switch in uppercase to perform filename transformation (eg: 'ioman.irx' > 'IOMAN')\n"
+           );
 }
 
 static void DisplayAddDeleteOperationResult(int result, const char *InvolvedFile)
@@ -80,31 +83,30 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (argc < 2) {
         DisplaySyntaxHelp();
-        DPRINTF("ERROR: LESS THAN TWO ARGS PROVIDED\n");
         return EINVAL;
     }
 
-    if (argc >= 4 && strcmp(argv[1], "-c") == 0) {
+    if (argc >= 4 && strcasecmp(argv[1], "-c") == 0) {
         if ((result = CreateBlankROMImg(argv[2], &ROMImg)) == 0) {
             for (FilesAffected = 0, i = 0; i < argc - 3; i++) {
                 printf("Adding file '%s'", argv[3 + i]);
-                if ((result = AddFile(&ROMImg, argv[3 + i])) == 0)
+                if ((result = AddFile(&ROMImg, argv[3 + i], isupper(argv[1][1]))) == 0)
                     FilesAffected++;
                 printf(result == 0 ? GRNBOLD" done!"DEFCOL"\n" : REDBOLD" failed!"DEFCOL"\n");
             }
 
             if (FilesAffected > 0) {
-                printf("Writing image...");
+                printf("Writing image... ");
                 printf("%s", (result = WriteROMImg(argv[2], &ROMImg)) == 0 ? GRNBOLD"done!"DEFCOL"\n" : REDBOLD"failed!"DEFCOL"\n");
             }
             UnloadROMImg(&ROMImg);
         } else
             ERROR("(Internal fault) Can't create blank image file: %d (%s). Please report.\n", result, strerror(result));
-    } else if (argc >= 4 && strcmp(argv[1], "-a") == 0) {
+    } else if (argc >= 4 && strcasecmp(argv[1], "-a") == 0) {
         if ((result = LoadROMImg(&ROMImg, argv[2])) == 0) {
             for (i = 0, FilesAffected = 0; i < argc - 3; i++) {
                 printf("Adding file '%s'", argv[3 + i]);
-                if ((result = AddFile(&ROMImg, argv[3 + i])) == 0)
+                if ((result = AddFile(&ROMImg, argv[3 + i], isupper(argv[1][1]))) == 0)
                     FilesAffected++;
                 DisplayAddDeleteOperationResult(result, argv[3 + i]);
             }
diff --git a/tools/romimg/src/platform.c b/tools/romimg/src/platform.c
index 965c38f680f..14e4a6c6c16 100644
--- a/tools/romimg/src/platform.c
+++ b/tools/romimg/src/platform.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include "dprintf.h"
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -114,3 +115,12 @@ int GetCurrentWorkingDirectory(char *buffer, unsigned int BufferSize)
 		return EIO;
 #endif
 }
+
+void upperbuff(char *temp)
+{
+    char *s = temp;
+    while (*s) {
+        *s = toupper((unsigned char) *s);
+        s++;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/romimg/src/platform.h b/tools/romimg/src/platform.h
index 8189da9a552..0eba7357d90 100644
--- a/tools/romimg/src/platform.h
+++ b/tools/romimg/src/platform.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ int GetLocalhostName(char *buffer, unsigned int BufferSize);
 unsigned int GetSystemDate(void);
 unsigned int GetFileCreationDate(const char *path);
 int GetCurrentWorkingDirectory(char *buffer, unsigned int BufferSize);
+void upperbuff(char *temp);
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
 #define PATHSEP '\\'
diff --git a/tools/romimg/src/romimg.c b/tools/romimg/src/romimg.c
index f917e659ef4..04c060f7df1 100644
--- a/tools/romimg/src/romimg.c
+++ b/tools/romimg/src/romimg.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int CreateBlankROMImg(const char *filename, ROMIMG *ROMImg)
 	GetCurrentWorkingDirectory(cwd, sizeof(cwd));
 	/* Comment format: YYYYMMDD-XXXYYY,conffile,<filename>,<user>@<localhost>/<image path> */
 	CommentLength = IMAGE_COMMENT_BASESIZE + strlen(filename) + sizeof(LocalhostName) + sizeof(UserName) + MAX_PATH;
-	ROMImg->comment = (char *)calloc(0, CommentLength+1);
+	ROMImg->comment = (char *)malloc( CommentLength+1);
     if (!ROMImg->comment) return ENOMEM;
 	snprintf(ROMImg->comment, CommentLength, "%08x,conffile,%s,%s@%s/%s", ROMImg->date, filename, BUFCHK(UserName), BUFCHK(LocalhostName), cwd);
 
@@ -453,8 +453,9 @@ static int AddExtInfoStat(struct FileEntry *file, unsigned char type, void *data
 	return result;
 }
 
-int AddFile(ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *path)
+int AddFile(ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *path, int upperconv)
 {
+    char tbuf[10] = "\0"; // we dont need a large buf, this is for filling in the filename on ROMFS
 	FILE *InputFile;
 	int result;
 	unsigned int FileDateStamp;
@@ -462,6 +463,16 @@ int AddFile(ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *path)
 	if ((InputFile = fopen(path, "rb")) != NULL) {
 		const char* fname = strrchr(path, PATHSEP);
 		if (fname == NULL) fname = path; else fname++;
+        if (upperconv) {
+            strncpy(tbuf, fname, sizeof(tbuf));
+            tbuf[sizeof(tbuf) - 1] = '\0';
+            if (tbuf[0] != '\0') {
+                upperbuff(tbuf);
+                fname = tbuf;
+                char* T = strrchr(fname, '.');
+                if (T != NULL) *T = '\0'; //null terminate extension
+            }
+        }
 		int size;
 		fseek(InputFile, 0, SEEK_END);
 		size = ftell(InputFile);
@@ -477,7 +488,7 @@ int AddFile(ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *path)
 					file = &ROMImg->files[ROMImg->NumFiles - 1];
 					memset(&ROMImg->files[ROMImg->NumFiles - 1], 0, sizeof(struct FileEntry));
 
-					strncpy(file->RomDir.name, fname, sizeof(file->RomDir.name) - 1);
+					strncpy(file->RomDir.name, fname, sizeof(file->RomDir.name));
                     file->RomDir.name[sizeof(file->RomDir.name) - 1] = '\0';
 					file->RomDir.ExtInfoEntrySize = 0;
 
diff --git a/tools/romimg/src/romimg.h b/tools/romimg/src/romimg.h
index ad6f872e7c6..ecbabb3ec8f 100644
--- a/tools/romimg/src/romimg.h
+++ b/tools/romimg/src/romimg.h
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ int CreateBlankROMImg(const char *filename, ROMIMG *ROMImg);
 int WriteROMImg(const char *file, const ROMIMG *ROMImg);
 int LoadROMImg(ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *path);
 void UnloadROMImg(ROMIMG *ROMImg);
-int AddFile(ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *path);
+int AddFile(ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *path, int upperconv);
 int DeleteFile(ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *filename);
 int ExtractFile(const ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *filename, const char *FileToExtract);
 int IsFileExists(const ROMIMG *ROMImg, const char *filename);
 
-#endif /* __ROMING_H__ */
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif /* __ROMING_H__ */