diff --git a/spacy/cli/package.py b/spacy/cli/package.py
index 7019819a7..5ffc493c3 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/package.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/package.py
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ def generate_pipeline():
            "parser, ner. For more information, see the docs on processing pipelines.",
            title="Enter your model's pipeline components")
     pipeline = util.get_raw_input("Pipeline components", True)
-    replace = {'True': True, 'False': False}
-    return replace[pipeline] if pipeline in replace else pipeline.split(', ')
+    subs = {'True': True, 'False': False}
+    if pipeline in subs:
+        return subs[pipeline]
+    else:
+        return [p.strip() for p in pipeline.split(',')]
 
 
 def validate_meta(meta, keys):
diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 429d9bae5..911970831 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -181,9 +181,10 @@ def is_package(name):
     name (unicode): Name of package.
     RETURNS (bool): True if installed package, False if not.
     """
+    name = name.lower()  # compare package name against lowercase name
     packages = pkg_resources.working_set.by_key.keys()
     for package in packages:
-        if package.replace('-', '_') == name:
+        if package.lower().replace('-', '_') == name:
             return True
     return False
 
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ def get_package_path(name):
     name (unicode): Package name.
     RETURNS (Path): Path to installed package.
     """
+    name = name.lower()  # use lowercase version to be safe
     # Here we're importing the module just to find it. This is worryingly
     # indirect, but it's otherwise very difficult to find the package.
     pkg = importlib.import_module(name)