diff --git a/format.go b/format.go
index 17061e6..ae984bf 100644
--- a/format.go
+++ b/format.go
@@ -232,3 +232,64 @@ func IsValidUser(name string) bool {
 
 	return true
 }
+
+// ToRFC1459 converts a string to the stripped down conversion within RFC
+// 1459. This will do things like replace an "A" with an "a", "[]" with "{}",
+// and so forth. Useful to compare two nicknames.
+func ToRFC1459(input string) (out string) {
+	for i := 0; i < len(input); i++ {
+		if input[i] >= 65 && input[i] <= 94 {
+			out += string(rune(input[i]) + 32)
+		} else {
+			out += string(input[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
+
+const globChar = "*"
+
+// Glob will test a string pattern, potentially containing globs, against a
+// string. The glob character is *.
+func Glob(input, match string) bool {
+	// Empty pattern.
+	if match == "" {
+		return input == match
+	}
+
+	// If a glob, match all.
+	if match == globChar {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.Split(match, globChar)
+
+	if len(parts) == 1 {
+		// No globs, test for equality.
+		return input == match
+	}
+
+	leadingGlob, trailingGlob := strings.HasPrefix(match, globChar), strings.HasSuffix(match, globChar)
+	last := len(parts) - 1
+
+	// Check prefix first.
+	if !leadingGlob && !strings.HasPrefix(input, parts[0]) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Check middle section.
+	for i := 1; i < last; i++ {
+		if !strings.Contains(input, parts[i]) {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		// Trim already-evaluated text from input during loop over match
+		// text.
+		idx := strings.Index(input, parts[i]) + len(parts[i])
+		input = input[idx:]
+	}
+
+	// Check suffix last.
+	return trailingGlob || strings.HasSuffix(input, parts[last])
+}
diff --git a/format_test.go b/format_test.go
index a8323f3..676e1ca 100644
--- a/format_test.go
+++ b/format_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package girc
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -215,3 +216,144 @@ func TestIsValidUser(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestToRFC1459(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		in   string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"", ""},
+		{"a", "a"},
+		{"abcd", "abcd"},
+		{"AbcD", "abcd"},
+		{"!@#$%^&*()_+-=", "!@#$%~&*()_+-="},
+		{"Abcd[]", "abcd{}"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range cases {
+		if got := ToRFC1459(tt.in); got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("ToRFC1459() = %q, want %q", got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func BenchmarkGlob(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		if !Glob("*quick*fox*dog", "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog") {
+			b.Fatalf("should match")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func testGlobMatch(t *testing.T, subj, pattern string) {
+	if !Glob(subj, pattern) {
+		t.Fatalf("'%s' should match '%s'", pattern, subj)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func testGlobNoMatch(t *testing.T, subj, pattern string) {
+	if Glob(subj, pattern) {
+		t.Fatalf("'%s' should not match '%s'", pattern, subj)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func TestEmptyPattern(t *testing.T) {
+	testGlobMatch(t, "", "")
+	testGlobNoMatch(t, "test", "")
+
+	return
+}
+
+func TestEmptySubject(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []string{
+		"",
+		"*",
+		"**",
+		"***",
+		"****************",
+		strings.Repeat("*", 1000000),
+	}
+
+	for _, pattern := range cases {
+		testGlobMatch(t, "", pattern)
+	}
+
+	cases = []string{
+		// No globs/non-glob characters.
+		"test",
+		"*test*",
+
+		// Trailing characters.
+		"*x",
+		"*****************x",
+		strings.Repeat("*", 1000000) + "x",
+
+		// Leading characters.
+		"x*",
+		"x*****************",
+		"x" + strings.Repeat("*", 1000000),
+
+		// Mixed leading/trailing characters.
+		"x*x",
+		"x****************x",
+		"x" + strings.Repeat("*", 1000000) + "x",
+	}
+
+	for _, pattern := range cases {
+		testGlobNoMatch(t, pattern, "")
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func TestPatternWithoutGlobs(t *testing.T) {
+	testGlobMatch(t, "test", "test")
+
+	return
+}
+
+func TestGlob(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []string{
+		"*test",           // Leading.
+		"this*",           // Trailing.
+		"this*test",       // Middle.
+		"*is *",           // String in between two.
+		"*is*a*",          // Lots.
+		"**test**",        // Double glob characters.
+		"**is**a***test*", // Varying number.
+		"* *",             // White space between.
+		"*",               // Lone.
+		"**********",      // Nothing but globs.
+		"*Ѿ*",             // Unicode.
+		"*is a ϗѾ *",      // Mixed ASCII/unicode.
+	}
+
+	for _, pattern := range cases {
+		testGlobMatch(t, "this is a ϗѾ test", pattern)
+	}
+
+	cases = []string{
+		"test*", // Implicit substring match.
+		"*is",   // Partial match.
+		"*no*",  // Globs without a match between them.
+		" ",     // Plain white space.
+		"* ",    // Trailing white space.
+		" *",    // Leading white space.
+		"*ʤ*",   // Non-matching unicode.
+	}
+
+	// Non-matches
+	for _, pattern := range cases {
+		testGlobNoMatch(t, "this is a test", pattern)
+	}
+
+	return
+}