diff --git a/go/vt/schema/tablegc.go b/go/vt/schema/tablegc.go
index 2f102085f00..bf10b930c86 100644
--- a/go/vt/schema/tablegc.go
+++ b/go/vt/schema/tablegc.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	GCTableNameExpression string = `^_vt_(HOLD|PURGE|EVAC|DROP)_([0-f]{32})_([0-9]{14})$`
+	GCTableNameExpression string = `^_vt_(HOLD|PURGE|EVAC|DROP|hold|purge|evac|drop)_([0-f]{32})_([0-9]{14})$`
 	// NewGCTableNameExpression parses new intrnal table name format, e.g. _vt_hld_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410_
 	NewGCTableNameExpression string = `^_vt_(hld|prg|evc|drp)_([0-f]{32})_([0-9]{14})_$`
 )
@@ -55,14 +55,18 @@ var (
 	gcTableNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(GCTableNameExpression)
 
 	gcStates = map[string]TableGCState{
-		string(HoldTableGCState):  HoldTableGCState,
+		string(HoldTableGCState):                  HoldTableGCState,
+		strings.ToLower(string(HoldTableGCState)): HoldTableGCState,
 		"hld":                     HoldTableGCState,
 		string(PurgeTableGCState): PurgeTableGCState,
-		"prg":                     PurgeTableGCState,
-		string(EvacTableGCState):  EvacTableGCState,
-		"evc":                     EvacTableGCState,
-		string(DropTableGCState):  DropTableGCState,
-		"drp":                     DropTableGCState,
+		strings.ToLower(string(PurgeTableGCState)): PurgeTableGCState,
+		"prg":                    PurgeTableGCState,
+		string(EvacTableGCState): EvacTableGCState,
+		strings.ToLower(string(EvacTableGCState)): EvacTableGCState,
+		"evc":                    EvacTableGCState,
+		string(DropTableGCState): DropTableGCState,
+		strings.ToLower(string(DropTableGCState)): DropTableGCState,
+		"drp": DropTableGCState,
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/go/vt/schema/tablegc_test.go b/go/vt/schema/tablegc_test.go
index fb9795d4978..2096455734e 100644
--- a/go/vt/schema/tablegc_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/schema/tablegc_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func TestIsGCTableName(t *testing.T) {
 			"_vt_DROP_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
 			"_vt_HOLD_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
 			"_vt_drp_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410_",
+			// Test lowercase variants for lower_case_table_names=1 compatibility
+			"_vt_drop_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			"_vt_hold_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			"_vt_purge_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			"_vt_evac_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
 		}
 		for _, tableName := range names {
 			t.Run(tableName, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -166,6 +171,31 @@ func TestAnalyzeGCTableName(t *testing.T) {
 			tableName: "_vt_xyz_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410_",
 			isGC:      false,
 		},
+		// Test lowercase variants for lower_case_table_names=1 compatibility
+		{
+			tableName: "_vt_drop_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			state:     DropTableGCState,
+			t:         baseTime,
+			isGC:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			tableName: "_vt_hold_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			state:     HoldTableGCState,
+			t:         baseTime,
+			isGC:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			tableName: "_vt_purge_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			state:     PurgeTableGCState,
+			t:         baseTime,
+			isGC:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			tableName: "_vt_evac_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			state:     EvacTableGCState,
+			t:         baseTime,
+			isGC:      true,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, ts := range tt {
 		t.Run(ts.tableName, func(t *testing.T) {