diff --git a/api/filtering/db_custom_filters.py b/api/filtering/db_custom_filters.py
index 5affff2ace..25ca0f4231 100644
--- a/api/filtering/db_custom_filters.py
+++ b/api/filtering/db_custom_filters.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from sqlalchemy import Integer
 from sqlalchemy import and_
+from sqlalchemy import func
 from sqlalchemy import or_
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import ColumnElement
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import ColumnOperators
@@ -116,8 +117,13 @@ def separate_operating_system_filters(filter_param) -> list[OsComparison]:
         return [OsComparison(comparator=filter_param)]
 
     # filter_param is a dict
-    for os_name in filter_param.keys(): # this doesn't account for "os_name" instead of os names
-        if os_name not in (os_names := _get_valid_os_names()):
+    for os_name in filter_param.keys():
+        if os_name == "name":
+            ((comparator, real_os_name),) = filter_param["name"].items()
+            # remember to raise validation exception if name is wrong
+            return [OsComparison(real_os_name, comparator, None)]
+
+        elif os_name not in (os_names := _get_valid_os_names()):
             raise ValidationException(f"operating_system filter only supports these OS names: {os_names}.")
 
         if not isinstance(version_node := filter_param[os_name]["version"], dict):
@@ -149,16 +155,6 @@ def build_operating_system_filter(filter_param: dict) -> tuple:
     os_range_filter_list = []  # Contains the OS filters that use range operations
     os_field = Host.system_profile_facts["operating_system"]
 
-    # if isinstance(filter_param["operating_system"], dict) and "name" in filter_param["operating_system"].keys():
-    #     for os in filter_param["operating_system"]["name"].values():
-    #         print(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> found name", os_field["name"].astext == os)
-    #         # os_filter_list.append(and_([os_field["name"].astext == os]))
-
-    #     return os_filter_list
-
-    if "name" in filter_param.keys():
-        os_filter_list.append()
-
     separated_filters = separate_operating_system_filters(filter_param["operating_system"])
 
     for comparison in separated_filters:
@@ -168,13 +164,14 @@ def build_operating_system_filter(filter_param: dict) -> tuple:
             # Uses the comparator with None, resulting in either is_(None) or is_not(None)
             os_filter_list.append(os_field.astext.operate(comparator, None))
 
-        elif comparison.comparator == "eq":
-            print("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``", os_field["name"].astext == comparison.name)
+        elif comparison.comparator in ["eq", "neq"]:
             os_filters = [
-                os_field["name"].astext == comparison.name,
-                os_field["major"].astext.cast(Integer) == comparison.major,
+                func.lower(os_field["name"].astext).operate(comparator, comparison.name.lower()),
             ]
 
+            if comparison.major is not None:
+                os_filters.append(os_field["major"].astext.cast(Integer) == comparison.major)
+
             if comparison.minor:
                 os_filters.append(os_field["minor"].astext.cast(Integer) == comparison.minor)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_api_hosts_get.py b/tests/test_api_hosts_get.py
index 0052d8ddfd..13581deeb0 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_hosts_get.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_hosts_get.py
@@ -1396,14 +1396,17 @@ def test_query_all_sp_filters_operating_system(db_create_host, api_get, sp_filte
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "sp_filter_param",
+    "sp_filter_param,match",
     (
-        "[name][eq]=CentOS",
-        "[name][eq]=centos",
-        "[name][eq]=CENTOS",
+        ("[name][eq]=CentOS", True),
+        ("[name][eq]=centos", True),
+        ("[name][eq]=CENTOS", True),
+        ("[name][eq]=centos&filter[system_profile][operating_system][RHEL][version][eq][]=8", True),
+        ("[name][neq]=CENTOS", False),
+        ("[name][neq]=CentOS", False),
     ),
 )
-def test_query_sp_filters_operating_system_name(db_create_host, api_get, sp_filter_param):
+def test_query_sp_filters_operating_system_name(db_create_host, api_get, sp_filter_param, match):
     # Create host with this OS
     match_sp_data = {
         "system_profile_facts": {
@@ -1437,8 +1440,13 @@ def test_query_sp_filters_operating_system_name(db_create_host, api_get, sp_filt
 
     # Assert that only the matching host is returned
     response_ids = [result["id"] for result in response_data["results"]]
-    assert match_host_id in response_ids
-    assert nomatch_host_id not in response_ids
+
+    if match:
+        assert match_host_id in response_ids
+        assert nomatch_host_id not in response_ids
+    else:
+        assert nomatch_host_id in response_ids
+        assert match_host_id not in response_ids
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(