diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create.go
index 31564aae8..4e787cd23 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create.go
@@ -231,6 +231,27 @@ func (o *CreateOptions) validateFromScheduleFlag(c *cobra.Command) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+// validateBackupType check the backupType value and return the valid value.
+func (o *CreateOptions) validateBackupType() error {
+	// Allow full, and incremental from the CLI, and ignore case of the input string's case.
+	backupType := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(o.BackupType))
+
+	switch backupType {
+	case "":
+	case "incremental":
+		o.BackupType = string(velerov1api.BackupTypeIncremental)
+	case "full":
+		o.BackupType = string(velerov1api.BackupTypeFull)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid backup type %s - valid values are 'Incremental', and 'Full'", backupType)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+>>>>>>> 40de7f9f9 (Make backupType case insensitive in the CLI. (#10189))
 func (o *CreateOptions) Complete(args []string, f client.Factory) error {
 	// If an explicit name is specified, use that name
 	if len(args) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create_test.go
index c8fd15baa..0cbefab99 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/backup/create_test.go
@@ -122,6 +122,49 @@ func TestCreateOptions_ValidateFromScheduleFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+func TestCreateOptions_ValidateBackupType(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("valid backup types", func(t *testing.T) {
+		o := NewCreateOptions()
+
+		o.BackupType = ""
+		err := o.validateBackupType()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Empty(t, o.BackupType)
+
+		o.BackupType = "Incremental"
+		err = o.validateBackupType()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.EqualValues(t, velerov1api.BackupTypeIncremental, o.BackupType)
+
+		o.BackupType = "Full"
+		err = o.validateBackupType()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.EqualValues(t, velerov1api.BackupTypeFull, o.BackupType)
+
+		o.BackupType = " Incremental "
+		err = o.validateBackupType()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.EqualValues(t, velerov1api.BackupTypeIncremental, o.BackupType)
+
+		o.BackupType = "iNcReMeNtAl"
+		err = o.validateBackupType()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.EqualValues(t, velerov1api.BackupTypeIncremental, o.BackupType)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid backup type", func(t *testing.T) {
+		o := NewCreateOptions()
+
+		o.BackupType = "invalid"
+		err := o.validateBackupType()
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, "invalid backup type invalid - valid values are 'Incremental', and 'Full'", err.Error())
+	})
+}
+
+>>>>>>> 40de7f9f9 (Make backupType case insensitive in the CLI. (#10189))
 func TestCreateOptions_BuildBackupFromSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 	o := NewCreateOptions()
 	o.FromSchedule = "test"