diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraAdminTemplate.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraAdminTemplate.java
index d1bbb4a6a..d89b0e4fd 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraAdminTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraAdminTemplate.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.mapping.CassandraPersistentEntity
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core.KeyspaceMetadata;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Metadata;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
 import com.datastax.driver.core.TableMetadata;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import com.datastax.driver.core.TableMetadata;
  * @author Fabio J. Mendes
  * @author John Blum
  * @author Vagif Zeynalov
+ * @author Samuel Padou
  */
 public class CassandraAdminTemplate extends CassandraTemplate implements CassandraAdminOperations {
 
@@ -144,10 +146,11 @@ public class CassandraAdminTemplate extends CassandraTemplate implements Cassand
 		// noinspection ConstantConditions
 		return getCqlOperations().execute((SessionCallback<KeyspaceMetadata>) session -> {
 
-			KeyspaceMetadata keyspaceMetadata = session.getCluster().getMetadata().getKeyspace(session.getLoggedKeyspace());
+			String keyspace = Metadata.quoteIfNecessary(session.getLoggedKeyspace());
+			KeyspaceMetadata keyspaceMetadata = session.getCluster().getMetadata().getKeyspace(keyspace);
 
 			Assert.state(keyspaceMetadata != null,
-					String.format("Metadata for keyspace [%s] not available", session.getLoggedKeyspace()));
+					String.format("Metadata for keyspace [%s] not available", keyspace));
 
 			return keyspaceMetadata;
 		});
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraAdminTemplateIntegrationTests.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraAdminTemplateIntegrationTests.java
index b82ba2117..28e546c3c 100755
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraAdminTemplateIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/CassandraAdminTemplateIntegrationTests.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.datastax.driver.core.TableMetadata;
  * Integration tests for {@link CassandraAdminTemplate}.
  *
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Samuel Padou
  */
 public class CassandraAdminTemplateIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCreatingIntegrationTest {
 
@@ -85,4 +86,20 @@ public class CassandraAdminTemplateIntegrationTests extends AbstractKeyspaceCrea
 
 		assertThat(getKeyspaceMetadata().getTables()).hasSize(0);
 	}
+
+	@Test // DATACASS-720
+	public void testCaseSensitiveKeyspaceMetadata() {
+
+		String quotedCaseSensitiveKeyspace = "\"CaseSensitive\"";
+
+		session.execute(String.format("DROP KEYSPACE IF EXISTS %s;", quotedCaseSensitiveKeyspace));
+		session.execute(String.format(
+				"CREATE KEYSPACE %s WITH durable_writes = false AND replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 1};",
+				quotedCaseSensitiveKeyspace));
+		session.execute(String.format("USE %s;", quotedCaseSensitiveKeyspace));
+		assertThat(cassandraAdminTemplate.getKeyspaceMetadata()).isNotNull();
+
+		session.execute(String.format("USE %s;", keyspace));
+		assertThat(cassandraAdminTemplate.getKeyspaceMetadata()).isNotNull();
+	}
 }