diff --git a/benchmark/string_capitalize.yml b/benchmark/string_capitalize.yml
index 7d23fd3d35e..585171064ce 100644
--- a/benchmark/string_capitalize.yml
+++ b/benchmark/string_capitalize.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ benchmark:
   capitalize-10: str10.capitalize
   capitalize-100: str100.capitalize
   capitalize-1000: str1000.capitalize
+  capitalize!-1: str1.dup.capitalize!
+  capitalize!-100: str100.dup.capitalize!
+  capitalize!-1000: str1000.dup.capitalize!
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 408f899edba..bd729401597 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -8158,6 +8158,33 @@ rb_str_downcase(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static bool
+capitalize_single(VALUE str)
+{
+    char *s = RSTRING_PTR(str), *send = RSTRING_END(str);
+    bool modified = false;
+
+    if (s < send) {
+        unsigned int c = (unsigned char)*s;
+
+        if ('a' <= c && c <= 'z') {
+            *s = 'A' + (c - 'a');
+            modified = true;
+        }
+        s++;
+    }
+    while (s < send) {
+        unsigned int c = (unsigned char)*s;
+
+        if ('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') {
+            *s = 'a' + (c - 'A');
+            modified = true;
+        }
+        s++;
+    }
+
+    return modified;
+}
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
@@ -8181,7 +8208,11 @@ rb_str_capitalize_bang(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
     str_modify_keep_cr(str);
     enc = str_true_enc(str);
     if (RSTRING_LEN(str) == 0 || !RSTRING_PTR(str)) return Qnil;
-    if (flags&ONIGENC_CASE_ASCII_ONLY)
+    if (case_option_single_p(flags, enc, str)) {
+        if (capitalize_single(str))
+            flags |= ONIGENC_CASE_MODIFIED;
+    }
+    else if (flags&ONIGENC_CASE_ASCII_ONLY)
         rb_str_ascii_casemap(str, str, &flags, enc);
     else
         str_shared_replace(str, rb_str_casemap(str, &flags, enc));
@@ -8209,7 +8240,12 @@ rb_str_capitalize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
     flags = check_case_options(argc, argv, flags);
     enc = str_true_enc(str);
     if (RSTRING_LEN(str) == 0 || !RSTRING_PTR(str)) return str;
-    if (flags&ONIGENC_CASE_ASCII_ONLY) {
+    if (case_option_single_p(flags, enc, str)) {
+        ret = rb_str_new(RSTRING_PTR(str), RSTRING_LEN(str));
+        str_enc_copy_direct(ret, str);
+        capitalize_single(ret);
+    }
+    else if (flags&ONIGENC_CASE_ASCII_ONLY) {
         ret = rb_str_new(0, RSTRING_LEN(str));
         rb_str_ascii_casemap(str, ret, &flags, enc);
     }