diff --git a/src/transformers/tokenization_utils.py b/src/transformers/tokenization_utils.py
index 0146c0ef0d4f61..4cc93120ebd966 100644
--- a/src/transformers/tokenization_utils.py
+++ b/src/transformers/tokenization_utils.py
@@ -453,7 +453,9 @@ def tokenize(self, text: TextInput, **kwargs) -> List[str]:
         # TODO: should this be in the base class?
         if hasattr(self, "do_lower_case") and self.do_lower_case:
             # convert non-special tokens to lowercase
-            escaped_special_toks = [re.escape(s_tok) for s_tok in self.all_special_tokens]
+            escaped_special_toks = [
+                re.escape(s_tok) for s_tok in (self.unique_no_split_tokens + self.all_special_tokens)
+            ]
             pattern = r"(" + r"|".join(escaped_special_toks) + r")|" + r"(.+?)"
             text = re.sub(pattern, lambda m: m.groups()[0] or m.groups()[1].lower(), text)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tokenization_canine.py b/tests/test_tokenization_canine.py
index a0c5a09727762f..e6b786ccc902ae 100644
--- a/tests/test_tokenization_canine.py
+++ b/tests/test_tokenization_canine.py
@@ -160,6 +160,27 @@ def test_add_special_tokens(self):
                 decoded = tokenizer.decode(encoded, skip_special_tokens=True)
                 self.assertTrue(special_token not in decoded)
 
+    def test_tokenize_special_tokens(self):
+        tokenizers = self.get_tokenizers(do_lower_case=True)
+        for tokenizer in tokenizers:
+            with self.subTest(f"{tokenizer.__class__.__name__}"):
+                SPECIAL_TOKEN_1 = chr(0xE005)
+                SPECIAL_TOKEN_2 = chr(0xE006)
+
+                # `add_tokens` method stores special tokens only in `tokenizer.unique_no_split_tokens`. (in tokenization_utils.py)
+                tokenizer.add_tokens([SPECIAL_TOKEN_1], special_tokens=True)
+                # `add_special_tokens` method stores special tokens in `tokenizer.additional_special_tokens`,
+                # which also occur in `tokenizer.all_special_tokens`. (in tokenization_utils_base.py)
+                tokenizer.add_special_tokens({"additional_special_tokens": [SPECIAL_TOKEN_2]})
+
+                token_1 = tokenizer.tokenize(SPECIAL_TOKEN_1)
+                token_2 = tokenizer.tokenize(SPECIAL_TOKEN_2)
+
+                self.assertEqual(len(token_1), 1)
+                self.assertEqual(len(token_2), 1)
+                self.assertEqual(token_1[0], SPECIAL_TOKEN_1)
+                self.assertEqual(token_2[0], SPECIAL_TOKEN_2)
+
     @require_tokenizers
     def test_added_token_serializable(self):
         tokenizers = self.get_tokenizers(do_lower_case=False)
diff --git a/tests/test_tokenization_common.py b/tests/test_tokenization_common.py
index 5cea9a8c4a51a2..50aca9c4c8af8c 100644
--- a/tests/test_tokenization_common.py
+++ b/tests/test_tokenization_common.py
@@ -310,6 +310,33 @@ def convert_batch_encode_plus_format_to_encode_plus(batch_encode_plus_sequences)
             for i in range(len(batch_encode_plus_sequences["input_ids"]))
         ]
 
+    # TODO: this test can be combined with `test_sentencepiece_tokenize_and_convert_tokens_to_string` after the latter is extended to all tokenizers.
+    def test_tokenize_special_tokens(self):
+        """Test `tokenize` with special tokens."""
+        tokenizers = self.get_tokenizers(fast=True)
+        for tokenizer in tokenizers:
+            with self.subTest(f"{tokenizer.__class__.__name__}"):
+                SPECIAL_TOKEN_1 = "[SPECIAL_TOKEN_1]"
+                SPECIAL_TOKEN_2 = "[SPECIAL_TOKEN_2]"
+
+                # TODO:
+                # Can we combine `unique_no_split_tokens` and `all_special_tokens`(and properties related to it)
+                # with one variable(property) for a better maintainability?
+
+                # `add_tokens` method stores special tokens only in `tokenizer.unique_no_split_tokens`. (in tokenization_utils.py)
+                tokenizer.add_tokens([SPECIAL_TOKEN_1], special_tokens=True)
+                # `add_special_tokens` method stores special tokens in `tokenizer.additional_special_tokens`,
+                # which also occur in `tokenizer.all_special_tokens`. (in tokenization_utils_base.py)
+                tokenizer.add_special_tokens({"additional_special_tokens": [SPECIAL_TOKEN_2]})
+
+                token_1 = tokenizer.tokenize(SPECIAL_TOKEN_1)
+                token_2 = tokenizer.tokenize(SPECIAL_TOKEN_2)
+
+                self.assertEqual(len(token_1), 1)
+                self.assertEqual(len(token_2), 1)
+                self.assertEqual(token_1[0], SPECIAL_TOKEN_1)
+                self.assertEqual(token_2[0], SPECIAL_TOKEN_2)
+
     # TODO: this test could be extended to all tokenizers - not just the sentencepiece
     def test_sentencepiece_tokenize_and_convert_tokens_to_string(self):
         """Test ``_tokenize`` and ``convert_tokens_to_string``."""