How can I suppress UPPER(?) from appearing

When I do a caseInsensitiveLike I get sql similar to:

SELECT t0.ACTIVE, t0.FIRST, t0.ID, t0.LAST, t0.MIDDLE, 
t0.MODIFIEDDATE, t0.MODIFIEDID, t0.PERSONPFOID, t0.PREFERRED, 
t0.TITLE FROM STUART.NAME t0 WHERE UPPER(t0.FIRST) LIKE UPPER(?) 
ESCAPE '\'" withBindings: 1:"Robert%"(first)

Unfortunately DB2 appears to forbid scalar functions like UPPER being 
applied to a parameter. How/Where can I catch the SQL headed to the 
DB and modify it to look more like:

SELECT t0.ACTIVE, t0.FIRST, t0.ID, t0.LAST, t0.MIDDLE, 
t0.MODIFIEDDATE, t0.MODIFIEDID, t0.PERSONPFOID, t0.PREFERRED, 
t0.TITLE FROM STUART.NAME t0 WHERE UPPER(t0.FIRST) LIKE ? ESCAPE '\'" 
withBindings: 1:"ROBERT%"(first)

I know this will not work well for foreign languages since the upper 
performed in Java may not match the upper done by DB2 but it's much 
better than not being able to work at all.
-- 
Bob Stuart