diff --git a/sqlite3.go b/sqlite3.go
index 088b110..d8f7756 100644
--- a/sqlite3.go
+++ b/sqlite3.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (s *SQLiteStmt) bind(args []interface{}) error {
 			rv = C.sqlite3_bind_int(s.s, n, C.int(v))
 		case bool:
 			if bool(v) {
-				rv = C.sqlite3_bind_int(s.s, n, -1)
+				rv = C.sqlite3_bind_int(s.s, n, 1)
 			} else {
 				rv = C.sqlite3_bind_int(s.s, n, 0)
 			}
diff --git a/sqlite3_test.go b/sqlite3_test.go
index 035ffa8..a76d86f 100644
--- a/sqlite3_test.go
+++ b/sqlite3_test.go
@@ -209,3 +209,54 @@ func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Fetched row but expected not rows")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBooleanRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", "./foo.db")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Tailed to open database:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer os.Remove("./foo.db")
+
+	_, err = db.Exec("DROP TABLE foo")
+	_, err = db.Exec("CREATE TABLE foo(id INTEGER, value BOOL)")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to create table:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	_, err = db.Exec("INSERT INTO foo(id, value) VALUES(1, ?)", true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to insert true value:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	_, err = db.Exec("INSERT INTO foo(id, value) VALUES(2, ?)", false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to insert false value:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	rows, err := db.Query("SELECT id, value FROM foo")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unable to query foo table:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var id int
+		var value bool
+
+		if err := rows.Scan(&id, &value) ; err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unable to scan results:", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if id == 1 && !value {
+			t.Errorf("Value for id 1 should be true, not false")
+
+		} else if id == 2 && value {
+			t.Errorf("Value for id 2 should be false, not true")
+		}
+	}
+}