diff --git a/sqlite3.go b/sqlite3.go
index bff9aec..161da5e 100644
--- a/sqlite3.go
+++ b/sqlite3.go
@@ -284,9 +284,12 @@ func (rc *SQLiteRows) Next(dest []driver.Value) error {
 		switch C.sqlite3_column_type(rc.s.s, C.int(i)) {
 		case C.SQLITE_INTEGER:
 			val := int64(C.sqlite3_column_int64(rc.s.s, C.int(i)))
-			if rc.decltype[i] == "timestamp" {
+			switch rc.decltype[i]{
+			case "timestamp":
 				dest[i] = time.Unix(val, 0)
-			} else {
+			case "boolean":
+				dest[i] = val>0
+			default:
 				dest[i] = val
 			}
 		case C.SQLITE_FLOAT:
diff --git a/sqlite3_test.go b/sqlite3_test.go
index b46666b..6c689a1 100644
--- a/sqlite3_test.go
+++ b/sqlite3_test.go
@@ -339,3 +339,110 @@ func TestTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected error from \"nonsense\" timestamp")
 	}
 }
+
+
+func TestBoolean(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", "./foo.db")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to open database:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	
+	defer os.Remove("./foo.db")
+
+	_, err = db.Exec("CREATE TABLE foo(id INTEGER, fbool BOOLEAN)")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to create table:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	
+	bool1 := true
+	_, err = db.Exec("INSERT INTO foo(id, fbool) VALUES(1, ?)", bool1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to insert boolean:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	bool2 := false
+	_, err = db.Exec("INSERT INTO foo(id, fbool) VALUES(2, ?)", bool2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to insert boolean:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	bool3 := "nonsense"
+	_, err = db.Exec("INSERT INTO foo(id, fbool) VALUES(3, ?)", bool3)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to insert nonsense:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	rows, err := db.Query("SELECT id, fbool FROM foo where fbool is ?", bool1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unable to query foo table:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	counter := 0
+	
+	var id int
+	var fbool bool
+	
+	for rows.Next(){
+		if err := rows.Scan(&id, &fbool); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unable to scan results:", err)
+			return 
+		}
+		counter ++
+	}
+			
+	if counter != 1{
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 row but %v", counter)
+		return 	
+	}
+	
+	if id!=1 && fbool != true {
+		t.Errorf("Value for id 1 should be %v, not %v", bool1, fbool)
+		return
+	} 
+	
+				
+	rows, err = db.Query("SELECT id, fbool FROM foo where fbool is ?", bool2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unable to query foo table:", err)
+		return
+	}
+	
+	counter = 0
+
+	for rows.Next(){
+		if err := rows.Scan(&id, &fbool); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unable to scan results:", err)
+			return 
+		}
+		counter ++
+	}
+			
+	if counter != 1{
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 row but %v", counter)
+		return 	
+	}
+	
+	if id != 2 && fbool != false {
+		t.Errorf("Value for id 2 should be %v, not %v", bool2, fbool)
+		return
+	}
+	
+
+	// make sure "nonsense" triggered an error
+	rows, err = db.Query("SELECT id, fbool FROM foo where id=?;", 3)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unable to query foo table:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	rows.Next()
+	err = rows.Scan(&id, &fbool)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected error from \"nonsense\" bool")
+	}
+}
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