diff --git a/heat/engine/properties.py b/heat/engine/properties.py
index 20217d8f76..a4861b0510 100644
--- a/heat/engine/properties.py
+++ b/heat/engine/properties.py
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ class Schema(constr.Schema):
             param.STRING: cls.STRING,
             param.NUMBER: cls.NUMBER,
             param.LIST: cls.LIST,
-            param.MAP: cls.MAP
+            param.MAP: cls.MAP,
+            param.BOOLEAN: cls.BOOLEAN
         }
 
         # make update_allowed true by default on TemplateResources
diff --git a/heat/tests/test_provider_template.py b/heat/tests/test_provider_template.py
index a8a9f84751..6bf920757b 100644
--- a/heat/tests/test_provider_template.py
+++ b/heat/tests/test_provider_template.py
@@ -339,6 +339,37 @@ class ProviderTemplateTest(HeatTestCase):
         self.assertRaises(exception.StackValidationFailed,
                           temp_res.validate)
 
+    def test_boolean_type_provider(self):
+        provider = {
+            'HeatTemplateFormatVersion': '2012-12-12',
+            'Parameters': {
+                'Foo': {'Type': 'Boolean'},
+            },
+        }
+        files = {'test_resource.template': json.dumps(provider)}
+
+        class DummyResource(object):
+            properties_schema = {"Foo":
+                                 properties.Schema(properties.Schema.BOOLEAN)}
+            attributes_schema = {}
+
+        env = environment.Environment()
+        resource._register_class('DummyResource', DummyResource)
+        env.load({'resource_registry':
+                  {'DummyResource': 'test_resource.template'}})
+        stack = parser.Stack(utils.dummy_context(), 'test_stack',
+                             parser.Template(
+                                 {'HeatTemplateFormatVersion': '2012-12-12'},
+                                 files=files), env=env,
+                             stack_id=str(uuid.uuid4()))
+
+        definition = rsrc_defn.ResourceDefinition('test_t_res',
+                                                  "DummyResource",
+                                                  {"Foo": "False"})
+        temp_res = template_resource.TemplateResource('test_t_res',
+                                                      definition, stack)
+        self.assertIsNone(temp_res.validate())
+
     def test_get_template_resource(self):
         # assertion: if the name matches {.yaml|.template} we get the
         # TemplateResource class.