diff --git a/swift3/response.py b/swift3/response.py
index 91120919..6c381738 100644
--- a/swift3/response.py
+++ b/swift3/response.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from UserDict import DictMixin
 from functools import partial
 
 from swift.common import swob
+from swift.common.utils import config_true_value
 
 from swift3.utils import snake_to_camel, sysmeta_prefix
 from swift3.etree import Element, SubElement, tostring
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ class Response(ResponseBase, swob.Response):
                 headers[key] = val
             elif _key == 'x-static-large-object':
                 # for delete slo
-                self.is_slo = val
+                self.is_slo = config_true_value(val)
 
         self.headers = headers
         # Used for pure swift header handling at the request layer
diff --git a/swift3/test/unit/test_request.py b/swift3/test/unit/test_request.py
index e4835c83..35973c76 100644
--- a/swift3/test/unit/test_request.py
+++ b/swift3/test/unit/test_request.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class TestRequest(Swift3TestCase):
     @patch('swift3.request.S3AclRequest.authenticate', lambda x, y: None)
     def _test_get_response(self, method, container='bucket', obj=None,
                            permission=None, skip_check=False,
-                           req_klass=S3_Request):
+                           req_klass=S3_Request, fake_swift_resp=None):
         path = '/' + container + ('/' + obj if obj else '')
         req = Request.blank(path,
                             environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': method},
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ class TestRequest(Swift3TestCase):
         with nested(patch('swift3.request.Request._get_response'),
                     patch('swift3.subresource.ACL.check_permission')) \
                 as (mock_get_resp, m_check_permission):
-            mock_get_resp.return_value = FakeResponse(CONF.s3_acl)
+            mock_get_resp.return_value = fake_swift_resp \
+                or FakeResponse(CONF.s3_acl)
             return mock_get_resp, m_check_permission,\
                 s3_req.get_response(self.swift3)
 
diff --git a/swift3/test/unit/test_response.py b/swift3/test/unit/test_response.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c10d18d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swift3/test/unit/test_response.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+
+from swift.common.swob import Response
+from swift3.response import Response as S3Response
+
+
+class TestRequest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_from_swift_resp_slo(self):
+        for expected, header_vals in \
+                ((True, ('true', '1')), (False, ('false', 'ugahhh', None))):
+            for val in header_vals:
+                resp = Response(headers={'X-Static-Large-Object': val})
+                s3resp = S3Response.from_swift_resp(resp)
+                self.assertEqual(expected, s3resp.is_slo)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()