diff --git a/wsme/rest/xml.py b/wsme/rest/xml.py
index 57b1e5f..331bbb0 100644
--- a/wsme/rest/xml.py
+++ b/wsme/rest/xml.py
@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ def array_fromxml(datatype, element):
     ]
 
 
+@fromxml.when_object(bool)
+def bool_fromxml(datatype, element):
+    if element.get('nil') == 'true':
+        return None
+    return element.text.lower() != 'false'
+
+
 @fromxml.when_type(wsme.types.DictType)
 def dict_fromxml(datatype, element):
     if element.get('nil') == 'true':
diff --git a/wsme/tests/protocol.py b/wsme/tests/protocol.py
index 76f05d7..bd5b9d9 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/protocol.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/protocol.py
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ class ReturnTypes(object):
     def getdate(self):
         return datetime.date(1994, 1, 26)
 
+    @expose(bool)
+    def getbooltrue(self):
+        return True
+
+    @expose(bool)
+    def getboolfalse(self):
+        return False
+
     @expose(datetime.time)
     def gettime(self):
         return datetime.time(12, 0, 0)
@@ -388,6 +396,14 @@ class ProtocolTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         r = self.call('returntypes/getdecimal')
         assert r in (decimal.Decimal('3.14159265'), '3.14159265'), r
 
+    def test_return_bool_true(self):
+        r = self.call('returntypes/getbooltrue', _rt=bool)
+        assert r
+
+    def test_return_bool_false(self):
+        r = self.call('returntypes/getboolfalse', _rt=bool)
+        assert not r
+
     def test_return_date(self):
         r = self.call('returntypes/getdate')
         assert r == datetime.date(1994, 1, 26) or r == '1994-01-26', r
@@ -467,6 +483,14 @@ class ProtocolTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         assert self.call('argtypes/setfloat', value=3.54,
                          _rt=float) == 3.54
 
+    def test_setbool_true(self):
+        r = self.call('argtypes/setbool', value=True, _rt=bool)
+        assert r
+
+    def test_setbool_false(self):
+        r = self.call('argtypes/setbool', value=False, _rt=bool)
+        assert not r
+
     def test_setdecimal(self):
         value = decimal.Decimal('3.14')
         assert self.call('argtypes/setdecimal', value=value,
diff --git a/wsme/tests/test_restxml.py b/wsme/tests/test_restxml.py
index 4ec0d1b..c96bb3e 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/test_restxml.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/test_restxml.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def dumpxml(key, obj, datatype=None):
         el.text = obj.decode('ascii')
     elif isinstance(obj, wsme.types.text):
         el.text = obj
-    elif type(obj) in (int, float, decimal.Decimal):
+    elif type(obj) in (int, float, bool, decimal.Decimal):
         el.text = six.text_type(obj)
     elif type(obj) in (datetime.date, datetime.time, datetime.datetime):
         el.text = obj.isoformat()
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ def loadxml(el, datatype):
             return parse_isotime(el.text)
         if datatype == datetime.datetime:
             return parse_isodatetime(el.text)
+        if datatype == bool:
+            return el.text.lower() != 'false'
         if datatype is None:
             return el.text
         if datatype is wsme.types.bytes:
diff --git a/wsme/tests/test_spore.py b/wsme/tests/test_spore.py
index e8b061f..5bbab9c 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/test_spore.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/test_spore.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class TestSpore(unittest.TestCase):
 
         spore = json.loads(spore)
 
-        assert len(spore['methods']) == 43, str(len(spore['methods']))
+        assert len(spore['methods']) == 45, str(len(spore['methods']))
 
         m = spore['methods']['argtypes_setbytesarray']
         assert m['path'] == 'argtypes/setbytesarray', m['path']