diff --git a/bool_test.v b/bool_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1418bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bool_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+module conf
+
+struct SingleConf {
+	some_bool bool
+}
+
+struct SingleConfDefaultFalse {
+	some_bool bool [empty_default]
+}
+
+struct SingleConfDefaultTrue {
+	some_bool bool = true
+}
+
+fn test_bool_present_no_default() {
+	mut conf := load<SingleConf>(default_path: 'test/bool.toml')!
+	assert conf == SingleConf{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_bool_present_no_default_env() {
+	mut conf_f := load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'SOME_BOOL': '1'
+		}
+	)!
+	assert conf_f == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+
+	mut conf_t := load<SingleConfDefaultTrue>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'SOME_BOOL': ''
+		}
+	)!
+	assert conf_t == SingleConfDefaultTrue{
+		some_bool: false
+	}
+
+	conf_f = load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'TEST_SOME_BOOL': 'true'
+		}
+		prefix: 'TEST_'
+	)!
+	assert conf_f == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_bool_absent_no_default() {
+	conf := load<SingleConf>(default_path: 'test/empty.toml') or { return }
+	assert false
+}
+
+fn test_bool_absent_no_default_env() {
+	mut conf_f := load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'SOME_BOOL': '1'
+		}
+	)!
+	assert conf_f == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+
+	mut conf_t := load<SingleConfDefaultTrue>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'SOME_BOOL': ''
+		}
+	)!
+	assert conf_t == SingleConfDefaultTrue{
+		some_bool: false
+	}
+
+	conf_f = load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'TEST_SOME_BOOL': '1'
+		}
+		prefix: 'TEST_'
+	)!
+	assert conf_f == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_bool_present_default() {
+	conf := load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(default_path: 'test/bool.toml')!
+	assert conf == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_bool_present_default_env() {
+	mut conf_f := load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'SOME_BOOL': '1'
+		}
+	)!
+	assert conf_f == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+
+	mut conf_t := load<SingleConfDefaultTrue>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'SOME_BOOL': ''
+		}
+	)!
+	assert conf_t == SingleConfDefaultTrue{
+		some_bool: false
+	}
+
+	conf_f = load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(
+		default_path: 'test/bool.toml'
+		env: {
+			'TEST_SOME_BOOL': '1'
+		}
+		prefix: 'TEST_'
+	)!
+	assert conf_f == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_bool_absent_default() {
+	conf := load<SingleConfDefaultTrue>(default_path: 'test/empty.toml')!
+	assert conf == SingleConfDefaultTrue{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_bool_absent_default_env() {
+	mut conf_f := load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(
+		default_path: 'test/empty.toml'
+		env: {
+			'SOME_BOOL': '1'
+		}
+	)!
+	assert conf_f == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+
+	mut conf_t := load<SingleConfDefaultTrue>(
+		default_path: 'test/empty.toml'
+		env: {
+			'SOME_BOOL': ''
+		}
+	)!
+	assert conf_t == SingleConfDefaultTrue{
+		some_bool: false
+	}
+
+	conf_f = load<SingleConfDefaultFalse>(
+		default_path: 'test/empty.toml'
+		env: {
+			'TEST_SOME_BOOL': 'true'
+		}
+		prefix: 'TEST_'
+	)!
+	assert conf_f == SingleConfDefaultFalse{
+		some_bool: true
+	}
+}
diff --git a/conf.v b/conf.v
index f92361d..cf2405e 100644
--- a/conf.v
+++ b/conf.v
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn (ld LoadConfig) get_env_var(field_name string) !(bool, string) {
 pub fn load<T>(ld LoadConfig) !T {
 	// Ensure all struct fields consist of supported types
 	$for field in T.fields {
-		$if field.typ is string || field.typ is int {
+		$if field.typ is string || field.typ is int || field.typ is bool {
 		} $else {
 			// I'd prefer changing this to $compile_error, but as of V 0.3.2,
 			// this seems to be bugged. If I replace this call with a
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ pub fn load<T>(ld LoadConfig) !T {
 					res.$(field.name) = s.string()
 				} $else $if field.typ is int {
 					res.$(field.name) = s.int()
+				} $else $if field.typ is bool {
+					res.$(field.name) = s.bool()
 				}
 
 				has_value.add(field.name)
@@ -101,6 +103,10 @@ pub fn load<T>(ld LoadConfig) !T {
 				res.$(field.name) = env_value
 			} $else $if field.typ is int {
 				res.$(field.name) = env_value.int()
+			} $else $if field.typ is bool {
+				// Env var accepts '1' and 'true' as truthy, everything else
+				// evaluates to false
+				res.$(field.name) = env_value in ['1', 'true']
 			}
 
 			has_value.add(field.name)
@@ -118,6 +124,10 @@ pub fn load<T>(ld LoadConfig) !T {
 				has_default = res.$(field.name) != ''
 			} $else $if field.typ is int {
 				has_default = res.$(field.name) != 0
+			} $else $if field.typ is bool {
+				// This explicit comparison is required as the type system gets
+				// a bit confused otherwise
+				has_default = res.$(field.name) == true
 			}
 
 			if has_default {
diff --git a/conf_test.v b/conf_test.v
index edc985f..4877724 100644
--- a/conf_test.v
+++ b/conf_test.v
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module conf
 
 struct WrongTypeConfig {
-    f  map[string]string
+	f map[string]string
 }
 
 fn test_wrong_type() {
diff --git a/int_test.v b/int_test.v
index f02ef9e..defddc8 100644
--- a/int_test.v
+++ b/int_test.v
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fn test_int_absent_default_empty() {
 	}
 }
 
-/* fn test_int_wrong_type() { */
-/* 	conf := load<SingleConf>(default_path: 'test/int_wrong_type.toml') or { return } */
-/* 	assert false */
-/* } */
+// fn test_int_wrong_type() {
+//	conf := load<SingleConf>(default_path: 'test/int_wrong_type.toml') or { return }
+//	assert false
+//}
diff --git a/test/bool.toml b/test/bool.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3e45e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bool.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+some_bool = true