diff --git a/include/univalue.h b/include/univalue.h
index 3f8f3441460..10ce39aec8b 100644
--- a/include/univalue.h
+++ b/include/univalue.h
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ class UniValue {
         UniValue tmpVal(val_);
         return pushKV(key, tmpVal);
     }
+    bool pushKV(const std::string& key, bool val_) {
+        UniValue tmpVal((bool)val_);
+        return pushKV(key, tmpVal);
+    }
     bool pushKV(const std::string& key, int val_) {
         UniValue tmpVal((int64_t)val_);
         return pushKV(key, tmpVal);
diff --git a/test/object.cpp b/test/object.cpp
index 6641a764a59..15b043d0ebd 100644
--- a/test/object.cpp
+++ b/test/object.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,12 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_object)
     strKey = "temperature";
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.pushKV(strKey, (double) 90.012));
 
+    strKey = "moon";
+    BOOST_CHECK(obj.pushKV(strKey, true));
+
+    strKey = "spoon";
+    BOOST_CHECK(obj.pushKV(strKey, false));
+
     UniValue obj2(UniValue::VOBJ);
     BOOST_CHECK(obj2.pushKV("cat1", 9000));
     BOOST_CHECK(obj2.pushKV("cat2", 12345));
@@ -267,7 +273,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_object)
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.pushKVs(obj2));
 
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj.empty(), false);
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj.size(), 9);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj.size(), 11);
 
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["age"].getValStr(), "100");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["first"].getValStr(), "John");
@@ -276,6 +282,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_object)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["time"].getValStr(), "3600");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["calories"].getValStr(), "12");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["temperature"].getValStr(), "90.012");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["moon"].getValStr(), "1");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["spoon"].getValStr(), "");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["cat1"].getValStr(), "9000");
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["cat2"].getValStr(), "12345");
 
@@ -288,6 +296,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_object)
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.exists("time"));
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.exists("calories"));
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.exists("temperature"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(obj.exists("moon"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(obj.exists("spoon"));
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.exists("cat1"));
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.exists("cat2"));
 
@@ -301,6 +311,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_object)
     objTypes["time"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     objTypes["calories"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     objTypes["temperature"] = UniValue::VNUM;
+    objTypes["moon"] = UniValue::VBOOL;
+    objTypes["spoon"] = UniValue::VBOOL;
     objTypes["cat1"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     objTypes["cat2"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.checkObject(objTypes));