diff --git a/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg b/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg
index b74c18e99..6fd1d56f9 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace std {
     { 
       bool res;
       SWIG_PYTHON_THREAD_BEGIN_BLOCK;
-      res = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v, w, Py_LT);
+      res = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v, w, Py_LT) ? true : false;
       /* This may fall into a case of inconsistent
                eg. ObjA > ObjX > ObjB
                but ObjA < ObjB