diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/overload_simple.i b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/overload_simple.i
index d9d1e5e4f..3e3b322b0 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/overload_simple.i
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/overload_simple.i
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ static char *bar(void *) {
 };
 
 
+bool fbool(bool b) {
+   return b;
+}
+
+int fbool(int b) {
+   return b;
+}
+
 char *fint(int) {
    return (char*) "fint:int";
 }
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/perl5/overload_simple_runme.pl b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/perl5/overload_simple_runme.pl
index 0335124f4..a2c50b8d2 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/perl5/overload_simple_runme.pl
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/perl5/overload_simple_runme.pl
@@ -286,3 +286,12 @@ if (!(overload_simple::fid("3.0", "3.0") eq "fid:doubledouble")) {
 if (!(overload_simple::fid("3", 3) eq "fid:intint")) {
     die("fid(int,int)");
 }
+
+
+if (!(overload_simple::fbool(0)) != overload_simple::fbool(1)) {
+    die("fbool(bool)");
+}
+
+if (2 != overload_simple::fbool(2)) {
+    die("fbool(int)");
+}
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/perl5/perlprimtypes.swg b/SWIG/Lib/perl5/perlprimtypes.swg
index 7ab8a1be7..d59cdb590 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/perl5/perlprimtypes.swg
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/perl5/perlprimtypes.swg
@@ -2,6 +2,42 @@
  * Primitive Types
  * ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
+/* bool */
+
+%fragment(SWIG_From_frag(bool),"header") {
+SWIGINTERNINLINE SV *
+SWIG_From_dec(bool)(bool value)
+{    
+  SV *obj = sv_newmortal();
+  if (value) {
+    sv_setsv(obj, &PL_sv_yes);
+  } else {
+    sv_setsv(obj, &PL_sv_no); 
+  }
+  return obj;
+}
+}
+
+%fragment(SWIG_AsVal_frag(bool),"header",
+	  fragment="SWIG_CanCastAsInteger") {
+SWIGINTERN int
+SWIG_AsVal_dec(bool)(SV *obj, bool* val)
+{
+  if (obj == &PL_sv_yes) {
+    if (val) *val = true;
+    return SWIG_OK;
+  } else if (obj == &PL_sv_no) { 
+    if (val) *val = false;
+    return SWIG_OK;
+  } else {
+    if (val) *val = SvTRUE(obj) ? true: false;
+    return SWIG_AddCast(SWIG_OK);    
+  }
+  return SWIG_TypeError;
+}
+}
+
+
 /* long */
 
 %fragment(SWIG_From_frag(long),"header") {