diff --git a/src/weights.jl b/src/weights.jl
index e5df6b738..a1389c0c7 100644
--- a/src/weights.jl
+++ b/src/weights.jl
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ end
     UnitWeights{T}(length(i))
 end
 
+function Base.getindex(wv::UnitWeights{T}, i::AbstractArray{Bool}) where T
+   length(wv) == length(i) || throw(DimensionMismatch())
+   UnitWeights{T}(count(i))
+end
+
 Base.getindex(wv::UnitWeights{T}, ::Colon) where {T} = UnitWeights{T}(wv.len)
 
 """
diff --git a/test/weights.jl b/test/weights.jl
index 9f071483e..7735e04f7 100644
--- a/test/weights.jl
+++ b/test/weights.jl
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ end
     @test isequal(wv, uweights(3))
     @test wv != fweights(fill(1.0, 3))
     @test wv == uweights(3)
+    @test wv[[true, false, false]] == uweights(Float64, 1)
 end
 
 ## wsum