diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DerbyTenSevenDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DerbyTenSevenDialect.java
index e37df6bcde86..460127617191 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DerbyTenSevenDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DerbyTenSevenDialect.java
@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@ public class DerbyTenSevenDialect extends DerbyTenSixDialect{
     public DerbyTenSevenDialect() {
          registerColumnType( Types.BOOLEAN, "boolean" );
     }
+
+    public String toBooleanValueString(boolean bool) {
+        return String.valueOf(bool);
+    }
 }