diff --git a/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/scalar.c b/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/scalar.c
index 7e3e33de..421cde9f 100644
--- a/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/scalar.c
+++ b/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/scalar.c
@@ -87,6 +87,24 @@ QuadPrecision_from_object(PyObject *value, QuadBackendType backend)
             }
             return self;
         }
+        // Try as boolean
+        else if (PyArray_IsScalar(value, Bool)) {
+            PyObject *py_int = PyNumber_Long(value);
+            if (py_int == NULL) {
+                Py_DECREF(self);
+                return NULL;
+            }
+            long long lval = PyLong_AsLongLong(py_int);
+            Py_DECREF(py_int);
+            
+            if (backend == BACKEND_SLEEF) {
+                self->value.sleef_value = Sleef_cast_from_int64q1(lval);
+            }
+            else {
+                self->value.longdouble_value = (long double)lval;
+            }
+            return self;
+        }
         // For other scalar types, fall through to error handling
         Py_DECREF(self);
     }
diff --git a/quaddtype/tests/test_quaddtype.py b/quaddtype/tests/test_quaddtype.py
index 0ceb56c6..b3dafc00 100644
--- a/quaddtype/tests/test_quaddtype.py
+++ b/quaddtype/tests/test_quaddtype.py
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ def test_create_from_numpy_float_scalars(self):
         assert isinstance(result, QuadPrecision)
         assert abs(float(result) - 1.5) < 1e-3
 
+    def test_create_from_numpy_bool_scalars(self):
+        """Test that QuadPrecision can create scalars from numpy boolean types."""
+        # Test np.bool_(True) converts to 1.0
+        result = QuadPrecision(np.bool_(True))
+        assert isinstance(result, QuadPrecision)
+        assert float(result) == 1.0
+        
+        # Test np.bool_(False) converts to 0.0
+        result = QuadPrecision(np.bool_(False))
+        assert isinstance(result, QuadPrecision)
+        assert float(result) == 0.0
+
     def test_create_from_zero_dimensional_array(self):
         """Test that QuadPrecision can create from 0-d numpy arrays."""
         # 0-d array from scalar