diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a9004ccc..db84664f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ Next Release
 * [#1038](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/1038): Avoid dup-ing the String class when used in inherited params - [@rnubel](https://github.com/rnubel).
 * [#1042](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/issues/1042): Fix coercion of complex arrays - [@dim](https://github.com/dim).
 * [#1045](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/1045): Do not convert `Rack::Response` to `Rack::Response` in middleware - [@dmitry](https://github.com/dmitry).
-* [#1048](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/1048): Only dup `InheritableValues`, remove support for `deep_dup` - [@toddmazierski](https://github.com/toddmazierski/)
+* [#1048](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/1048): Only dup `InheritableValues`, remove support for `deep_dup` - [@toddmazierski](https://github.com/toddmazierski/).
 * [#1052](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/1052): Reset `description[:params]` when resetting validations - [@marshall-lee](https://github.com/marshall-lee).
-* [#1088](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/1088): Support ActiveSupport 3.x by explicitly requiring Hash#except - [@wagenet](https://github.com/wagenet)
+* [#1088](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/1088): Support ActiveSupport 3.x by explicitly requiring Hash#except - [@wagenet](https://github.com/wagenet).
+* [#1096](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/1096): Fix coercion on booleans - [@towanda](https://github.com/towanda).
 
 0.12.0 (6/18/2015)
 ==================
diff --git a/lib/grape/validations/params_scope.rb b/lib/grape/validations/params_scope.rb
index 349c709c3..2a63b0c26 100644
--- a/lib/grape/validations/params_scope.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/validations/params_scope.rb
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ def validate_value_coercion(coerce_type, values)
         return if values.is_a?(Proc)
         coerce_type = coerce_type.first if coerce_type.is_a?(Array)
         value_types = values.is_a?(Range) ? [values.begin, values.end] : values
+        if coerce_type == Virtus::Attribute::Boolean
+          value_types = value_types.map { |type| Virtus::Attribute.build(type) }
+        end
         if value_types.any? { |v| !v.is_a?(coerce_type) }
           fail Grape::Exceptions::IncompatibleOptionValues.new(:type, coerce_type, :values, values)
         end
diff --git a/spec/grape/validations/validators/values_spec.rb b/spec/grape/validations/validators/values_spec.rb
index a10fc328a..b0ef7f31c 100644
--- a/spec/grape/validations/validators/values_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/grape/validations/validators/values_spec.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ class API < Grape::API
           { type: params[:type] }
         end
 
+        params do
+          optional :type, type: Boolean, desc: 'A boolean', values: [true]
+        end
+        get '/values/optional_boolean' do
+          { type: params[:type] }
+        end
+
         params do
           requires :type, type: Integer, desc: 'An integer', values: [10, 11], default: 10
         end
@@ -174,6 +181,11 @@ def app
     end.to raise_error Grape::Exceptions::IncompatibleOptionValues
   end
 
+  it 'allows values to be true or false when setting the type to boolean' do
+    get('/values/optional_boolean', type: true)
+    expect(last_response.status).to eq 200
+    expect(last_response.body).to eq({ type: true }.to_json)
+  end
   it 'allows values to be a kind of the coerced type not just an instance of it' do
     get('/values/coercion', type: 10)
     expect(last_response.status).to eq 200