diff --git a/Foundation/NSSwiftRuntime.swift b/Foundation/NSSwiftRuntime.swift
index 58a7174095..358901475f 100644
--- a/Foundation/NSSwiftRuntime.swift
+++ b/Foundation/NSSwiftRuntime.swift
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ import CoreFoundation
 
 public typealias ObjCBool = Bool
 
+public extension ObjCBool {
+    public var boolValue: Bool {
+        return self
+    }
+}
+
 internal class __NSCFType : NSObject {
     private var _cfinfo : Int32
     
diff --git a/TestFoundation/TestObjCRuntime.swift b/TestFoundation/TestObjCRuntime.swift
index 21c0042431..a0d469323a 100644
--- a/TestFoundation/TestObjCRuntime.swift
+++ b/TestFoundation/TestObjCRuntime.swift
@@ -28,9 +28,23 @@ class TestObjCRuntime: XCTestCase {
         return [
             ("testStringFromClass", testStringFromClass),
             ("testClassFromString", testClassFromString),
+            ("testObjCBoolIsCompatible", testObjCBoolIsCompatible),
         ]
     }
 
+    func testObjCBoolIsCompatible() {
+        let isTrue: ObjCBool = ObjCBool(booleanLiteral: true)
+        let isTrueToo: ObjCBool = ObjCBool(true)
+        let isFalse: ObjCBool = ObjCBool(booleanLiteral: false)
+        let isFalseToo: ObjCBool = ObjCBool(false)
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(isTrue.boolValue)
+        XCTAssertTrue(isTrueToo.boolValue)
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(isFalse.boolValue)
+        XCTAssertFalse(isFalseToo.boolValue)
+    }
+
     func testStringFromClass() {
         XCTAssertEqual(NSStringFromClass(NSObject.self), "NSObject")
         XCTAssertEqual(NSStringFromClass(SwiftClass.self), "TestFoundation.SwiftClass")