diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81fba40a..0e48cd98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Breaking changes are marked with ⚠️.
 - ⚠️ Make the `filter()` method on the `Ziggy` class return an instance of that class instead of a collection of routes ([#341](https://github.com/tighten/ziggy/pull/341))
 - ⚠️ Make the `nameKeyedRoutes()`, `resolveBindings()`, `applyFilters()`, and `group()` methods on the `Ziggy` class, and the `generate()` method on the `CommandRouteGenerator` class, private ([#341](https://github.com/tighten/ziggy/pull/341))
 - ⚠️ Export from `index.js` instead of `route.js` ([#344](https://github.com/tighten/ziggy/pull/344))
+- ⚠️ Encode boolean query parameters as integers ([#345](https://github.com/tighten/ziggy/pull/345))
 
 **Deprecated**
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f1d5bc7..b3008172 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ With query parameters:
 route('events.venues.show', { event: 1, venue: 2, page: 5, count: 10 }); // Returns '/events/1/venues/2?page=5&count=10'
 ```
 
+> Note: like Laravel's `route()` helper, Ziggy will encode boolean query parameters as integers. Due to their ambiguity, Ziggy **cannot** decode these query parameters back into booleans, so if you're parsing them out with `route().params` you will have to decode them yourself.
+
 If whole objects are passed, Ziggy will automatically look for an `id` primary key:
 
 ```js
diff --git a/src/js/Router.js b/src/js/Router.js
index b5a3cbdb..521baebc 100644
--- a/src/js/Router.js
+++ b/src/js/Router.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export default class Router extends String {
             arrayFormat: 'indices',
             encodeValuesOnly: true,
             skipNulls: true,
+            encoder: (value, encoder) => typeof value === 'boolean' ? Number(value) : encoder(value),
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/js/route.test.js b/tests/js/route.test.js
index bf58ee19..c5aad933 100644
--- a/tests/js/route.test.js
+++ b/tests/js/route.test.js
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ describe('route()', () => {
         same(route('posts.index', { filled: 'filling', empty: null }), 'https://ziggy.dev/posts?filled=filling');
     });
 
+    test('can cast boolean query parameters to integers', () => {
+        same(route('posts.show', { post: 1, preview: true }), 'https://ziggy.dev/posts/1?preview=1');
+    });
+
     test('can explicitly append query parameters using _query parameter', () => {
         same(
             route('events.venues.show', {
@@ -455,11 +459,11 @@ describe('route()', () => {
 
         deepEqual(route().params, { post: '1', guest: { name: 'Taylor' } });
 
-        global.window.location.href = 'https://ziggy.dev/events/1/venues/2?id=5&vip=true';
+        global.window.location.href = 'https://ziggy.dev/events/1/venues/2?id=5&vip=0';
         global.window.location.pathname = '/events/1/venues/2';
-        global.window.location.search = '?id=5&vip=true';
+        global.window.location.search = '?id=5&vip=0';
 
-        deepEqual(route().params, { event: '1', venue: '2', id: '5', vip: 'true' });
+        deepEqual(route().params, { event: '1', venue: '2', id: '5', vip: '0' });
     });
 });