diff --git a/src/main/java/org/skyscreamer/jsonassert/JSONParser.java b/src/main/java/org/skyscreamer/jsonassert/JSONParser.java
index a70af96c..904daf49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/skyscreamer/jsonassert/JSONParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/skyscreamer/jsonassert/JSONParser.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class JSONParser {
     // "A number can be represented as integer, real, or floating point. JSON does not support octal or hex
     // ... [or] NaN or Infinity".
     private static final String NUMBER_REGEX = "-?(?:0|[1-9]\\d*)(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:[eE][+-]?\\d+)?";
+    private static final String BOOLEAN_REGEX = "true|false";
 
     private JSONParser() {}
 
@@ -41,10 +42,12 @@ public static Object parseJSON(final String s) {
         if (s.trim().startsWith("{")) {
             return new JSONObject(s);
         }
-        else if (s.trim().startsWith("[")) {
+        if (s.trim().startsWith("[")) {
             return new JSONArray(s);
-        } else if (s.trim().startsWith("\"")
-                   || s.trim().matches(NUMBER_REGEX)) {
+        }
+        if (s.trim().startsWith("\"")
+                   || s.trim().matches(NUMBER_REGEX)
+                   || s.trim().matches(BOOLEAN_REGEX)) {
           return new JSONString() {
             @Override
             public String toJSONString() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/skyscreamer/jsonassert/JSONAssertTest.java b/src/test/java/org/skyscreamer/jsonassert/JSONAssertTest.java
index e17f684b..2a927805 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/skyscreamer/jsonassert/JSONAssertTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/skyscreamer/jsonassert/JSONAssertTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ public void testNumber() {
         testFail("310.1e-1", "31.01", STRICT); // should fail though numbers are the same?
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBoolean() {
+        testPass("true", "true", STRICT);
+        testFail("true", "false", STRICT);
+        testPass("false", "false", STRICT);
+        testFail("false", "true", STRICT);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSimple() {
         testPass("{id:1}", "{id:1}", STRICT);