diff --git a/include/fc/variant.hpp b/include/fc/variant.hpp
index fd286ea..c00a80d 100644
--- a/include/fc/variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/variant.hpp
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ namespace fc
    void to_variant( const uint64_t& var,  variant& vo,  uint32_t max_depth = 1 );
    void to_variant( const int64_t& var,   variant& vo,  uint32_t max_depth = 1 );
 
+   void to_variant( const bool& var,      variant& vo,  uint32_t max_depth = 1 );
+
    void to_variant( const variant_object& var, variant& vo,        uint32_t max_depth );
    void from_variant( const variant& var,      variant_object& vo, uint32_t max_depth );
    void to_variant( const mutable_variant_object& var, variant& vo,   uint32_t max_depth );
diff --git a/src/variant.cpp b/src/variant.cpp
index 31204d4..2ee8256 100644
--- a/src/variant.cpp
+++ b/src/variant.cpp
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ void from_variant( const variant& var, uint64_t& vo, uint32_t max_depth )
    vo = var.as_uint64();
 }
 
+void to_variant( const bool& var, variant& vo, uint32_t max_depth )  { vo = uint64_t(var); }
 void from_variant( const variant& var, bool& vo, uint32_t max_depth )
 {
    vo = var.as_bool();