diff --git a/data/db/boolean.db b/data/db/boolean.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c6231a
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/db/boolean.db differ
diff --git a/src/sqlite_utils.cpp b/src/sqlite_utils.cpp
index 5eaa9d3..58e1269 100644
--- a/src/sqlite_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/sqlite_utils.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ LogicalType SQLiteUtils::TypeToLogicalType(const string &sqlite_type) {
 	if (StringUtil::Contains(sqlite_type, "int")) {
 		return LogicalType::BIGINT;
 	}
+
+	// boolean
+	if (StringUtil::Contains(sqlite_type, "bool")) {
+		return LogicalType::BIGINT;
+	}
+
 	// If the declared type of the column contains any of the strings "CHAR",
 	// "CLOB", or "TEXT" then that column has TEXT affinity. Notice that the type
 	// VARCHAR contains the string "CHAR" and is thus assigned TEXT affinity.
@@ -89,7 +95,6 @@ LogicalType SQLiteUtils::TypeToLogicalType(const string &sqlite_type) {
 	// classes.
 	// ...
 	// we add some more extra rules to try to be somewhat sane
-
 	if (sqlite_type == "date") {
 		return LogicalType::DATE;
 	}
diff --git a/test/sql/storage/issue53.test b/test/sql/storage/issue53.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bf122c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sql/storage/issue53.test
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# name: test/sql/storage/issue53.test
+# description: Test issue #53 - BOOLEAN data type is not supported
+# group: [sqlite_scanner]
+
+require sqlite_scanner
+
+statement ok
+ATTACH 'data/db/boolean.db' AS sqlite (TYPE SQLITE)
+
+query I
+SELECT name, type FROM pragma_table_info('sqlite.entry')
+----
+id	BIGINT
+is_active	BIGINT
+
+query II
+SELECT * FROM sqlite.entry
+----
+44	0
+55	0