diff --git a/json_object.c b/json_object.c
index f657afe55c..4f74a20503 100644
--- a/json_object.c
+++ b/json_object.c
@@ -568,6 +568,13 @@ json_bool json_object_get_boolean(const struct json_object *jso)
 	}
 }
 
+json_bool json_object_set_boolean(struct json_object *jso,json_bool new_value){
+	if (!jso || jso->o_type!=json_type_boolean)
+		return FALSE;
+	jso->o.c_boolean=new_value;
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
 
 /* json_object_int */
 
diff --git a/json_object.h b/json_object.h
index b6fd917cea..63c3dc7215 100644
--- a/json_object.h
+++ b/json_object.h
@@ -620,6 +620,19 @@ extern struct json_object* json_object_new_boolean(json_bool b);
 extern json_bool json_object_get_boolean(const struct json_object *obj);
 
 
+/** Set the json_bool value of a json_object
+ * 
+ * The type of obj is checked to be a json_type_boolean and FALSE is returned 
+ * if it is not without any further actions. If type of obj is json_type_boolean
+ * the obect value is chaned to new_value
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param new_value the value to be set
+ * @returns TRUE if value is set correctly
+ */
+extern json_bool json_object_set_boolean(struct json_object *obj,json_bool new_value);
+
+
 /* int type methods */
 
 /** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_int