diff --git a/parser/src/parser.rs b/parser/src/parser.rs
index 124058fc9..b7a363030 100644
--- a/parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ use crate::lexer::{Lexer, Token};
 use crate::token::TokenType::{self, *};
 use crate::Result;
 
+const TRUE_LIT: &str = "TRUE";
+const FALSE_LIT: &str = "FALSE";
+
 macro_rules! peek_expect {
     ( $parser:expr, $( $x:ident ),* $(,)?) => {
         {
@@ -1545,7 +1548,18 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                         Name::Ident(s) => Literal::String(s),
                     })))
                 } else {
-                    Ok(Box::new(Expr::Id(name)))
+                    match name {
+                        Name::Ident(s) => match s.as_str() {
+                            s if s.eq_ignore_ascii_case(TRUE_LIT) => {
+                                return Ok(Box::new(Expr::Literal(Literal::Numeric("1".into()))))
+                            }
+                            s if s.eq_ignore_ascii_case(FALSE_LIT) => {
+                                return Ok(Box::new(Expr::Literal(Literal::Numeric("0".into()))))
+                            }
+                            _ => return Ok(Box::new(Expr::Id(Name::Ident(s)))),
+                        },
+                        _ => Ok(Box::new(Expr::Id(name))),
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/testing/insert.test b/testing/insert.test
index be321b149..dbd20af3f 100755
--- a/testing/insert.test
+++ b/testing/insert.test
@@ -612,4 +612,24 @@ do_catchsql_test unknown-backtick-identifier-in-values-clause {
 do_execsql_test_in_memory_error_content  null-insert-in-nulltype-column-notnull-constraint {
     CREATE TABLE test (id INTEGER,name NULL NOT NULL);
     INSERT INTO test (id, name) VALUES (1, NULL);
-} {NOT NULL constraint failed}
\ No newline at end of file
+} {NOT NULL constraint failed}
+
+do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} returning-true-literal {
+    CREATE TABLE test (id INTEGER, value TEXT);
+    INSERT INTO test (id, value) VALUES (1, true) RETURNING id, value;
+} {1|1}
+
+do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} returning-false-literal {
+    CREATE TABLE test (id INTEGER, value TEXT);
+    INSERT INTO test (id, value) VALUES (1, false) RETURNING id, value;
+} {1|0}
+
+do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} boolean-literal-edgecase {
+    CREATE TABLE true (id INTEGER, value TEXT);
+    INSERT INTO true (id, value) VALUES (1, true) RETURNING id, value;
+} {1|1}
+
+do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} boolean-literal-edgecase-false {
+    CREATE TABLE false (id INTEGER, true TEXT);
+    INSERT INTO false (id, true) VALUES (1, false) RETURNING id, false;
+} {1|0}
diff --git a/testing/null.test b/testing/null.test
index 420f8b5d0..682c23bfa 100755
--- a/testing/null.test
+++ b/testing/null.test
@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@ do_execsql_test notnull {
 
 do_execsql_test not-null {
     select null not null, 'hi' not null;
-} {0|1}
\ No newline at end of file
+} {0|1}
+
+do_execsql_test sel-true {
+	select true;
+} {1}
+
+do_execsql_test sel-false {
+	select false;
+} {0}