diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/BasicTypeConverter.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/BasicTypeConverter.java
index ef2501a32..d98ad3f65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/BasicTypeConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/BasicTypeConverter.java
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ public final class BasicTypeConverter implements Serializable {
     if (value instanceof Boolean) {
       return (Boolean) value;
     }
+    if (value instanceof Number) {
+      return ((Number)value).intValue() == 1;
+    }
     String s = value.toString();
     return s.equalsIgnoreCase(dbTrueValue);
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebean/SqlRowBooleanTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebean/SqlRowBooleanTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46b5dc8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebean/SqlRowBooleanTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class SqlRowBooleanTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void getBoolean() {
+
+    SqlQuery sqlQuery = Ebean.createSqlQuery("SELECT 1 IS NOT NULL AS `ISNT_NULL`");
+    SqlRow row = sqlQuery.findUnique();
+
+    Boolean value = row.getBoolean("ISNT_NULL");
+
+    assertThat(value).isTrue();
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/BasicTypeConverterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/BasicTypeConverterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f061a77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/core/BasicTypeConverterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class BasicTypeConverterTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void toBoolean_when_1_long() throws Exception {
+    assertTrue(BasicTypeConverter.toBoolean(1L, "T"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toBoolean_when_1_int() throws Exception {
+    assertTrue(BasicTypeConverter.toBoolean(1, "T"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toBoolean_when_0() throws Exception {
+    assertFalse(BasicTypeConverter.toBoolean(0L, "T"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toBoolean_when_TrueValue() throws Exception {
+    assertTrue(BasicTypeConverter.toBoolean("T", "T"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toBoolean_when_notTrueValue() throws Exception {
+    assertFalse(BasicTypeConverter.toBoolean("F", "T"));
+  }
+
+}
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