diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanProperty.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanProperty.java
index a57172989..578ab0e74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanProperty.java
@@ -933,6 +933,16 @@ public class DeployBeanProperty {
     return draftReset;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Primitive boolean check so see if not null default false should be applied.
+   */
+  public void checkPrimitiveBoolean() {
+    if (boolean.class.equals(propertyType) && !softDelete) {
+      this.nullable = false;
+      this.dbColumnDefault = DbDefaultValue.FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
   public void setSoftDelete() {
     this.softDelete = true;
     this.nullable = false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployUtil.java
index 214e607a1..9d250b4bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/DeployUtil.java
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ public class DeployUtil {
     ScalarType<?> scalarType = getScalarType(property);
     if (scalarType != null) {
       // set the jdbc type this maps to
-
       property.setDbType(scalarType.getJdbcType());
       property.setScalarType(scalarType);
+      property.checkPrimitiveBoolean();
     }
   }