diff --git a/lib/db/mdb2schemareader.php b/lib/db/mdb2schemareader.php
index 0ead9528c93..b88e0f60419 100644
--- a/lib/db/mdb2schemareader.php
+++ b/lib/db/mdb2schemareader.php
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ class OC_DB_MDB2SchemaReader {
 					$type = 'bigint';
 				}
 			}
+			if ($type == 'boolean' && isset($options['default'])){
+				$options['default'] = self::asBool($options['default']);
+			}
 			if (!empty($options['autoincrement'])
 			    && !empty($options['notnull'])) {
 				$options['primary'] = true;