diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/HashTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/HashTest.php
index 037c6a2a7..65c1a0e39 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/HashTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/HashTest.php
@@ -831,6 +831,39 @@ class HashTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals(5, $result[3]['id']);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test extracting based on attributes with boolean values.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testExtractAttributeBoolean() {
+		$users = array(
+			array(
+				'id' => 2,
+				'username' => 'johndoe',
+				'active' => true
+			),
+			array(
+				'id' => 5,
+				'username' => 'kevin',
+				'active' => true
+			),
+			array(
+				'id' => 9,
+				'username' => 'samantha',
+				'active' => false
+			),
+		);
+		$result = Hash::extract($users, '{n}[active=false]');
+		$this->assertCount(1, $result);
+		$this->assertEquals($users[2], $result[0]);
+
+		$result = Hash::extract($users, '{n}[active=true]');
+		$this->assertCount(2, $result);
+		$this->assertEquals($users[0], $result[0]);
+		$this->assertEquals($users[1], $result[1]);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Test that attribute matchers don't cause errors on scalar data.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
index 7c9b685f0..fa22fe8d1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
@@ -192,7 +192,13 @@ class Hash {
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			$prop = isset($data[$attr]) ? $data[$attr] : null;
+			$prop = null;
+			if (isset($data[$attr])) {
+				$prop = $data[$attr];
+			}
+			if ($prop === true || $prop === false) {
+				$prop = $prop ? 'true' : 'false';
+			}
 
 			// Pattern matches and other operators.
 			if ($op === '=' && $val && $val[0] === '/') {