diff --git a/examples/src/app.js b/examples/src/app.js
index a13bc93997..d8c83d7ce2 100644
--- a/examples/src/app.js
+++ b/examples/src/app.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import CustomComponents from './components/CustomComponents';
 import CustomRender from './components/CustomRender';
 import Multiselect from './components/Multiselect';
 import NumericSelect from './components/NumericSelect';
+import BooleanSelect from './components/BooleanSelect';
 import Virtualized from './components/Virtualized';
 import States from './components/States';
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ ReactDOM.render(
 		<Contributors label="Contributors (Async)" />
 		<GithubUsers label="Github users (Async with fetch.js)" />
 		<NumericSelect label="Numeric Values" />
+		<BooleanSelect label="Boolean Values" />
 		<CustomRender label="Custom Render Methods"/>
 		<CustomComponents label="Custom Placeholder, Option, Value, and Arrow Components" />
 		<Creatable
diff --git a/examples/src/components/BooleanSelect.js b/examples/src/components/BooleanSelect.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c80ffc35f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/components/BooleanSelect.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import Select from 'react-select';
+
+var ValuesAsBooleansField = React.createClass({
+	displayName: 'ValuesAsBooleansField',
+	propTypes: {
+		label: React.PropTypes.string
+	},
+	getInitialState () {
+		return {
+			options: [
+				{ value: true, label: 'Yes' },
+				{ value: false, label: 'No' }
+			],
+			matchPos: 'any',
+			matchValue: true,
+			matchLabel: true,
+			value: null,
+			multi: false
+		};
+	},
+	onChangeMatchStart(event) {
+		this.setState({
+			matchPos: event.target.checked ? 'start' : 'any'
+		});
+	},
+	onChangeMatchValue(event) {
+		this.setState({
+			matchValue: event.target.checked
+		});
+	},
+	onChangeMatchLabel(event) {
+		this.setState({
+			matchLabel: event.target.checked
+		});
+	},
+	onChange(value) {
+		this.setState({ value });
+		console.log('Boolean Select value changed to', value);
+	},
+	onChangeMulti(event) {
+		this.setState({
+			multi: event.target.checked
+		});
+	},
+	render () {
+		var matchProp = 'any';
+		if (this.state.matchLabel && !this.state.matchValue) {
+			matchProp = 'label';
+		}
+		if (!this.state.matchLabel && this.state.matchValue) {
+			matchProp = 'value';
+		}
+		return (
+			<div className="section">
+				<h3 className="section-heading">{this.props.label}</h3>
+				<Select
+					matchPos={this.state.matchPos}
+					matchProp={matchProp}
+					multi={this.state.multi}
+					onChange={this.onChange}
+					options={this.state.options}
+					simpleValue
+					value={this.state.value}
+					/>
+				<div className="checkbox-list">
+					<label className="checkbox">
+						<input type="checkbox" className="checkbox-control" checked={this.state.multi} onChange={this.onChangeMulti} />
+						<span className="checkbox-label">Multi-Select</span>
+					</label>
+					<label className="checkbox">
+						<input type="checkbox" className="checkbox-control" checked={this.state.matchValue} onChange={this.onChangeMatchValue} />
+						<span className="checkbox-label">Match value</span>
+					</label>
+					<label className="checkbox">
+						<input type="checkbox" className="checkbox-control" checked={this.state.matchLabel} onChange={this.onChangeMatchLabel} />
+						<span className="checkbox-label">Match label</span>
+					</label>
+					<label className="checkbox">
+						<input type="checkbox" className="checkbox-control" checked={this.state.matchPos === 'start'} onChange={this.onChangeMatchStart} />
+						<span className="checkbox-label">Only include matches from the start of the string</span>
+					</label>
+				</div>
+				<div className="hint">This example uses simple boolean values</div>
+			</div>
+		);
+	}
+});
+
+module.exports = ValuesAsBooleansField;
diff --git a/src/Select.js b/src/Select.js
index 3f45b5a618..46aa8263e9 100644
--- a/src/Select.js
+++ b/src/Select.js
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import Option from './Option';
 import Value from './Value';
 
 function stringifyValue (value) {
-	if (typeof value === 'string') {
+	const valueType = typeof value;
+	if (valueType === 'string') {
 		return value;
-	} else if (typeof value === 'object') {
+	} else if (valueType === 'object') {
 		return JSON.stringify(value);
-	} else if (value || value === 0) {
+	} else if (valueType === 'number' || valueType === 'boolean') {
 		return String(value);
 	} else {
 		return '';
@@ -561,7 +562,8 @@ const Select = React.createClass({
 	 * @param	{Object}		props	- the Select component's props (or nextProps)
 	 */
 	expandValue (value, props) {
-		if (typeof value !== 'string' && typeof value !== 'number') return value;
+		const valueType = typeof value;
+		if (valueType !== 'string' && valueType !== 'number' && valueType !== 'boolean') return value;
 		let { options, valueKey } = props;
 		if (!options) return;
 		for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
diff --git a/test/Select-test.js b/test/Select-test.js
index 4e26660a7b..21866b2c17 100644
--- a/test/Select-test.js
+++ b/test/Select-test.js
@@ -910,6 +910,263 @@ describe('Select', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('with values as booleans', () => {
+		beforeEach(() => {
+			options = [
+				{ value: true, label: 'Yes' },
+				{ value: false, label: 'No' },
+			];
+
+			wrapper = createControlWithWrapper({
+				value: true,
+				name: 'field',
+				options: options,
+				simpleValue: true,
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('selects the initial value', () => {
+			expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for first', DISPLAYED_SELECTION_SELECTOR,
+					'to have text', 'Yes');
+		});
+
+		it('set the initial value of the hidden input control', () => {
+			expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(wrapper).querySelector(FORM_VALUE_SELECTOR).value, 'to equal', 'true' );
+		});
+
+		it('updates the value when the value prop is set', () => {
+			wrapper.setPropsForChild({ value: false });
+			expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for first', DISPLAYED_SELECTION_SELECTOR,
+					'to have text', 'No');
+		});
+
+		it('updates the value of the hidden input control after new value prop', () => {
+			wrapper.setPropsForChild({ value: false });
+			expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(wrapper).querySelector(FORM_VALUE_SELECTOR).value, 'to equal', 'false' );
+		});
+
+		it('calls onChange with the new value as a boolean', () => {
+			clickArrowToOpen();
+			pressDown();
+			pressEnterToAccept();
+			expect(onChange, 'was called with', false);
+		});
+
+		it('supports setting the value via prop', () => {
+			wrapper.setPropsForChild({ value: false });
+			expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for first', DISPLAYED_SELECTION_SELECTOR,
+					'to have text', 'No');
+		});
+
+		describe('with multi=true', () => {
+
+			beforeEach(() => {
+
+				options = [
+					{ value: true, label: 'Yes' },
+					{ value: false, label: 'No' }
+				];
+
+				wrapper = createControlWithWrapper({
+					value: [true, false],
+					options: options,
+					multi: true,
+					searchable: true
+				});
+			});
+
+			it('selects the initial value', () => {
+
+				expect(instance, 'to contain',
+						<span className="Select-multi-value-wrapper">
+                        <div><span className="Select-value-label">Yes</span></div>
+                        <div><span className="Select-value-label">No</span></div>
+					</span>);
+			});
+
+			it('calls onChange with the correct value when true option is deselected', () => {
+
+				var removeIcons = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance).querySelectorAll('.Select-value .Select-value-icon');
+				TestUtils.Simulate.mouseDown(removeIcons[0]);
+				expect(onChange, 'was called with', [{ value: false, label: 'No' }]);
+			});
+
+			it('supports updating the values via props', () => {
+
+				wrapper.setPropsForChild({
+					value: [false]
+				});
+
+				expect(instance, 'to contain',
+						<span className="Select-multi-value-wrapper">
+                        <div><span className="Select-value-label">No</span></div>
+					</span>);
+			});
+
+			it('supports updating the value to a single value', () => {
+
+				wrapper.setPropsForChild({
+					value: true
+				});
+
+				expect(instance, 'to contain',
+						<span className="Select-multi-value-wrapper">
+                        <div><span className="Select-value-label">Yes</span></div>
+					</span>);
+			});
+
+			it('supports updating the value to single value of false', () => {
+
+				// This test is specifically in case there's a "if (value) {... " somewhere
+				wrapper.setPropsForChild({
+					value: false
+				});
+
+				expect(instance, 'to contain',
+						<span className="Select-multi-value-wrapper">
+                        <div><span className="Select-value-label">No</span></div>
+					</span>);
+			});
+
+			it('calls onChange with the correct values when multiple options are selected', () => {
+				wrapper.setPropsForChild({
+					value: [true]
+				});
+
+				typeSearchText('No');
+				pressEnterToAccept(); // Select 'No'
+
+				expect(onChange, 'was called with', [
+					{ value: true, label: 'Yes' },
+					{ value: false, label: 'No' }
+				]);
+			});
+		});
+
+		describe('searching', () => {
+
+			let searchOptions = [
+				{ value: true, label: 'Yes' },
+				{ value: false, label: 'No' }
+			];
+
+			describe('with matchPos=any and matchProp=any', () => {
+				beforeEach(() => {
+					instance = createControl({
+						matchPos: 'any',
+						matchProp: 'any',
+						options: searchOptions
+					});
+				});
+
+				it('finds text anywhere in value', () => {
+
+					typeSearchText('fal');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for', '.Select-option',
+							'to satisfy', [
+								expect.it('to have text', 'No'),
+							]);
+				});
+
+				it('finds text at end', () => {
+
+					typeSearchText('se');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for', '.Select-option',
+							'to satisfy', [
+								expect.it('to have text', 'No'),
+							]);
+				});
+			});
+
+			describe('with matchPos=start and matchProp=any', () => {
+
+				beforeEach(() => {
+					instance = createControl({
+						matchPos: 'start',
+						matchProp: 'any',
+						options: searchOptions
+					});
+				});
+
+				it('finds text at the start of the value', () => {
+
+					typeSearchText('fa');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for', '.Select-option',
+							'to satisfy', [
+								expect.it('to have text', 'No')
+							]);
+				});
+
+				it('does not match text at end', () => {
+
+					typeSearchText('se');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'to contain elements matching',
+							'.Select-noresults');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'to contain no elements matching',
+							'.Select-option');
+				});
+			});
+
+			describe('with matchPos=any and matchProp=value', () => {
+				beforeEach(() => {
+					instance = createControl({
+						matchPos: 'any',
+						matchProp: 'value',
+						options: searchOptions
+					});
+				});
+
+				it('finds text anywhere in value', () => {
+
+					typeSearchText('al');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for', '.Select-option',
+							'to satisfy', [
+								expect.it('to have text', 'No'),
+							]);
+				});
+
+				it('finds text at end', () => {
+
+					typeSearchText('e');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for', '.Select-option',
+							'to satisfy', [
+								expect.it('to have text', 'Yes'),
+								expect.it('to have text', 'No')
+							]);
+				});
+			});
+
+			describe('with matchPos=start and matchProp=value', () => {
+
+				beforeEach(() => {
+					instance = createControl({
+						matchPos: 'start',
+						matchProp: 'value',
+						options: searchOptions
+					});
+				});
+
+				it('finds text at the start of the value', () => {
+
+					typeSearchText('tr');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'queried for', '.Select-option',
+							'to satisfy', [
+								expect.it('to have text', 'Yes')
+							]);
+				});
+
+				it('does not match text at end', () => {
+
+					typeSearchText('e');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'to contain elements matching',
+							'.Select-noresults');
+					expect(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance), 'to contain no elements matching',
+							'.Select-option');
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('with options and value', () => {
 		beforeEach(() => {