diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 92a3abbd..3a4fc7aa 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1592,6 +1592,8 @@ Buffer.prototype.fill = function fill (val, start, end, encoding) {
     }
   } else if (typeof val === 'number') {
     val = val & 255
+  } else if (typeof val === 'boolean') {
+    val = Number(val)
   }
 
   // Invalid ranges are not set to a default, so can range check early.
diff --git a/test/node/test-buffer-alloc.js b/test/node/test-buffer-alloc.js
index 03cc26d0..030bad35 100644
--- a/test/node/test-buffer-alloc.js
+++ b/test/node/test-buffer-alloc.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ assert.doesNotThrow(() => new Buffer('', 'ascii'));
 assert.doesNotThrow(() => new Buffer('', 'latin1'));
 assert.doesNotThrow(() => new Buffer('', 'binary'));
 assert.doesNotThrow(() => Buffer(0));
+assert.doesNotThrow(() => Buffer.alloc(16, !!true));
 
 // try to write a 0-length string beyond the end of b
 assert.throws(() => b.write('', 2048), RangeError);