diff --git a/django/newforms/fields.py b/django/newforms/fields.py
index 9bb2ced583..9b1253de1f 100644
--- a/django/newforms/fields.py
+++ b/django/newforms/fields.py
@@ -536,11 +536,12 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
     widget = CheckboxInput
 
     def clean(self, value):
-        "Returns a Python boolean object."
+        """Returns a Python boolean object."""
         super(BooleanField, self).clean(value)
-        # Explicitly check for the string '0', which is what as hidden field
-        # will submit for False.
-        if value == '0':
+        # Explicitly check for the string 'False', which is what a hidden field
+        # will submit for False (since bool("True") == True we don't need to
+        # handle that explicitly).
+        if value == 'False':
             return False
         return bool(value)
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
index 3b93d70338..1c436ce680 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
@@ -914,6 +914,11 @@ False
 >>> f.clean('Django rocks')
 True
 
+>>> f.clean('True')
+True
+>>> f.clean('False')
+False
+
 >>> f = BooleanField(required=False)
 >>> f.clean('')
 False
@@ -930,6 +935,11 @@ False
 >>> f.clean('Django rocks')
 True
 
+A form's BooleanField with a hidden widget will output the string 'False', so
+that should clean to the boolean value False:
+>>> f.clean('False')
+False
+
 # ChoiceField #################################################################
 
 >>> f = ChoiceField(choices=[('1', '1'), ('2', '2')])
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
index ea8cf135aa..0e69602103 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ u'<input type="hidden" class="fun" value="\u0160\u0110\u0106\u017d\u0107\u017e\u
 >>> w.render('email', '', attrs={'class': 'special'})
 u'<input type="hidden" class="special" name="email" />'
 
+Boolean values are rendered to their string forms ("True" and "False").
+>>> w = HiddenInput()
+>>> w.render('get_spam', False)
+u'<input type="hidden" name="get_spam" value="False" />'
+>>> w.render('get_spam', True)
+u'<input type="hidden" name="get_spam" value="True" />'
+
 # MultipleHiddenInput Widget ##################################################
 
 >>> w = MultipleHiddenInput()