diff --git a/django/newforms/fields.py b/django/newforms/fields.py
index dfe46a2e3e..6734c5450e 100644
--- a/django/newforms/fields.py
+++ b/django/newforms/fields.py
@@ -535,13 +535,17 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
 
     def clean(self, value):
         """Returns a Python boolean object."""
-        super(BooleanField, self).clean(value)
         # Explicitly check for the string 'False', which is what a hidden field
         # will submit for False. Because bool("True") == True, we don't need to
         # handle that explicitly.
         if value == 'False':
-            return False
-        return bool(value)
+            value = False
+        else:
+            value = bool(value)
+        super(BooleanField, self).clean(value)
+        if not value and self.required:
+            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
+        return value
 
 class NullBooleanField(BooleanField):
     """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
index 950b1761a5..c9f3efdbda 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
@@ -937,18 +937,24 @@ ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
 >>> f.clean(True)
 True
 >>> f.clean(False)
-False
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
 >>> f.clean(1)
 True
 >>> f.clean(0)
-False
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
 >>> f.clean('Django rocks')
 True
 
 >>> f.clean('True')
 True
 >>> f.clean('False')
-False
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+ValidationError: [u'This field is required.']
 
 >>> f = BooleanField(required=False)
 >>> f.clean('')