diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index f7569579603..57a6b4566a7 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -464,11 +464,14 @@ class TimeInput(Input):
         return super(TimeInput, self)._has_changed(self._format_value(initial), data)
 
 class CheckboxInput(Widget):
-    def __init__(self, attrs=None, check_test=bool):
+    def __init__(self, attrs=None, check_test=None):
         super(CheckboxInput, self).__init__(attrs)
         # check_test is a callable that takes a value and returns True
         # if the checkbox should be checked for that value.
-        self.check_test = check_test
+        if check_test is None:
+            self.check_test = lambda v: not (v is False or v is None or v == '')
+        else:
+            self.check_test = check_test
 
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
         final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, type='checkbox', name=name)
@@ -478,7 +481,7 @@ class CheckboxInput(Widget):
             result = False
         if result:
             final_attrs['checked'] = 'checked'
-        if value not in ('', True, False, None):
+        if not (value is True or value is False or value is None or value == ''):
             # Only add the 'value' attribute if a value is non-empty.
             final_attrs['value'] = force_unicode(value)
         return mark_safe(u'<input%s />' % flatatt(final_attrs))
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py
index b567ea370ed..ac78ad701b5 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ class FormsWidgetTestCase(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(w.render('is_cool', False, attrs={'class': 'pretty'}), u'<input type="checkbox" name="is_cool" class="pretty" />')
 
+        # regression for #17114
+        self.assertEqual(w.render('is_cool', 0), u'<input checked="checked" type="checkbox" name="is_cool" value="0" />')
+        self.assertEqual(w.render('is_cool', 1), u'<input checked="checked" type="checkbox" name="is_cool" value="1" />')
+
         # You can also pass 'attrs' to the constructor:
         w = CheckboxInput(attrs={'class': 'pretty'})
         self.assertEqual(w.render('is_cool', ''), u'<input type="checkbox" class="pretty" name="is_cool" />')