diff --git a/django/newforms/widgets.py b/django/newforms/widgets.py
index 2c235513d06..62e2815d0b6 100644
--- a/django/newforms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/newforms/widgets.py
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ class CheckboxInput(Widget):
             final_attrs['value'] = force_unicode(value) # Only add the 'value' attribute if a value is non-empty.
         return u'<input%s />' % flatatt(final_attrs)
 
+    def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
+        if name not in data:
+            # A missing value means False because HTML form submission does not
+            # send results for unselected checkboxes.
+            return False
+        return super(CheckboxInput, self).value_from_datadict(data, files, name)
+
 class Select(Widget):
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, choices=()):
         super(Select, self).__init__(attrs)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
index 1c3e8739633..6b7c8580411 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/widgets.py
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ u'<input type="checkbox" name="greeting" />'
 >>> w.render('greeting', None)
 u'<input type="checkbox" name="greeting" />'
 
+The CheckboxInput widget will return False if the key is not found in the data
+dictionary (because HTML form submission doesn't send any result for unchecked
+checkboxes).
+>>> w.value_from_datadict({}, {}, 'testing')
+False
+
 # Select Widget ###############################################################
 
 >>> w = Select()