diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/BooleanMarshaller.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/BooleanMarshaller.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c3482c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/BooleanMarshaller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ *      Copyright (C) 2015  higherfrequencytrading.com
+ *
+ *      This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *      it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ *      the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ *      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *      GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *      You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *      along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.internal;
+
+import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.hashing.LongHashFunction;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.BytesInterop;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.BytesReader;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.SizeMarshaller;
+import net.openhft.lang.io.Bytes;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public enum BooleanMarshaller
+        implements BytesInterop<Boolean>, BytesReader<Boolean>, SizeMarshaller {
+    INSTANCE;
+
+    @Override
+    public long size(@NotNull Boolean e) {
+        return 1L;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int sizeEncodingSize(long size) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long minEncodableSize() {
+        return 1L;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int minSizeEncodingSize() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int maxSizeEncodingSize() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeSize(Bytes bytes, long size) {
+        assert size == 1L;
+        // do nothing
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean startsWith(@NotNull Bytes bytes, @NotNull Boolean e) {
+        return e == (bytes.readByte(bytes.position()) != 0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equivalent(@NotNull Boolean a, @NotNull Boolean b) {
+        return a.booleanValue() == b.booleanValue();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long hash(@NotNull LongHashFunction hashFunction, @NotNull Boolean e) {
+        return hashFunction.hashByte(e ? (byte) 'Y' : 0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(@NotNull Bytes bytes, @NotNull Boolean e) {
+        bytes.writeByte(e ? 'Y' : 0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long readSize(Bytes bytes) {
+        return 1L;
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public Boolean read(@NotNull Bytes bytes, long size) {
+        return bytes.readByte() != 0;
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public Boolean read(@NotNull Bytes bytes, long size, Boolean toReuse) {
+        return bytes.readByte() != 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/SerializationBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/SerializationBuilder.java
index f239f560c..106c6f248 100755
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/SerializationBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/internal/SerializationBuilder.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public final class SerializationBuilder<E> implements Cloneable, Serializable {
     }
 
     private static final List<Class> knownJDKImmutableClasses = Arrays.<Class>asList(
-            String.class, Byte.class, Short.class, Character.class, Integer.class,
+            String.class, Boolean.class, Byte.class, Short.class, Character.class, Integer.class,
             Float.class, Long.class, Double.class, BigDecimal.class, BigInteger.class, URL.class
     );
 
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ public final class SerializationBuilder<E> implements Cloneable, Serializable {
         } else if (eClass == StringBuilder.class) {
             reader((BytesReader<E>) CharSequenceReader.ofStringBuilder());
             writer((BytesWriter<E>) CharSequenceWriter.instance());
+        } else if (eClass == Boolean.class) {
+            sizeMarshaller(BooleanMarshaller.INSTANCE);
+            reader((BytesReader<E>) BooleanMarshaller.INSTANCE);
+            interop((BytesInterop<E>) BooleanMarshaller.INSTANCE);
         } else if (eClass == Long.class) {
             sizeMarshaller(LongMarshaller.INSTANCE);
             reader((BytesReader<E>) LongMarshaller.INSTANCE);