diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index ddde18e6b4..ca1739ec84 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -120,6 +120,39 @@ PropertyInfo qdev_prop_bit = {
     .set   = set_bit,
 };
 
+/* --- bool --- */
+
+static void get_bool(Object *obj, Visitor *v, void *opaque,
+                     const char *name, Error **errp)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
+    Property *prop = opaque;
+    bool *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, ptr, name, errp);
+}
+
+static void set_bool(Object *obj, Visitor *v, void *opaque,
+                     const char *name, Error **errp)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
+    Property *prop = opaque;
+    bool *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+
+    if (dev->realized) {
+        qdev_prop_set_after_realize(dev, name, errp);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, ptr, name, errp);
+}
+
+PropertyInfo qdev_prop_bool = {
+    .name  = "boolean",
+    .get   = get_bool,
+    .set   = set_bool,
+};
+
 /* --- 8bit integer --- */
 
 static void get_uint8(Object *obj, Visitor *v, void *opaque,
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index a37933998a..25dd1bb39a 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /*** qdev-properties.c ***/
 
 extern PropertyInfo qdev_prop_bit;
+extern PropertyInfo qdev_prop_bool;
 extern PropertyInfo qdev_prop_uint8;
 extern PropertyInfo qdev_prop_uint16;
 extern PropertyInfo qdev_prop_uint32;
@@ -52,6 +53,15 @@ extern PropertyInfo qdev_prop_arraylen;
         .defval    = (bool)_defval,                              \
         }
 
+#define DEFINE_PROP_BOOL(_name, _state, _field, _defval) {       \
+        .name      = (_name),                                    \
+        .info      = &(qdev_prop_bool),                          \
+        .offset    = offsetof(_state, _field)                    \
+            + type_check(bool, typeof_field(_state, _field)),    \
+        .qtype     = QTYPE_QBOOL,                                \
+        .defval    = (bool)_defval,                              \
+        }
+
 #define PROP_ARRAY_LEN_PREFIX "len-"
 
 /**