diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/util/BooleanEditor.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/util/BooleanEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53ac9877e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/util/BooleanEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.util;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+public class BooleanEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+
+    public String getJavaInitializationString() {
+        return String.valueOf(((Boolean)getValue()).booleanValue());
+    }
+
+    public String getAsText() {
+       return getJavaInitializationString();
+    }
+
+    public void setAsText(String text) throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (text.toLowerCase().equals("true")) {
+            setValue(Boolean.TRUE);
+        } else if (text.toLowerCase().equals("false")) {
+            setValue(Boolean.FALSE);
+        } else {
+            throw new java.lang.IllegalArgumentException(text);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String[] getTags() {
+        String result[] = { "true", "false" };
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/util/ReflectionSupportTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/util/ReflectionSupportTest.java
index a92d6f82d7..0f0095b738 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/util/ReflectionSupportTest.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/util/ReflectionSupportTest.java
@@ -84,4 +84,27 @@ public class ReflectionSupportTest extends TestCase {
     	assertEquals(nonFavoritesString, props.get("nonFavorites"));
     	assertNull(props.get("others"));
     }
+    
+    public void testSetBoolean() {
+                  
+        TestWitBoolean target = new TestWitBoolean();
+        assertTrue(!target.getKeepAlive());
+
+        IntrospectionSupport.setProperty(target, "keepAlive", "TRUE");
+        assertTrue(target.getKeepAlive());
+        
+        IntrospectionSupport.setProperty(target, "keepAlive", "false");
+        assertTrue(!target.getKeepAlive());
+    }
+
+    public static class TestWitBoolean {
+        private Boolean keepAlive = new Boolean(false);
+        public Boolean getKeepAlive() {
+            return keepAlive;
+        }
+        public void setKeepAlive(Boolean keepAlive) {
+            this.keepAlive = keepAlive;
+        }
+    }
 }
+