diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
index 7a6ddce353..1335caec9c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
+import com.sun.org.apache.xpath.internal.operations.Bool;
+
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.function.SQLFunction;
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ import org.hibernate.sql.ordering.antlr.OrderByFragmentTranslator;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ordering.antlr.OrderByTranslation;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ordering.antlr.SqlValueReference;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ordering.antlr.TranslationContext;
+import org.hibernate.type.BooleanType;
+import org.hibernate.type.Type;
 
 /**
  * Parses SQL fragments specified in mapping documents
@@ -305,6 +309,9 @@ public final class Template {
 				else if ( inFromClause && ",".equals(lcToken) ) {
 					beforeTable = true;
 				}
+				if ( isBoolean( token ) ) {
+					token = dialect.toBooleanValueString( Boolean.parseBoolean( token ) );
+				}
 				result.append(token);
 			}
 
@@ -712,7 +719,7 @@ public final class Template {
 	}
 
 	private static boolean isNamedParameter(String token) {
-		return token.startsWith(":");
+		return token.startsWith( ":" );
 	}
 
 	private static boolean isFunctionOrKeyword(String lcToken, String nextToken, Dialect dialect, SQLFunctionRegistry functionRegistry) {
@@ -740,10 +747,16 @@ public final class Template {
 	}
 
 	private static boolean isIdentifier(String token) {
-		return token.charAt(0)=='`' || ( //allow any identifier quoted with backtick
-			Character.isLetter( token.charAt(0) ) && //only recognizes identifiers beginning with a letter
-			token.indexOf('.') < 0
+		if ( isBoolean( token ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return token.charAt( 0 ) == '`' || ( //allow any identifier quoted with backtick
+				Character.isLetter( token.charAt( 0 ) ) && //only recognizes identifiers beginning with a letter
+						token.indexOf( '.' ) < 0
 		);
 	}
 
+	private static boolean isBoolean(String token) {
+		return "true".equals( token ) || "false".equals( token );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bidi/Auction.hbm.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bidi/Auction.hbm.xml
index 4c0ba3b9f2..537da2460b 100755
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bidi/Auction.hbm.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/bidi/Auction.hbm.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		<one-to-one name="successfulBid" 
 				property-ref="abc">
 			<formula>id</formula>
-			<formula>1</formula>
+			<formula>true</formula>
 		</one-to-one>
 	</class>
 	
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/formulajoin/Master.hbm.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/formulajoin/Master.hbm.xml
index f4f0875190..64217e528f 100755
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/formulajoin/Master.hbm.xml
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/formulajoin/Master.hbm.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 				insert="false"
 				update="false">
 			<column name="id"/>
-			<formula>1</formula>
+			<formula>true</formula>
 		</many-to-one>
 		
 	</class>