diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SybaseAnywhereDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SybaseAnywhereDialect.java
index 730da230c8..fa44131bbe 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SybaseAnywhereDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SybaseAnywhereDialect.java
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
 package org.hibernate.dialect;
 
 
+import java.sql.Types;
+
 import org.hibernate.dialect.identity.IdentityColumnSupport;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.identity.SybaseAnywhereIdentityColumnSupport;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.BitTypeDescriptor;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.SqlTypeDescriptor;
 
 /**
  * SQL Dialect for Sybase Anywhere
@@ -16,6 +20,13 @@ import org.hibernate.dialect.identity.SybaseAnywhereIdentityColumnSupport;
  * (Tested on ASA 8.x)
  */
 public class SybaseAnywhereDialect extends SybaseDialect {
+
+	public SybaseAnywhereDialect() {
+		super();
+
+		registerColumnType( Types.BOOLEAN, "bit" );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Sybase Anywhere syntax would require a "DEFAULT" for each column specified,
 	 * but I suppose Hibernate use this syntax only with tables with just 1 column
@@ -30,7 +41,7 @@ public class SybaseAnywhereDialect extends SybaseDialect {
 	/**
 	 * ASA does not require to drop constraint before dropping tables, so disable it.
 	 * <p/>
-	 * NOTE : Also, the DROP statement syntax used by Hibernate to drop constraints is 
+	 * NOTE : Also, the DROP statement syntax used by Hibernate to drop constraints is
 	 * not compatible with ASA.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
@@ -44,4 +55,9 @@ public class SybaseAnywhereDialect extends SybaseDialect {
 	public IdentityColumnSupport getIdentityColumnSupport() {
 		return new SybaseAnywhereIdentityColumnSupport();
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected SqlTypeDescriptor getSqlTypeDescriptorOverride(int sqlCode) {
+		return sqlCode == Types.BOOLEAN ? BitTypeDescriptor.INSTANCE : super.getSqlTypeDescriptorOverride( sqlCode );
+	}
 }