diff --git a/doc/src/release_notes.rst b/doc/src/release_notes.rst
index d6e5e501..9b8928e8 100644
--- a/doc/src/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/src/release_notes.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Version 8.0 (TBD)
     `422 <https://github.com/oracle/python-cx_Oracle/pull/422>`__ and
     `423 <https://github.com/oracle/python-cx_Oracle/pull/423>`__).
 #)  Documentation and test suite improvements.
+#)  Python objects bound to boolean variables are now converted to true or false
+    based on whether they would be considered true or false in a Python if
+    statement. (Previously, only True was treated as true and all other Python
+    values including 1, 1.0, and "foo" were treated as false.)
 
 
 Version 7.3 (December 2019)
diff --git a/src/cxoTransform.c b/src/cxoTransform.c
index 62566ee0..e77d4d4a 100644
--- a/src/cxoTransform.c
+++ b/src/cxoTransform.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int cxoTransform_fromPython(cxoTransformNum transformNum,
 
     switch (transformNum) {
         case CXO_TRANSFORM_BOOLEAN:
-            dbValue->asBoolean = (pyValue == Py_True);
+            dbValue->asBoolean = PyObject_IsTrue(pyValue);
             return 0;
         case CXO_TRANSFORM_BINARY:
         case CXO_TRANSFORM_FIXED_CHAR:
diff --git a/test/BooleanVar.py b/test/BooleanVar.py
index bfbf0fb0..a86905c3 100644
--- a/test/BooleanVar.py
+++ b/test/BooleanVar.py
@@ -21,6 +21,32 @@ def testBindFalse(self):
                 (False,))
         self.assertEqual(result, "FALSE")
 
+    def testBindFloatAsBoolean(self):
+        "test binding in a float as a boolean"
+        var = self.cursor.var(bool)
+        var.setvalue(0, 0.0)
+        result = self.cursor.callfunc("pkg_TestBooleans.GetStringRep", str,
+                (var,))
+        self.assertEqual(result, "FALSE")
+        var = self.cursor.var(bool)
+        var.setvalue(0, 1.0)
+        result = self.cursor.callfunc("pkg_TestBooleans.GetStringRep", str,
+                (var,))
+        self.assertEqual(result, "TRUE")
+
+    def testBindIntegerAsBoolean(self):
+        "test binding in an integer as a boolean"
+        var = self.cursor.var(bool)
+        var.setvalue(0, 0)
+        result = self.cursor.callfunc("pkg_TestBooleans.GetStringRep", str,
+                (var,))
+        self.assertEqual(result, "FALSE")
+        var = self.cursor.var(bool)
+        var.setvalue(0, 1)
+        result = self.cursor.callfunc("pkg_TestBooleans.GetStringRep", str,
+                (var,))
+        self.assertEqual(result, "TRUE")
+
     def testBindNull(self):
         "test binding in a null value"
         self.cursor.setinputsizes(None, bool)
@@ -40,6 +66,19 @@ def testBindOutTrue(self):
                 (5,))
         self.assertEqual(result, True)
 
+    def testBindStringAsBoolean(self):
+        "test binding in a string as a boolean"
+        var = self.cursor.var(bool)
+        var.setvalue(0, "")
+        result = self.cursor.callfunc("pkg_TestBooleans.GetStringRep", str,
+                (var,))
+        self.assertEqual(result, "FALSE")
+        var = self.cursor.var(bool)
+        var.setvalue(0, "0")
+        result = self.cursor.callfunc("pkg_TestBooleans.GetStringRep", str,
+                (var,))
+        self.assertEqual(result, "TRUE")
+
     def testBindTrue(self):
         "test binding in a True value"
         result = self.cursor.callfunc("pkg_TestBooleans.GetStringRep", str,