diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3300696851b7..e1883c99b119 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ### Changed
 
+- `ccf::http::get_query_value()` now supports bool types with `"true"` and `"false"` as values.
 - Service certificates and endorsements used for historical receipts now have a pathlen constraint of 1 instead of 0, reflecting the fact that there can be a single intermediate in endorsement chains. Historically the value had been 0, which happened to work because of a quirk in OpenSSL when Issuer and Subject match on an element in the chain.
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/include/ccf/http_query.h b/include/ccf/http_query.h
index 42e731d9bdcb..88157af8d530 100644
--- a/include/ccf/http_query.h
+++ b/include/ccf/http_query.h
@@ -56,6 +56,27 @@ namespace ccf::http
       val = T(param_val);
       return true;
     }
+    else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, bool>)
+    {
+      if (param_val == "true")
+      {
+        val = true;
+        return true;
+      }
+      else if (param_val == "false")
+      {
+        val = false;
+        return true;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        error_reason = fmt::format(
+          "Unable to parse value '{}' as bool in parameter '{}'",
+          param_val,
+          param_key);
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
     else if constexpr (std::is_integral_v<T>)
     {
       const auto [p, ec] =
diff --git a/src/http/test/http_test.cpp b/src/http/test/http_test.cpp
index 202111459e38..1c573984cbe4 100644
--- a/src/http/test/http_test.cpp
+++ b/src/http/test/http_test.cpp
@@ -631,4 +631,69 @@ DOCTEST_TEST_CASE("Accept header MIME matching")
   DOCTEST_REQUIRE(c.matches("foo/baz"));
   DOCTEST_REQUIRE(c.matches("fob/bar"));
   DOCTEST_REQUIRE(c.matches("fob/baz"));
+}
+
+DOCTEST_TEST_CASE("Query parser getters")
+{
+  {
+    constexpr auto query = "foo=bar&baz=123";
+    const auto parsed = ccf::http::parse_query(query);
+
+    std::string err = "";
+
+    {
+      std::string val;
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(ccf::http::get_query_value(parsed, "foo", val, err));
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(val == "bar");
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(err.empty());
+    }
+
+    {
+      size_t val;
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(ccf::http::get_query_value(parsed, "baz", val, err));
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(val == 123);
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(err.empty());
+    }
+
+    {
+      std::string val;
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(ccf::http::get_query_value(parsed, "baz", val, err));
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(val == "123");
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(err.empty());
+    }
+
+    {
+      size_t val;
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(!ccf::http::get_query_value(parsed, "foo", val, err));
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(err == "Unable to parse value 'bar' in parameter 'foo'");
+    }
+  }
+
+  {
+    constexpr auto query = "t=true&f=false&fnf=filenotfound";
+    const auto parsed = ccf::http::parse_query(query);
+    std::string err = "";
+
+    {
+      bool val = false;
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(ccf::http::get_query_value(parsed, "t", val, err));
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(val == true);
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(err.empty());
+    }
+
+    {
+      bool val = true;
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(ccf::http::get_query_value(parsed, "f", val, err));
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(val == false);
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(err.empty());
+    }
+
+    {
+      bool val;
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(!ccf::http::get_query_value(parsed, "fnf", val, err));
+      DOCTEST_REQUIRE(
+        err ==
+        "Unable to parse value 'filenotfound' as bool in parameter 'fnf'");
+    }
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file