diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
index 4d78d3a..2a18fb9 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
          "filename in which to record list of installed files"),
         ]
 
-    boolean_options = ['force', 'skip-build']
+    boolean_options = ['compile', 'force', 'skip-build']
     negative_opt = {'no-compile' : 'compile'}
 
 
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@
         self.install_scripts = None
         self.install_data = None
 
-        self.compile = None
-        self.no_compile = None
+        self.compile = 0
         self.optimize = None
 
         # These two are for putting non-packagized distributions into their