diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
index de41bdc..bd80c3b 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@
         MASTER can be given as master widget."""
         Variable.__init__(self, master)
 
+    def set(self, value):
+        """Set the variable to value, converting booleans to integers."""
+        if isinstance(value, bool):
+            value = int(value)
+        return Variable.set(self, value)
+
     def get(self):
         """Return the value of the variable as an integer."""
         return getint(self._tk.globalgetvar(self._name))
diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index 8b9926e..b9dc179 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -868,6 +868,8 @@
 	if (PyString_Check(value))
 		return Tcl_NewStringObj(PyString_AS_STRING(value),
 					PyString_GET_SIZE(value));
+	else if (PyBool_Check(value))
+		return Tcl_NewBooleanObj(PyObject_IsTrue(value));
 	else if (PyInt_Check(value))
 		return Tcl_NewLongObj(PyInt_AS_LONG(value));
 	else if (PyFloat_Check(value))
@@ -1739,7 +1741,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 	if (Tcl_GetBoolean(Tkapp_Interp(self), s, &v) == TCL_ERROR)
 		return Tkinter_Error(self);
-	return Py_BuildValue("i", v);
+	return PyBool_FromLong(v);
 }
 
 static PyObject *