diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index c42a7151b..8fdc5bc5e 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -5719,6 +5719,10 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyStdType()
             tok->isUnsigned(isUnsigned);
             tok->isSigned(!isUnsigned);
         }
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "bool"))
+        {
+            tok->isBoolean(true);
+        }
 
         if (Token::Match(tok, "__int8"))
             tok->str("char");