diff --git a/include/mdbtools.h b/include/mdbtools.h
index 60ed640..f361a36 100644
--- a/include/mdbtools.h
+++ b/include/mdbtools.h
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ extern size_t mdb_ole_read_next(MdbHandle *mdb, MdbColumn *col, void *ole_ptr);
 extern size_t mdb_ole_read(MdbHandle *mdb, MdbColumn *col, void *ole_ptr, int chunk_size);
 extern void* mdb_ole_read_full(MdbHandle *mdb, MdbColumn *col, size_t *size);
 extern void mdb_set_date_fmt(const char *);
+extern void mdb_set_boolean_fmt_words();
 extern int mdb_read_row(MdbTableDef *table, unsigned int row);
 
 /* dump.c */
diff --git a/src/libmdb/data.c b/src/libmdb/data.c
index 92e86c5..0920e07 100644
--- a/src/libmdb/data.c
+++ b/src/libmdb/data.c
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@ void mdb_set_date_fmt(const char *fmt)
 		strncpy(date_fmt, fmt, 63);
 }
 
+/* Some databases (eg PostgreSQL) do not understand integer 0/1 values
+ * as TRUE/FALSE, so provide a means to override the values used to be
+ * the SQL Standard TRUE/FALSE values.
+ */
+static char boolean_false_number[] = "0";
+static char boolean_true_number[]  = "1";
+
+static char boolean_false_word[]   = "FALSE";
+static char boolean_true_word[]    = "TRUE";
+
+static char *boolean_false_value   = boolean_false_number;
+static char *boolean_true_value    = boolean_true_number;
+
+void mdb_set_boolean_fmt_words()
+{
+	boolean_false_value = boolean_false_word;
+	boolean_true_value  = boolean_true_word;
+}
+
 void mdb_bind_column(MdbTableDef *table, int col_num, void *bind_ptr, int *len_ptr)
 {
 	MdbColumn *col;
@@ -168,10 +187,11 @@ mdb_xfer_bound_bool(MdbHandle *mdb, MdbColumn *col, int value)
 {
 	col->cur_value_len = value;
 	if (col->bind_ptr) {
-		strcpy(col->bind_ptr, value ? "0" : "1");
+		strcpy(col->bind_ptr,
+                       value ? boolean_false_value : boolean_true_value);
 	}
 	if (col->len_ptr) {
-		*col->len_ptr = 1;
+		*col->len_ptr = strlen(col->bind_ptr);
 	}
 
 	return 1;
diff --git a/src/util/mdb-export.c b/src/util/mdb-export.c
index dc10545..907a8eb 100755
--- a/src/util/mdb-export.c
+++ b/src/util/mdb-export.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *escape_char = NULL;
 	int header_row = 1;
 	int quote_text = 1;
+	int boolean_words = 0;
 	char *insert_dialect = NULL;
 	char *date_fmt = NULL;
 	char *namespace = NULL;
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{ "namespace", 'N', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &namespace, "Prefix identifiers with namespace", "namespace"},
 		{ "null", '0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &null_text, "Use <char> to represent a NULL value", "char"},
 		{ "bin", 'b', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &str_bin_mode, "Binary export mode", "strip|raw|octal"},
+		{ "boolean-words", 'B', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &boolean_words, "Use TRUE/FALSE in Boolean fields (default is 0/1)", NULL},
 		{ NULL },
 	};
 	GError *error = NULL;
@@ -161,6 +163,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	else
 		null_text = g_strdup("");
 
+	if (boolean_words)
+		mdb_set_boolean_fmt_words();
+
 	if (str_bin_mode) {
 		if (!strcmp(str_bin_mode, "strip"))
 			bin_mode = MDB_BINEXPORT_STRIP;