diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index d142442..dbd910f 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ func (c *Context) Bool(name string) bool {
 	return lookupBool(name, c.flagSet)
 }
 
+// Looks up the value of a local boolT flag, returns false if no bool flag exists
+func (c *Context) BoolT(name string) bool {
+	return lookupBoolT(name, c.flagSet)
+}
+
 // Looks up the value of a local string flag, returns "" if no string flag exists
 func (c *Context) String(name string) string {
 	return lookupString(name, c.flagSet)
@@ -192,6 +197,19 @@ func lookupBool(name string, set *flag.FlagSet) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func lookupBoolT(name string, set *flag.FlagSet) bool {
+	f := set.Lookup(name)
+	if f != nil {
+		val, err := strconv.ParseBool(f.Value.String())
+		if err != nil {
+			return true
+		}
+		return val
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func normalizeFlags(flags []Flag, set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	visited := make(map[string]bool)
 	set.Visit(func(f *flag.Flag) {
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index 63f2a70..75fdcd8 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ func TestContext_Bool(t *testing.T) {
 	expect(t, c.Bool("myflag"), false)
 }
 
+func TestContext_BoolT(t *testing.T) {
+	set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
+	set.Bool("myflag", true, "doc")
+	c := cli.NewContext(nil, set, set)
+	expect(t, c.BoolT("myflag"), true)
+}
+
 func TestContext_Args(t *testing.T) {
 	set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
 	set.Bool("myflag", false, "doc")
diff --git a/flag.go b/flag.go
index 38c8c1c..d0af858 100644
--- a/flag.go
+++ b/flag.go
@@ -131,6 +131,25 @@ func (f BoolFlag) getName() string {
 	return f.Name
 }
 
+type BoolTFlag struct {
+	Name  string
+	Usage string
+}
+
+func (f BoolTFlag) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s\t%v", prefixedNames(f.Name), f.Usage)
+}
+
+func (f BoolTFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) {
+	eachName(f.Name, func(name string) {
+		set.Bool(name, true, f.Usage)
+	})
+}
+
+func (f BoolTFlag) getName() string {
+	return f.Name
+}
+
 type StringFlag struct {
 	Name  string
 	Value string