diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 83b4d718fc..45672306ee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2107,6 +2107,60 @@ $as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
 
 } # ac_fn_c_check_func
 
+# ac_fn_c_check_type LINENO TYPE VAR INCLUDES
+# -------------------------------------------
+# Tests whether TYPE exists after having included INCLUDES, setting cache
+# variable VAR accordingly.
+ac_fn_c_check_type ()
+{
+  as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$1"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $2" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $2... " >&6; }
+if eval \${$3+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  eval "$3=no"
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$4
+int
+main ()
+{
+if (sizeof ($2))
+	 return 0;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$4
+int
+main ()
+{
+if (sizeof (($2)))
+	    return 0;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+
+else
+  eval "$3=yes"
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+eval ac_res=\$$3
+	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
+  eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
+
+} # ac_fn_c_check_type
+
 # ac_fn_c_check_member LINENO AGGR MEMBER VAR INCLUDES
 # ----------------------------------------------------
 # Tries to find if the field MEMBER exists in type AGGR, after including
@@ -2164,60 +2218,6 @@ $as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
 
 } # ac_fn_c_check_member
 
-# ac_fn_c_check_type LINENO TYPE VAR INCLUDES
-# -------------------------------------------
-# Tests whether TYPE exists after having included INCLUDES, setting cache
-# variable VAR accordingly.
-ac_fn_c_check_type ()
-{
-  as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$1"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $2" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $2... " >&6; }
-if eval \${$3+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  eval "$3=no"
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-$4
-int
-main ()
-{
-if (sizeof ($2))
-	 return 0;
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-$4
-int
-main ()
-{
-if (sizeof (($2)))
-	    return 0;
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-
-else
-  eval "$3=yes"
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-eval ac_res=\$$3
-	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
-  eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
-
-} # ac_fn_c_check_type
-
 # ac_fn_c_compute_int LINENO EXPR VAR INCLUDES
 # --------------------------------------------
 # Tries to find the compile-time value of EXPR in a program that includes
@@ -12305,6 +12305,100 @@ fi
 ## Header files
 ##
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for stdbool.h that conforms to C99" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for stdbool.h that conforms to C99... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_header_stdbool_h+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+             #include <stdbool.h>
+             #ifndef bool
+              "error: bool is not defined"
+             #endif
+             #ifndef false
+              "error: false is not defined"
+             #endif
+             #if false
+              "error: false is not 0"
+             #endif
+             #ifndef true
+              "error: true is not defined"
+             #endif
+             #if true != 1
+              "error: true is not 1"
+             #endif
+             #ifndef __bool_true_false_are_defined
+              "error: __bool_true_false_are_defined is not defined"
+             #endif
+
+             struct s { _Bool s: 1; _Bool t; } s;
+
+             char a[true == 1 ? 1 : -1];
+             char b[false == 0 ? 1 : -1];
+             char c[__bool_true_false_are_defined == 1 ? 1 : -1];
+             char d[(bool) 0.5 == true ? 1 : -1];
+             /* See body of main program for 'e'.  */
+             char f[(_Bool) 0.0 == false ? 1 : -1];
+             char g[true];
+             char h[sizeof (_Bool)];
+             char i[sizeof s.t];
+             enum { j = false, k = true, l = false * true, m = true * 256 };
+             /* The following fails for
+                HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.05.55 [Dec 04 2003]. */
+             _Bool n[m];
+             char o[sizeof n == m * sizeof n[0] ? 1 : -1];
+             char p[-1 - (_Bool) 0 < 0 && -1 - (bool) 0 < 0 ? 1 : -1];
+             /* Catch a bug in an HP-UX C compiler.  See
+                http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-12/msg02303.html
+                http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-11/msg00161.html
+              */
+             _Bool q = true;
+             _Bool *pq = &q;
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+             bool e = &s;
+             *pq |= q;
+             *pq |= ! q;
+             /* Refer to every declared value, to avoid compiler optimizations.  */
+             return (!a + !b + !c + !d + !e + !f + !g + !h + !i + !!j + !k + !!l
+                     + !m + !n + !o + !p + !q + !pq);
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_header_stdbool_h=yes
+else
+  ac_cv_header_stdbool_h=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_header_stdbool_h" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_header_stdbool_h" >&6; }
+   ac_fn_c_check_type "$LINENO" "_Bool" "ac_cv_type__Bool" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_type__Bool" = xyes; then :
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE__BOOL 1
+_ACEOF
+
+
+fi
+
+
+if test $ac_cv_header_stdbool_h = yes; then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_STDBOOL_H 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+fi
+
+
 for ac_header in atomic.h crypt.h dld.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h ifaddrs.h langinfo.h mbarrier.h poll.h sys/epoll.h sys/ipc.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/shm.h sys/sockio.h sys/tas.h sys/un.h termios.h ucred.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h
 do :
   as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
@@ -14483,6 +14577,43 @@ if test "$ac_cv_sizeof_off_t" -lt 8 -a "$segsize" != "1"; then
    as_fn_error $? "Large file support is not enabled. Segment size cannot be larger than 1GB." "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
+# The cast to long int works around a bug in the HP C Compiler
+# version HP92453-01 B.11.11.23709.GP, which incorrectly rejects
+# declarations like `int a3[[(sizeof (unsigned char)) >= 0]];'.
+# This bug is HP SR number 8606223364.
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking size of bool" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking size of bool... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_sizeof_bool+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if ac_fn_c_compute_int "$LINENO" "(long int) (sizeof (bool))" "ac_cv_sizeof_bool"        "#ifdef HAVE_STDBOOL_H
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#endif
+"; then :
+
+else
+  if test "$ac_cv_type_bool" = yes; then
+     { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+as_fn_error 77 "cannot compute sizeof (bool)
+See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+   else
+     ac_cv_sizeof_bool=0
+   fi
+fi
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_sizeof_bool" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sizeof_bool" >&6; }
+
+
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define SIZEOF_BOOL $ac_cv_sizeof_bool
+_ACEOF
+
+
+
 
 ##
 ## Functions, global variables
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 592d7aee86..2093bb468f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1245,6 +1245,8 @@ AC_SUBST(UUID_LIBS)
 ## Header files
 ##
 
+AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
+
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([atomic.h crypt.h dld.h fp_class.h getopt.h ieeefp.h ifaddrs.h langinfo.h mbarrier.h poll.h sys/epoll.h sys/ipc.h sys/pstat.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/sem.h sys/shm.h sys/sockio.h sys/tas.h sys/un.h termios.h ucred.h utime.h wchar.h wctype.h])
 
 # On BSD, test for net/if.h will fail unless sys/socket.h
@@ -1503,6 +1505,11 @@ if test "$ac_cv_sizeof_off_t" -lt 8 -a "$segsize" != "1"; then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([Large file support is not enabled. Segment size cannot be larger than 1GB.])
 fi
 
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([bool], [],
+[#ifdef HAVE_STDBOOL_H
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#endif])
+
 
 ##
 ## Functions, global variables
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index c5db5430b9..625cd21ed3 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -501,6 +501,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `SSL_get_current_compression' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SSL_GET_CURRENT_COMPRESSION
 
+/* Define to 1 if stdbool.h conforms to C99. */
+#undef HAVE_STDBOOL_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_STDINT_H
 
@@ -703,6 +706,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `X509_get_signature_nid' function. */
 #undef HAVE_X509_GET_SIGNATURE_NID
 
+/* Define to 1 if the system has the type `_Bool'. */
+#undef HAVE__BOOL
+
 /* Define to 1 if your compiler understands __builtin_bswap16. */
 #undef HAVE__BUILTIN_BSWAP16
 
@@ -812,6 +818,9 @@
    RELSEG_SIZE requires an initdb. */
 #undef RELSEG_SIZE
 
+/* The size of `bool', as computed by sizeof. */
+#undef SIZEOF_BOOL
+
 /* The size of `long', as computed by sizeof. */
 #undef SIZEOF_LONG