diff --git a/extras/tests/JsonVariant/as.cpp b/extras/tests/JsonVariant/as.cpp
index fdc24abe..43c30185 100644
--- a/extras/tests/JsonVariant/as.cpp
+++ b/extras/tests/JsonVariant/as.cpp
@@ -349,4 +349,15 @@ TEST_CASE("JsonVariant::as()") {
 
     CHECK(variant.as<std::string>() == "hello");
   }
+
+  SECTION("linked bool") {
+    StaticJsonDocument<128> doc2;
+    variant.link(doc2);
+
+    doc2.set(true);
+    CHECK(variant.as<bool>() == true);
+
+    doc2.set(false);
+    CHECK(variant.as<bool>() == false);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
index d1e1ae27..918f07a5 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ inline bool VariantData::asBoolean() const {
       return _content.asFloat != 0;
     case VALUE_IS_NULL:
       return false;
+    case VALUE_IS_POINTER:
+      return _content.asPointer->asBoolean();
     default:
       return true;
   }