diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/python_api/value/TestValueAPI.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/python_api/value/TestValueAPI.py
index 9fc025a58b99..d67905a50d03 100644
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/python_api/value/TestValueAPI.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/python_api/value/TestValueAPI.py
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ class ValueAPITestCase(TestBase):
                 val_i.GetType()).AddressOf(),
             VALID_VARIABLE)
 
+        # Check that lldb.value implements truth testing.
+        self.assertFalse(lldb.value(frame0.FindVariable('bogus')))
+        self.assertTrue(lldb.value(frame0.FindVariable('uinthex')))
+
         self.assertTrue(int(lldb.value(frame0.FindVariable('uinthex')))
                         == 3768803088, 'uinthex == 3768803088')
         self.assertTrue(int(lldb.value(frame0.FindVariable('sinthex')))
diff --git a/lldb/scripts/Python/python-extensions.swig b/lldb/scripts/Python/python-extensions.swig
index 25fec92fbdff..13bb5821cdaa 100644
--- a/lldb/scripts/Python/python-extensions.swig
+++ b/lldb/scripts/Python/python-extensions.swig
@@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ class value(object):
     def __nonzero__(self):
         return self.sbvalue.__nonzero__()
 
+    def __bool__(self):
+        return self.sbvalue.__bool__()
+
     def __str__(self):
         return self.sbvalue.__str__()