diff --git a/Sources/PerfectMySQL/MySQLStmt.swift b/Sources/PerfectMySQL/MySQLStmt.swift
index 11148a8..139a89b 100644
--- a/Sources/PerfectMySQL/MySQLStmt.swift
+++ b/Sources/PerfectMySQL/MySQLStmt.swift
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
 #else
 	import Darwin
 #endif
+
 import mysqlclient
 
+typealias my_bool = CBool
+
 /// handles mysql prepared statements
 public final class MySQLStmt {
 	private let ptr: UnsafeMutablePointer<MYSQL_STMT>