diff --git a/include/assimp/material.inl b/include/assimp/material.inl
index 693785c3c..1aec6d865 100644
--- a/include/assimp/material.inl
+++ b/include/assimp/material.inl
@@ -137,6 +137,47 @@ aiReturn aiMaterial::Get(const char* pKey,unsigned int type,
     return ret;
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Specialisation for a single bool.
+// Casts floating point and integer to bool
+template <>
+AI_FORCE_INLINE
+        aiReturn
+        aiMaterial::Get(const char *pKey, unsigned int type,
+                unsigned int idx, bool &pOut) const {
+    const aiMaterialProperty *prop;
+    const aiReturn ret = ::aiGetMaterialProperty(this, pKey, type, idx,
+            (const aiMaterialProperty **)&prop);
+    if (AI_SUCCESS == ret) {
+
+        switch (prop->mType) {
+            // Type cannot be converted
+        default: return AI_FAILURE;
+
+        case aiPTI_Buffer: {
+            // Native bool value storage
+            if (prop->mDataLength < sizeof(bool)) {
+                return AI_FAILURE;
+            }
+            ::memcpy(&pOut, prop->mData, sizeof(bool));
+        } break;
+
+        case aiPTI_Float:
+        case aiPTI_Double:
+        case aiPTI_Integer: {
+            // Read as integer and cast to bool
+            int value = 0;
+            if (AI_SUCCESS == ::aiGetMaterialInteger(this, pKey, type, idx, &value)) {
+                pOut = static_cast<bool>(value);
+                return AI_SUCCESS;
+            }
+            return AI_FAILURE;
+        }
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AI_FORCE_INLINE
 aiReturn aiMaterial::Get(const char* pKey,unsigned int type,
diff --git a/test/unit/utMaterialSystem.cpp b/test/unit/utMaterialSystem.cpp
index 8db014d9c..9df64ae3b 100644
--- a/test/unit/utMaterialSystem.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/utMaterialSystem.cpp
@@ -125,13 +125,66 @@ TEST_F(MaterialSystemTest, testStringProperty) {
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-TEST_F(MaterialSystemTest, testMaterialNameAccess) {
-    aiMaterial *mat = new aiMaterial();
-    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, mat);
-
-    aiString name = mat->GetName();
+TEST_F(MaterialSystemTest, testDefaultMaterialName) {
+    aiString name = pcMat->GetName();
     const int retValue(strncmp(name.C_Str(), AI_DEFAULT_MATERIAL_NAME, name.length));
     EXPECT_EQ(0, retValue);
-
-    delete mat;
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TEST_F(MaterialSystemTest, testBoolProperty) {
+    const bool valTrue = true;
+    const bool valFalse = false;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->AddProperty(&valTrue, 1, "bool_true"));
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->AddProperty(&valFalse, 1, "bool_false"));
+
+    bool read = false;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("bool_true", 0, 0, read));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(read) << "read true bool";
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("bool_false", 0, 0, read));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(read) << "read false bool";
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TEST_F(MaterialSystemTest, testCastIntProperty) {
+    int value = 10;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->AddProperty(&value, 1, "integer"));
+    value = 0;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->AddProperty(&value, 1, "zero"));
+
+    // To float
+    float valFloat = 0.0f;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("integer", 0, 0, valFloat));
+    EXPECT_EQ(10.0f, valFloat);
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("zero", 0, 0, valFloat));
+    EXPECT_EQ(0.0f, valFloat);
+
+    // To bool
+    bool valBool = false;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("integer", 0, 0, valBool));
+    EXPECT_EQ(true, valBool);
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("zero", 0, 0, valBool));
+    EXPECT_EQ(false, valBool);
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TEST_F(MaterialSystemTest, testCastFloatProperty) {
+    float value = 150392.63f;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->AddProperty(&value, 1, "float"));
+    value = 0;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->AddProperty(&value, 1, "zero"));
+
+    // To int
+    int valInt = 0.0f;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("float", 0, 0, valInt));
+    EXPECT_EQ(150392, valInt);
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("zero", 0, 0, valInt));
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, valInt);
+
+    // To bool
+    bool valBool = false;
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("float", 0, 0, valBool));
+    EXPECT_EQ(true, valBool);
+    EXPECT_EQ(AI_SUCCESS, pcMat->Get("zero", 0, 0, valBool));
+    EXPECT_EQ(false, valBool);
 }