diff --git a/libcxx/include/__bit_reference b/libcxx/include/__bit_reference
--- a/libcxx/include/__bit_reference
+++ b/libcxx/include/__bit_reference
@@ -1109,7 +1109,11 @@
     typedef typename _Cp::difference_type                                                          difference_type;
     typedef bool                                                                                  value_type;
     typedef __bit_iterator                                                                        pointer;
+#ifndef _LIBCPP_ABI_BITSET_VECTOR_BOOL_CONST_SUBSCRIPT_RETURN_BOOL
     typedef typename conditional<_IsConst, __bit_const_reference<_Cp>, __bit_reference<_Cp> >::type reference;
+#else
+    using reference = typename conditional<_IsConst, bool, __bit_reference<_Cp>>::type;
+#endif
     typedef random_access_iterator_tag                                                            iterator_category;
 
 private:
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/containers/sequences/vector.bool/iterators.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/containers/sequences/vector.bool/iterators.pass.cpp
--- a/libcxx/test/std/containers/sequences/vector.bool/iterators.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/containers/sequences/vector.bool/iterators.pass.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
 
 int main(int, char**)
 {
+    using IterRefT = std::iterator_traits<std::vector<bool>::iterator>::reference;
+    ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(IterRefT, std::vector<bool>::reference);
+
+    using ConstIterRefT = std::iterator_traits<std::vector<bool>::const_iterator>::reference;
+#if !defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION) || defined(_LIBCPP_ABI_BITSET_VECTOR_BOOL_CONST_SUBSCRIPT_RETURN_BOOL)
+    ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(ConstIterRefT, bool);
+#else
+    ASSERT_SAME_TYPE(ConstIterRefT, std::__bit_const_reference<std::vector<bool> >);
+#endif
     {
         typedef bool T;
         typedef std::vector<T> C;