diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/InitVariablesCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/InitVariablesCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/InitVariablesCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/InitVariablesCheck.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
 
   if (TypePtr->isEnumeralType())
     InitializationString = nullptr;
+  else if (TypePtr->isBooleanType())
+    InitializationString = " = false";
   else if (TypePtr->isIntegerType())
     InitializationString = " = 0";
   else if (TypePtr->isFloatingType()) {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/init-variables.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/init-variables.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/init-variables.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/cppcoreguidelines/init-variables.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
   bool b;
   // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:8: warning: variable 'b' is not initialized [cppcoreguidelines-init-variables]
-  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^}}  bool b = 0;{{$}}
+  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^}}  bool b = false;{{$}}
   bool bval = true;
 
   const char *ptr;