diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/io/Translations.as b/src/as/com/threerings/io/Translations.as
index 9ae1a0762..c03daaeae 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/io/Translations.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/io/Translations.as
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ public class Translations
 
     // initialize some standard classes
     addTranslation("Object", "java.lang.Object");
+    addTranslation("com.threerings.util.langBoolean", "java.lang.Boolean");
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/util/langBoolean.as b/src/as/com/threerings/util/langBoolean.as
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87d4138ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/util/langBoolean.as
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.threerings.util {
+
+import com.threerings.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import com.threerings.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import com.threerings.io.Streamable;
+
+/**
+ * Equivalent to java.lang.Boolean.
+ */
+public class langBoolean
+    implements Equalable, Streamable
+{
+    public var value :Boolean;
+
+    public static function valueOf (val :Boolean) :langBoolean
+    {
+        return new langBoolean(val);
+    }
+
+    public function langBoolean (value :Boolean = false)
+    {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    // from Equalable
+    public function equals (other :Object) :Boolean
+    {
+        return (other is langBoolean) &&
+            (value === (other as langBoolean).value);
+    }
+
+    // from Streamable
+    public function writeObject (out :ObjectOutputStream) :void
+    {
+        out.writeBoolean(value);
+    }
+
+    // from Streamable
+    public function readObject (ins :ObjectInputStream) :void
+    {
+        value = ins.readBoolean();
+    }
+}
+}