diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
index d778bbca..8ebe62da 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -934,6 +934,23 @@ public class StringUtil
         return vals;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses an array of booleans from its string representation. The array should be represented
+     * as a bare list of numbers separated by commas, for example:
+     *
+     * <pre>false, false, true, false</pre>
+     */
+    public static boolean[] parseBooleanArray (String source)
+    {
+        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(source, ",");
+        boolean[] vals = new boolean[tok.countTokens()];
+        for (int i = 0; tok.hasMoreTokens(); i++) {
+            // trim the whitespace from the token
+            vals[i] = Boolean.parseBoolean(tok.nextToken().trim());
+        }
+        return vals;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parses an array of strings from a single string. The array should be represented as a bare
      * list of strings separated by commas, for example: