diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 4870ed096d..4aee3b4169 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         if isinstance(value, bool):
             return value
 
-        if isinstance(value, basestring):
+        if isinstance(value, basestring) or isinstance(value, int):
             return self.boolean(value)
 
         raise TypeError('%s cannot be converted to a bool' % type(value))