diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/ParserUtils.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/ParserUtils.java
index 5c516f51a..90f2b543c 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/ParserUtils.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/ParserUtils.java
@@ -129,6 +129,27 @@ public class ParserUtils {
         return Resourcepart.from(resourcepartString);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Prase a string to a boolean value as per "xs:boolean". Valid input strings are "true", "1" for true, and "false", "0" for false.
+     *
+     * @param booleanString the input string.
+     * @return the boolean representation of the input string
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the input string is not valid.
+     * @since 4.3.2
+     */
+    public static boolean parseXmlBoolean(String booleanString) {
+        switch (booleanString) {
+        case "true":
+        case "1":
+            return true;
+        case "false":
+        case "0":
+            return false;
+        default:
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(booleanString + " is not a valid boolean string");
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the boolean value of an argument.
      *
@@ -141,7 +162,7 @@ public class ParserUtils {
         if (valueString == null)
             return null;
         valueString = valueString.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
-        return valueString.equals("true") || valueString.equals("1");
+        return parseXmlBoolean(valueString);
     }
 
     public static boolean getBooleanAttribute(XmlPullParser parser, String name,