diff --git a/src/jqLite.js b/src/jqLite.js
index 0dbed8083..46f52fd41 100644
--- a/src/jqLite.js
+++ b/src/jqLite.js
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ forEach({
     var lowercasedName = lowercase(name);
     if (BOOLEAN_ATTR[lowercasedName]) {
       if (isDefined(value)) {
-        if (value) {
+        if (value !== false && value !== null) {
           element.setAttribute(name, name);
         } else {
           element.removeAttribute(name);
diff --git a/test/jqLiteSpec.js b/test/jqLiteSpec.js
index e2d553132..c51ed56bf 100644
--- a/test/jqLiteSpec.js
+++ b/test/jqLiteSpec.js
@@ -733,6 +733,24 @@ describe('jqLite', function() {
       elm.attr('attribute', '');
       expect(elm[0].getAttribute('attribute')).toBe('');
     });
+
+    it('should remove the boolean attribute for a false value', function() {
+      var elm = jqLite('<select multiple>');
+      elm.attr('multiple', false);
+      expect(elm[0].hasAttribute('multiple')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should remove the boolean attribute for a null value', function() {
+      var elm = jqLite('<select multiple>');
+      elm.attr('multiple', null);
+      expect(elm[0].hasAttribute('multiple')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should not remove the boolean attribute for an empty string as a value', function() {
+      var elm = jqLite('<select multiple>');
+      elm.attr('multiple', '');
+      expect(elm[0].getAttribute('multiple')).toBe('multiple');
+    });
   });