diff --git a/builtin/providers/test/resource.go b/builtin/providers/test/resource.go
index 9df02bc15a..549f7271c5 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/test/resource.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/test/resource.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ func testResource() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
 			},
+			"optional_bool": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
 			"optional_force_new": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
diff --git a/builtin/providers/test/resource_test.go b/builtin/providers/test/resource_test.go
index 6b12227f98..59b4c47857 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/test/resource_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/test/resource_test.go
@@ -124,6 +124,47 @@ resource "test_resource" "foo" {
 	})
 }
 
+// Covers specific scenario in #6005, handled by normalizing boolean strings in
+// helper/schema
+func TestResource_ignoreChangesForceNewBoolean(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.UnitTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckResourceDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: strings.TrimSpace(`
+resource "test_resource" "foo" {
+  required           = "yep"
+  optional_force_new = "one"
+  optional_bool      = true
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = ["optional_force_new"]
+  }
+}
+				`),
+				Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: strings.TrimSpace(`
+resource "test_resource" "foo" {
+  required           = "yep"
+  optional_force_new = "two"
+  optional_bool      = true
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = ["optional_force_new"]
+  }
+}
+				`),
+				Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestResource_ignoreChangesMap(t *testing.T) {
 	resource.UnitTest(t, resource.TestCase{
 		Providers:    testAccProviders,
diff --git a/helper/schema/schema.go b/helper/schema/schema.go
index cfe3c6a33d..43b5cc21ac 100644
--- a/helper/schema/schema.go
+++ b/helper/schema/schema.go
@@ -243,6 +243,20 @@ func (s *Schema) finalizeDiff(
 		return d
 	}
 
+	if s.Type == TypeBool {
+		normalizeBoolString := func(s string) string {
+			switch s {
+			case "0":
+				return "false"
+			case "1":
+				return "true"
+			}
+			return s
+		}
+		d.Old = normalizeBoolString(d.Old)
+		d.New = normalizeBoolString(d.New)
+	}
+
 	if d.NewRemoved {
 		return d
 	}
diff --git a/helper/schema/schema_test.go b/helper/schema/schema_test.go
index 94c9c57ffa..dba10ee34e 100644
--- a/helper/schema/schema_test.go
+++ b/helper/schema/schema_test.go
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func TestSchemaMap_Diff(t *testing.T) {
 				Attributes: map[string]*terraform.ResourceAttrDiff{
 					"port": &terraform.ResourceAttrDiff{
 						Old:         "",
-						New:         "0",
+						New:         "false",
 						RequiresNew: true,
 					},
 				},
@@ -2344,6 +2344,56 @@ func TestSchemaMap_Diff(t *testing.T) {
 
 			Err: false,
 		},
+
+		"Bools can be set with 0/1 in config, still get true/false": {
+			Schema: map[string]*Schema{
+				"one": &Schema{
+					Type:     TypeBool,
+					Optional: true,
+				},
+				"two": &Schema{
+					Type:     TypeBool,
+					Optional: true,
+				},
+				"three": &Schema{
+					Type:     TypeBool,
+					Optional: true,
+				},
+			},
+
+			State: &terraform.InstanceState{
+				Attributes: map[string]string{
+					"one":   "false",
+					"two":   "true",
+					"three": "true",
+				},
+			},
+
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"one": "1",
+				"two": "0",
+			},
+
+			Diff: &terraform.InstanceDiff{
+				Attributes: map[string]*terraform.ResourceAttrDiff{
+					"one": &terraform.ResourceAttrDiff{
+						Old: "false",
+						New: "true",
+					},
+					"two": &terraform.ResourceAttrDiff{
+						Old: "true",
+						New: "false",
+					},
+					"three": &terraform.ResourceAttrDiff{
+						Old:        "true",
+						New:        "false",
+						NewRemoved: true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+
+			Err: false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for tn, tc := range cases {