diff --git a/doc/changes/aux/mr.266.2.md b/doc/changes/aux/mr.266.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6482e939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/aux/mr.266.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u/json: Add bool getter function.
diff --git a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.c b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.c
index 3778520b3..035b29cd8 100644
--- a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.c
+++ b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.c
@@ -46,6 +46,23 @@ u_json_get_string_into_array(const cJSON *json, char *out_str, size_t max_size)
 	}
 }
 
+bool
+u_json_get_bool(const cJSON *json, bool *out_bool)
+{
+	assert(out_bool != NULL);
+
+	if (!json) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (!cJSON_IsBool(json)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	*out_bool = json->valueint;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool
 u_json_get_int(const cJSON *json, int *out_int)
 {
diff --git a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.h b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.h
index c63633be2..939585ac3 100644
--- a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.h
+++ b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.h
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ extern "C" {
 bool
 u_json_get_string_into_array(const cJSON *json, char *out, size_t max_size);
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Parse an bool from a JSON object.
+ *
+ * @return true if successful, false if not.
+ */
+bool
+u_json_get_bool(const cJSON *json, bool *out_bool);
+
 /*!
  * @brief Parse an int from a JSON object.
  *