diff --git a/pgtype/bool.go b/pgtype/bool.go
index e7be27e2..71caffa7 100644
--- a/pgtype/bool.go
+++ b/pgtype/bool.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package pgtype
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type BoolScanner interface {
@@ -264,8 +266,8 @@ func (scanPlanTextAnyToBool) Scan(src []byte, dst any) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot scan NULL into %T", dst)
 	}
 
-	if len(src) != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid length for bool: %v", len(src))
+	if len(src) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot scan empty string into %T", dst)
 	}
 
 	p, ok := (dst).(*bool)
@@ -273,7 +275,12 @@ func (scanPlanTextAnyToBool) Scan(src []byte, dst any) error {
 		return ErrScanTargetTypeChanged
 	}
 
-	*p = src[0] == 't'
+	v, err := planTextToBool(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	*p = v
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -309,9 +316,28 @@ func (scanPlanTextAnyToBoolScanner) Scan(src []byte, dst any) error {
 		return s.ScanBool(Bool{})
 	}
 
-	if len(src) != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid length for bool: %v", len(src))
+	if len(src) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot scan empty string into %T", dst)
 	}
 
-	return s.ScanBool(Bool{Bool: src[0] == 't', Valid: true})
+	v, err := planTextToBool(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.ScanBool(Bool{Bool: v, Valid: true})
+}
+
+// https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/datatype-boolean.html
+func planTextToBool(src []byte) (bool, error) {
+	s := string(bytes.ToLower(bytes.TrimSpace(src)))
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix("true", s), strings.HasPrefix("yes", s), s == "on", s == "1":
+		return true, nil
+	case strings.HasPrefix("false", s), strings.HasPrefix("no", s), strings.HasPrefix("off", s), s == "0":
+		return false, nil
+	default:
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("unknown boolean string representation %q", src)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pgtype/pgtype_test.go b/pgtype/pgtype_test.go
index 341ce5d8..5affc0c7 100644
--- a/pgtype/pgtype_test.go
+++ b/pgtype/pgtype_test.go
@@ -453,6 +453,60 @@ func TestMapScanNullToWrongType(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, pn.Valid)
 }
 
+func TestMapScanTextToBool(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		src  []byte
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"t", []byte("t"), true},
+		{"f", []byte("f"), false},
+		{"y", []byte("y"), true},
+		{"n", []byte("n"), false},
+		{"1", []byte("1"), true},
+		{"0", []byte("0"), false},
+		{"true", []byte("true"), true},
+		{"false", []byte("false"), false},
+		{"yes", []byte("yes"), true},
+		{"no", []byte("no"), false},
+		{"on", []byte("on"), true},
+		{"off", []byte("off"), false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m := pgtype.NewMap()
+
+			var v bool
+			err := m.Scan(pgtype.BoolOID, pgx.TextFormatCode, tt.src, &v)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, v)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMapScanTextToBoolError(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		src  []byte
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"nil", nil, "cannot scan NULL into *bool"},
+		{"empty", []byte{}, "cannot scan empty string into *bool"},
+		{"foo", []byte("foo"), "unknown boolean string representation \"foo\""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m := pgtype.NewMap()
+
+			var v bool
+			err := m.Scan(pgtype.BoolOID, pgx.TextFormatCode, tt.src, &v)
+			require.ErrorContains(t, err, tt.want)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 type databaseValuerUUID [16]byte
 
 func (v databaseValuerUUID) Value() (driver.Value, error) {