diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/Comparing.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/Comparing.java
index 95f5f8ab166a..4860c7ab53f7 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/Comparing.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/Comparing.java
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ public class Comparing {
     return o1 < o2 ? -1 : o1 == o2 ? 0 : 1;
   }
 
+  public static int compare(boolean o1, boolean o2) {
+    return o1 == o2 ? 0 : o1 ? 1 : -1;
+  }
+
   public static int compare(int o1, int o2) {
     return o1 < o2 ? -1 : o1 == o2 ? 0 : 1;
   }