diff --git a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/dom/impl/ExtensionDomExtender.java b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/dom/impl/ExtensionDomExtender.java
index 88d8d38c89d5..596b90b6d4ab 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/dom/impl/ExtensionDomExtender.java
+++ b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/dom/impl/ExtensionDomExtender.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.dom.impl;
 
 import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
@@ -105,11 +105,17 @@ public class ExtensionDomExtender extends DomExtender<Extension> {
 
       @Override
       public void visitTagOrProperty(@NotNull PsiField field, @NotNull String tagName, RequiredFlag required) {
+        boolean isBoolean = PsiTypes.booleanType().equals(field.getType());
+
         final DomExtension extension =
-          registrar.registerFixedNumberChildExtension(new XmlName(tagName), SimpleTagValue.class)
+          registrar.registerFixedNumberChildExtension(new XmlName(tagName), isBoolean ? SimpleBooleanTagValue.class : SimpleTagValue.class)
             .setDeclaringElement(field);
         markAsRequired(extension, required);
 
+        if (isBoolean) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         final With withElement = findWithElement(elements, field);
         markAsClass(extension, Extension.isClassField(field.getName()), withElement);
 
@@ -263,6 +269,9 @@ public class ExtensionDomExtender extends DomExtender<Extension> {
   public interface SimpleTagValue extends GenericDomValue<String> {
   }
 
+  public interface SimpleBooleanTagValue extends GenericDomValue<Boolean> {
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("ClassExplicitlyAnnotation")
   private static class MyNoSpellchecking implements NoSpellchecking {