diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index a4c7cae45024..b1c6b38567f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 static char			*file_name;
 static char			name_buffer[256];
 
-int				perf_host = 1;
-int				perf_guest;
+bool				perf_host = 1;
+bool				perf_guest;
 
 static const char * const kvm_usage[] = {
 	"perf kvm [<options>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list}",
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index e18dfdc2948a..821c1586a22b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -792,8 +792,7 @@ static void print_result(void)
 	print_bad_events(bad, total);
 }
 
-static int			info_threads;
-static int			info_map;
+static bool info_threads, info_map;
 
 static void dump_threads(void)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
index 0339612e7385..035b9fa063a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static const char * const test_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct option test_options[] = {
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INTEGER('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 02821febb704..ef7aa0a0c526 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ void get_term_dimensions(struct winsize *ws);
 
 #include "../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include "util/types.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 /*
  * prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE) will (cheaply) disable all
@@ -131,6 +132,6 @@ struct ip_callchain {
 	u64 ips[0];
 };
 
-extern int perf_host, perf_guest;
+extern bool perf_host, perf_guest;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
index 9ca348e1063b..5838e2d8bbc1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define __PERF_PARSE_OPTIONS_H
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 enum parse_opt_type {
 	/* special types */
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ struct option {
 #define OPT_ARGUMENT(l, h)          { .type = OPTION_ARGUMENT, .long_name = (l), .help = (h) }
 #define OPT_GROUP(h)                { .type = OPTION_GROUP, .help = (h) }
 #define OPT_BIT(s, l, v, h, b)      { .type = OPTION_BIT, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h), .defval = (b) }
-#define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)     { .type = OPTION_BOOLEAN, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)     { .type = OPTION_BOOLEAN, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, bool *), .help = (h) }
 #define OPT_INCR(s, l, v, h)        { .type = OPTION_INCR, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h) }
 #define OPT_SET_INT(s, l, v, h, i)  { .type = OPTION_SET_INT, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h), .defval = (i) }
 #define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p)  { .type = OPTION_SET_PTR, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h), .defval = (p) }