diff --git a/runtime/sam/expr/coerce/cast.go b/runtime/sam/expr/coerce/cast.go
index e0afa9ad82..b12241049f 100644
--- a/runtime/sam/expr/coerce/cast.go
+++ b/runtime/sam/expr/coerce/cast.go
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ func ToUint(val super.Value, typUint super.Type) (uint64, bool) {
 		v := val.Float()
 		min, max, check := FromFloatOverflowCheck(val.Type(), typUint)
 		return uint64(v), !check || v >= min && v <= max
+	case id == super.IDBool:
+		var v uint64
+		if val.Bool() {
+			v = 1
+		}
+		return v, true
 	case id == super.IDString:
 		v, err := strconv.ParseUint(val.AsString(), 10, UintBits(typUint))
 		return v, err == nil
@@ -45,6 +51,12 @@ func ToInt(val super.Value, typInt super.Type) (int64, bool) {
 		v := val.Float()
 		min, max, check := FromFloatOverflowCheck(val.Type(), typInt)
 		return int64(v), !check || v >= min && v <= max
+	case id == super.IDBool:
+		var v int64
+		if val.Bool() {
+			v = 1
+		}
+		return v, true
 	case id == super.IDString:
 		v, err := strconv.ParseInt(val.AsString(), 10, IntBits(typInt))
 		return v, err == nil
@@ -63,6 +75,10 @@ func ToFloat(val super.Value, typ super.Type) (float64, bool) {
 		v = float64(val.Int())
 	case super.IsFloat(fromId):
 		v = val.Float()
+	case fromId == super.IDBool:
+		if val.Bool() {
+			v = 1
+		}
 	case fromId == super.IDString:
 		var err error
 		if v, err = byteconv.ParseFloat64(val.Bytes()); err != nil {
diff --git a/runtime/vam/expr/cast/number.go b/runtime/vam/expr/cast/number.go
index f269668d69..1fd0113011 100644
--- a/runtime/vam/expr/cast/number.go
+++ b/runtime/vam/expr/cast/number.go
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ func toNumeric[T numeric](vec vector.Any, typ super.Type, index []uint32) ([]T,
 			return checkAndCastNumbers[float64, T](vec.Values, min, max, index)
 		}
 		return castNumbers[float64, T](vec.Values, index), nil
+	case *vector.Bool:
+		return boolToNumeric[T](vec, index), nil
 	default:
 		panic(vec)
 	}
@@ -123,6 +125,21 @@ func castNumbers[E numeric, T numeric](s []E, index []uint32) []T {
 	return out
 }
 
+func boolToNumeric[T numeric](vec *vector.Bool, index []uint32) []T {
+	n := lengthOf(vec, index)
+	out := make([]T, n)
+	for i := range n {
+		idx := i
+		if index != nil {
+			idx = index[i]
+		}
+		if vec.Bits.IsSet(idx) {
+			out[i] = 1
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 func castStringToNumber(vec vector.Any, typ super.Type, index []uint32) (vector.Any, []uint32) {
 	svec := vec.(*vector.String)
 	switch id := typ.ID(); {
diff --git a/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/float.yaml b/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/float.yaml
index 88a6939db6..fd708ecf41 100644
--- a/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/float.yaml
+++ b/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/float.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ input: |
   1::uint64
   1000000000::uint64
   2::=named
+  false
+  true
 
 output: |
   1.5::float16
@@ -29,3 +31,9 @@ output: |
   2.::float16
   2.::float32
   2.
+  0.::float16
+  0.::float32
+  0.
+  1.::float16
+  1.::float32
+  1.
diff --git a/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/int.yaml b/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/int.yaml
index 06acbbbb5e..3356f49d20 100644
--- a/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/int.yaml
+++ b/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/int.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ input: |
   -1.
   1.5::=named
   1e8
-
+  false
+  true
 
 output: |
   -1::int8
@@ -47,3 +48,11 @@ output: |
   error({message:"cannot cast to int16",on:100000000.})
   100000000::int32
   100000000
+  0::int8
+  0::int16
+  0::int32
+  0
+  1::int8
+  1::int16
+  1::int32
+  1
diff --git a/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/uint.yaml b/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/uint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de51f29590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/ztests/expr/cast/uint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+spq: |
+  values this::uint8, this::uint16, this::uint32, this::uint64
+
+vector: true
+
+input: |
+  false
+  true
+
+output: |
+  0::uint8
+  0::uint16
+  0::uint32
+  0::uint64
+  1::uint8
+  1::uint16
+  1::uint32
+  1::uint64