diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
index ac6493892068e9..68cdcc75fe0a0a 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ class c_void_p(_SimpleCData):
 
 class c_bool(_SimpleCData):
     _type_ = "?"
+c_bool.__ctype_le__ = c_bool.__ctype_be__ = c_bool
+_check_size(c_bool)
 
 from _ctypes import POINTER, pointer, _pointer_type_cache
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_byteswap.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_byteswap.py
index 78eff0392c4548..0a8be309821f8b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_byteswap.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_byteswap.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                     c_byte, c_ubyte, c_char, c_wchar, c_void_p,
                     c_short, c_ushort, c_int, c_uint,
                     c_long, c_ulong, c_longlong, c_ulonglong,
-                    c_uint32, c_float, c_double)
+                    c_uint32, c_float, c_double, c_bool)
 
 
 def bin(s):
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ def test_endian_other(self):
         self.assertIs(c_char.__ctype_le__, c_char)
         self.assertIs(c_char.__ctype_be__, c_char)
 
+        self.assertIs(c_bool.__ctype_le__, c_bool)
+        self.assertIs(c_bool.__ctype_be__, c_bool)
+
     def test_struct_fields_unsupported_byte_order(self):
 
         fields = [
@@ -373,13 +376,13 @@ def test_build_struct_union_opposite_system_byteorder(self):
             _Union = LittleEndianUnion
 
         class S1(_Structure):
-            _fields_ = [("a", c_byte), ("b", c_byte)]
+            _fields_ = [("a", c_byte), ("b", c_byte), ("c", c_bool)]
 
         class U1(_Union):
-            _fields_ = [("s1", S1), ("ab", c_short)]
+            _fields_ = [("s1", S1), ("ab", c_short), ("ac", c_bool)]
 
         class S2(_Structure):
-            _fields_ = [("u1", U1), ("c", c_byte)]
+            _fields_ = [("u1", U1), ("c", c_byte), ("d", c_bool)]
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2024-11-29-18-33-27.gh-issue-74695.xXInJz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2024-11-29-18-33-27.gh-issue-74695.xXInJz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ba6f7eda19c836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2024-11-29-18-33-27.gh-issue-74695.xXInJz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added support for :class:`ctypes.c_bool` for structs/unions that have an endianness opposite of the current system.