diff --git a/worldeditadditions/utils/strings/init.lua b/worldeditadditions/utils/strings/init.lua
index 32a8454..d5b76c9 100644
--- a/worldeditadditions/utils/strings/init.lua
+++ b/worldeditadditions/utils/strings/init.lua
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ dofile(wea.modpath.."/utils/strings/split.lua")
 dofile(wea.modpath.."/utils/strings/polyfill.lua")
 dofile(wea.modpath.."/utils/strings/tochars.lua")
 wea.split_shell = dofile(wea.modpath.."/utils/strings/split_shell.lua")
+wea.to_boolean = dofile(wea.modpath.."/utils/strings/to_boolean.lua")
diff --git a/worldeditadditions/utils/strings/to_boolean.lua b/worldeditadditions/utils/strings/to_boolean.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1fe2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/worldeditadditions/utils/strings/to_boolean.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- Converts input to a value of type Boolean.
+-- @param	arg	any	Input to convert
+-- @returns	boolean
+local function to_boolean(arg)
+	local typ = type(arg)
+	if typ == "boolean" then return arg
+	elseif typ == number and arg > 0 then return true
+	elseif arg == "false" or arg == "no" then return false
+	elseif typ ~= "nil" then return true
+	else return false end
+end
+return to_boolean