diff --git a/flag_bool.go b/flag_bool.go
index b21d5163c9..287da85640 100644
--- a/flag_bool.go
+++ b/flag_bool.go
@@ -1,11 +1,55 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
+// boolValue needs to implement the boolFlag internal interface in flag
+// to be able to capture bool fields and values
+// type boolFlag interface {
+//	  Value
+//	  IsBoolFlag() bool
+// }
+type boolValue struct {
+	destination *bool
+	count       *int
+}
+
+func newBoolValue(val bool, p *bool, count *int) *boolValue {
+	*p = val
+	return &boolValue{
+		destination: p,
+		count:       count,
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *boolValue) Set(s string) error {
+	v, err := strconv.ParseBool(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = errors.New("parse error")
+		return err
+	}
+	*b.destination = v
+	if b.count != nil {
+		*b.count = *b.count + 1
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (b *boolValue) Get() interface{} { return *b.destination }
+
+func (b *boolValue) String() string {
+	if b.destination != nil {
+		return strconv.FormatBool(*b.destination)
+	}
+	return strconv.FormatBool(false)
+}
+
+func (b *boolValue) IsBoolFlag() bool { return true }
+
 // TakesValue returns true of the flag takes a value, otherwise false
 func (f *BoolFlag) TakesValue() bool {
 	return false
@@ -56,11 +100,14 @@ func (f *BoolFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, name := range f.Names() {
+		var value flag.Value
 		if f.Destination != nil {
-			set.BoolVar(f.Destination, name, f.Value, f.Usage)
-			continue
+			value = newBoolValue(f.Value, f.Destination, f.Count)
+		} else {
+			t := new(bool)
+			value = newBoolValue(f.Value, t, f.Count)
 		}
-		set.Bool(name, f.Value, f.Usage)
+		set.Var(value, name, f.Usage)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/flag_test.go b/flag_test.go
index e46b1eff45..c0f98864bd 100644
--- a/flag_test.go
+++ b/flag_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ func TestBoolFlagValueFromContext(t *testing.T) {
 	expect(t, ff.Get(ctx), false)
 }
 
+func TestBoolFlagApply_SetsCount(t *testing.T) {
+	v := false
+	count := 0
+	fl := BoolFlag{Name: "wat", Aliases: []string{"W", "huh"}, Destination: &v, Count: &count}
+	set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
+	_ = fl.Apply(set)
+
+	err := set.Parse([]string{"--wat", "-W", "--huh"})
+	expect(t, err, nil)
+	expect(t, v, true)
+	expect(t, count, 3)
+}
+
 func TestFlagsFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	newSetFloat64Slice := func(defaults ...float64) Float64Slice {
 		s := NewFloat64Slice(defaults...)