diff --git a/include/boost/python/suite/indexing/vector_indexing_suite.hpp b/include/boost/python/suite/indexing/vector_indexing_suite.hpp
index 5c575828..b6290038 100644
--- a/include/boost/python/suite/indexing/vector_indexing_suite.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/python/suite/indexing/vector_indexing_suite.hpp
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ namespace boost { namespace python {
             ;
         }
         
-        static data_type& 
+        static 
+        typename mpl::if_<
+            is_class<data_type>
+          , data_type&
+          , data_type
+        >::type
         get_item(Container& container, index_type i)
         { 
             return container[i];
diff --git a/test/vector_indexing_suite.cpp b/test/vector_indexing_suite.cpp
index c5b8eada..07fc5e91 100644
--- a/test/vector_indexing_suite.cpp
+++ b/test/vector_indexing_suite.cpp
@@ -44,5 +44,10 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(vector_indexing_suite_ext)
     class_<std::vector<float> >("FloatVec")
         .def(vector_indexing_suite<std::vector<float> >())
     ;
+    
+    // Compile check only...
+    class_<std::vector<bool> >("BoolVec")
+        .def(vector_indexing_suite<std::vector<bool> >())
+    ;
 }