diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 595fbda22..69f59f464 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # dtplyr (development version)
 
+* `T` and `F` are correctly translated to `TRUE` and `FALSE` (#140).
+
 # dtplyr 1.0.1
 
 * Better handling for `.data` and `.env` pronouns (#138).
diff --git a/R/tidyeval.R b/R/tidyeval.R
index bcbd69413..918765f0a 100644
--- a/R/tidyeval.R
+++ b/R/tidyeval.R
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ dt_squash <- function(x, env, vars, j = TRUE) {
       quote(.SD)
     } else {
       var <- as.character(x)
-      if (nchar(x) > 0 && substr(var, 1, 1) == ".") {
+
+      if (var %in% c("T", "F")) {
+        as.logical(var)
+      } else if (nchar(x) > 0 && substr(var, 1, 1) == ".") {
         # data table pronouns are bound to NULL
         x
       } else if (j && !var %in% vars && env_has(env, var, inherit = TRUE)) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-tidyeval.R b/tests/testthat/test-tidyeval.R
index 82cf95781..b564a94a9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-tidyeval.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-tidyeval.R
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ test_that("simple expressions left as is", {
   expect_equal(capture_dot(dt, 10), 10)
   expect_equal(capture_dot(dt, x), quote(x))
   expect_equal(capture_dot(dt, x + y), quote(x + y))
+
+  # logicals
+  expect_equal(eval(capture_dot(dt, T), globalenv()), TRUE)
+  expect_equal(eval(capture_dot(dt, F), globalenv()), FALSE)
+  expect_equal(capture_dot(dt, TRUE), TRUE)
+  expect_equal(capture_dot(dt, FALSE), FALSE)
 })
 
 test_that("existing non-variables get inlined", {