diff --git a/framework/yii/db/pgsql/Schema.php b/framework/yii/db/pgsql/Schema.php
index c01ea52..4925984 100644
--- a/framework/yii/db/pgsql/Schema.php
+++ b/framework/yii/db/pgsql/Schema.php
@@ -131,6 +131,28 @@ class Schema extends \yii\db\Schema
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Determines the PDO type for the given PHP data value.
+	 * @param mixed $data the data whose PDO type is to be determined
+	 * @return integer the PDO type
+	 * @see http://www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.constants.php
+	 */
+	public function getPdoType($data)
+	{
+		// php type => PDO type
+		static $typeMap = [
+			// https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/issues/1115
+			// Cast boolean to integer values to work around problems with PDO casting false to string '' https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33876
+			'boolean' => \PDO::PARAM_INT,
+			'integer' => \PDO::PARAM_INT,
+			'string' => \PDO::PARAM_STR,
+			'resource' => \PDO::PARAM_LOB,
+			'NULL' => \PDO::PARAM_NULL,
+		];
+		$type = gettype($data);
+		return isset($typeMap[$type]) ? $typeMap[$type] : \PDO::PARAM_STR;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Returns all table names in the database.
 	 * @param string $schema the schema of the tables. Defaults to empty string, meaning the current or default schema.
 	 * If not empty, the returned table names will be prefixed with the schema name.
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/db/pgsql/PostgreSQLActiveRecordTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/db/pgsql/PostgreSQLActiveRecordTest.php
index d41a837..1fffad7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/db/pgsql/PostgreSQLActiveRecordTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/db/pgsql/PostgreSQLActiveRecordTest.php
@@ -11,14 +11,4 @@ use yiiunit\framework\db\ActiveRecordTest;
 class PostgreSQLActiveRecordTest extends ActiveRecordTest
 {
 	protected $driverName = 'pgsql';
-
-	public function testBooleanAttribute()
-	{
-		$this->markTestSkipped('Storing boolean values does not work in PostgreSQL right now. See https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/issues/1115 for details.');
-	}
-
-	public function testStoreEmpty()
-	{
-		// as this test attempts to store data with invalid type it is okay for postgres to fail, skipping silently.
-	}
 }