diff --git a/src/xdg-autostart-generator/test-xdg-autostart.c b/src/xdg-autostart-generator/test-xdg-autostart.c
index c7a816bc25..b0dd2ab56b 100644
--- a/src/xdg-autostart-generator/test-xdg-autostart.c
+++ b/src/xdg-autostart-generator/test-xdg-autostart.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static const char* const xdg_desktop_file[] = {
 
         ("[Desktop Entry]\n"
          "Hidden=\t true\n"),
+        ("[Desktop Entry]\n"
+         "Hidden=\t True\n"),
 };
 
 static void test_xdg_desktop_parse(unsigned i, const char *s) {
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ static void test_xdg_desktop_parse(unsigned i, const char *s) {
                 assert_se(streq(service->exec_string, "a"));
                 break;
         case 2:
+        case 3:
                 assert_se(service->hidden);
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c b/src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c
index c60a9d81ac..f17aba9818 100644
--- a/src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c
+++ b/src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c
@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@
 
 #include "conf-parser.h"
 #include "escape.h"
-#include "unit-name.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "generator.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "nulstr-util.h"
+#include "parse-util.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
 #include "specifier.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
-#include "nulstr-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
+#include "user-util.h"
+#include "unit-name.h"
 
 XdgAutostartService* xdg_autostart_service_free(XdgAutostartService *s) {
         if (!s)
@@ -74,19 +76,17 @@ static int xdg_config_parse_bool(
                 void *userdata) {
 
         bool *b = data;
+        int r;
 
         assert(filename);
         assert(lvalue);
         assert(rvalue);
         assert(data);
 
-        if (streq(rvalue, "true"))
-                *b = true;
-        else if (streq(rvalue, "false"))
-                *b = false;
-        else
+        r = parse_boolean(rvalue);
+        if (r < 0)
                 return log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid value for boolean: %s", rvalue);
-
+        *b = r;
         return 0;
 }