diff --git a/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderHdfTests.cs b/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderHdfTests.cs
index 3727358..a58e88a 100644
--- a/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderHdfTests.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderHdfTests.cs
@@ -204,6 +204,24 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             Assert.That(structure["y", 1, 2].IsEmpty, Is.True);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test reading a logical array.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public void TestLogical()
+        {
+            var matFile = ReadHdfTestFile("logical");
+            var array = matFile["logical_"].Value;
+            var logicalArray = array as IArrayOf<bool>;
+            Assert.That(logicalArray, Is.Not.Null);
+            Assert.That(logicalArray[0, 0], Is.True);
+            Assert.That(logicalArray[0, 1], Is.True);
+            Assert.That(logicalArray[0, 2], Is.False);
+            Assert.That(logicalArray[1, 0], Is.False);
+            Assert.That(logicalArray[1, 1], Is.True);
+            Assert.That(logicalArray[1, 2], Is.True);
+        }
+
         private static void CheckComplexLimits<T>(IArrayOf<ComplexOf<T>> array, T[] limits)
             where T : struct
         {
diff --git a/MatFileHandler.Tests/test-data/hdf/logical.mat b/MatFileHandler.Tests/test-data/hdf/logical.mat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edbc3c2
Binary files /dev/null and b/MatFileHandler.Tests/test-data/hdf/logical.mat differ
diff --git a/MatFileHandler/HdfFileReader.cs b/MatFileHandler/HdfFileReader.cs
index 8181b2f..f5af339 100644
--- a/MatFileHandler/HdfFileReader.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler/HdfFileReader.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         MSingle,
         MDouble,
         MCell,
+        MLogical,
     }
 
     internal class HdfArray : IArray
@@ -440,6 +441,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             {
                 case "canonical empty":
                     return HdfMatlabClass.MEmpty;
+                case "logical":
+                    return HdfMatlabClass.MLogical;
                 case "char":
                     return HdfMatlabClass.MChar;
                 case "int8":
@@ -598,6 +601,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             {
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MEmpty:
                     return HdfArray.Empty();
+                case HdfMatlabClass.MLogical:
+                    return ReadNumericalArray<bool>(datasetId, dims, arrayType);
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MChar:
                     return ReadCharArray(datasetId, dims);
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MInt8:
@@ -651,6 +656,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             {
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MInt8:
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MUInt8:
+                case HdfMatlabClass.MLogical:
                     return 1;
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MInt16:
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MUInt16:
@@ -675,6 +681,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MInt8:
                     return H5T.NATIVE_INT8;
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MUInt8:
+                case HdfMatlabClass.MLogical:
                     return H5T.NATIVE_UINT8;
                 case HdfMatlabClass.MInt16:
                     return H5T.NATIVE_INT16;