diff --git a/crypto/asn1/a_type.c b/crypto/asn1/a_type.c
index 6a1e5a7a5ac54b5dc812e4e093d951a96d24f6d0..52523d210afa429e03b7405f709138412d2df197 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/a_type.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/a_type.c
@@ -77,9 +77,36 @@ void ASN1_TYPE_set(ASN1_TYPE *a, int type, void *value)
 		ASN1_primitive_free((ASN1_VALUE **)tmp_a, NULL);
 		}
 	a->type=type;
-	a->value.ptr=value;
+	if (type == V_ASN1_BOOLEAN)
+		a->value.boolean = value ? 0xff : 0;
+	else
+		a->value.ptr=value;
 	}
 
+int ASN1_TYPE_set1(ASN1_TYPE *a, int type, const void *value)
+	{
+	if (!value || (type == V_ASN1_BOOLEAN))
+		{
+		ASN1_TYPE_set(a, type, (void *)value);
+		}
+	else if (type == V_ASN1_OBJECT)
+		{
+		ASN1_OBJECT *odup;
+		odup = OBJ_dup(value);
+		if (!odup)
+			return 0;
+		ASN1_TYPE_set(a, type, odup);
+		}
+	else
+		{
+		ASN1_STRING *sdup;
+		sdup = ASN1_STRING_dup(sdup);
+		if (!sdup)
+			return 0;
+		ASN1_TYPE_set(a, type, sdup);
+		}
+	return 1;
+	}
 
 IMPLEMENT_STACK_OF(ASN1_TYPE)
 IMPLEMENT_ASN1_SET_OF(ASN1_TYPE)
diff --git a/crypto/asn1/asn1.h b/crypto/asn1/asn1.h
index 2adb06e93fd0fc1588d712506f5ef7c2f6e9455b..8acf94594f4bb11a53c80e4dbcba10dc1f474933 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/asn1.h
+++ b/crypto/asn1/asn1.h
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ DECLARE_ASN1_FUNCTIONS_fname(ASN1_TYPE, ASN1_ANY, ASN1_TYPE)
 
 int ASN1_TYPE_get(ASN1_TYPE *a);
 void ASN1_TYPE_set(ASN1_TYPE *a, int type, void *value);
+int ASN1_TYPE_set1(ASN1_TYPE *a, int type, const void *value);
 int            ASN1_TYPE_cmp(ASN1_TYPE *a, ASN1_TYPE *b);
 
 ASN1_OBJECT *	ASN1_OBJECT_new(void );
diff --git a/crypto/x509/x509_att.c b/crypto/x509/x509_att.c
index 65968c4944aab7f2986eec2ee41fc5efbcb4041e..2a8cc0c4b047c52323ace62180570100ba6936a6 100644
--- a/crypto/x509/x509_att.c
+++ b/crypto/x509/x509_att.c
@@ -281,16 +281,22 @@ int X509_ATTRIBUTE_set1_data(X509_ATTRIBUTE *attr, int attrtype, const void *dat
 			return 0;
 		}
 		atype = stmp->type;
-	} else {
+	} else if (len != -1){
 		if(!(stmp = ASN1_STRING_type_new(attrtype))) goto err;
 		if(!ASN1_STRING_set(stmp, data, len)) goto err;
 		atype = attrtype;
 	}
 	if(!(attr->value.set = sk_ASN1_TYPE_new_null())) goto err;
 	if(!(ttmp = ASN1_TYPE_new())) goto err;
+	if (len == -1)
+		{
+		if (!ASN1_TYPE_set1(ttmp, attrtype, data))
+			goto err;
+		}
+	else
+		ASN1_TYPE_set(ttmp, atype, stmp);
 	if(!sk_ASN1_TYPE_push(attr->value.set, ttmp)) goto err;
 	attr->single = 0;
-	ASN1_TYPE_set(ttmp, atype, stmp);
 	return 1;
 	err:
 	X509err(X509_F_X509_ATTRIBUTE_SET1_DATA, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);