diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h
index 0daf8cd5c7..8818cda584 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #ifdef SDL_DEFINE_STDBOOL
 #ifndef __bool_true_false_are_defined
 #define __bool_true_false_are_defined 1
-#define bool  int8_t
+#define bool  uint8_t
 #define false 0
 #define true  1
 #endif