diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
index 8b4523bd252b3..d62632d143168 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ use super::debuginfo::{
     DebugEmissionKind, DebugNameTableKind,
 };
 
-pub type Bool = c_uint;
+/// In the LLVM-C API, boolean values are passed as `typedef int LLVMBool`,
+/// which has a different ABI from Rust or C++ `bool`.
+pub type Bool = c_int;
 
 pub const True: Bool = 1 as Bool;
 pub const False: Bool = 0 as Bool;