diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/BooleanConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/BooleanConverter.java
index 797499c32..0b469d6e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/BooleanConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/BooleanConverter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters;
 
+import java.text.Collator;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 /**
  * {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils2.Converter} implementation that handles conversion to and from <strong>Boolean</strong> objects.
  * {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils2.Converter} implementation that handles conversion to and from {@link Boolean} objects.
@@ -43,20 +46,6 @@
  */
 public final class BooleanConverter extends AbstractConverter<Boolean> {
 
-    /**
-     * Copies the provided array, and ensures that all the strings in the newly created array contain only lower-case letters.
-     * <p>
-     * Using this method to copy string arrays means that changes to the src array do not modify the dst array.
-     * </p>
-     */
-    private static String[] copyStrings(final String[] src) {
-        final String[] dst = new String[src.length];
-        for (int i = 0; i < src.length; ++i) {
-            dst[i] = toLowerCase(src[i]);
-        }
-        return dst;
-    }
-
     /**
      * The set of strings that are known to map to Boolean.TRUE.
      */
@@ -67,6 +56,11 @@ private static String[] copyStrings(final String[] src) {
      */
     private String[] falseStrings = { "false", "no", "n", "off", "0" };
 
+    /**
+     * The locale to use for string comparisons.
+     */
+    private Locale locale = Locale.ROOT;
+
     /**
      * Constructs a {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils2.Converter} that will throw a {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils2.ConversionException} if a conversion
      * error occurs, that is, if the string value being converted is not one of the known true strings, nor one of the known false strings.
@@ -97,8 +91,8 @@ public BooleanConverter(final Boolean defaultValue) {
      * @since 1.8.0
      */
     public BooleanConverter(final String[] trueStrings, final String[] falseStrings) {
-        this.trueStrings = copyStrings(trueStrings);
-        this.falseStrings = copyStrings(falseStrings);
+        this.trueStrings = trueStrings.clone();
+        this.falseStrings = falseStrings.clone();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -115,8 +109,26 @@ public BooleanConverter(final String[] trueStrings, final String[] falseStrings)
      */
     public BooleanConverter(final String[] trueStrings, final String[] falseStrings, final Boolean defaultValue) {
         super(defaultValue);
-        this.trueStrings = copyStrings(trueStrings);
-        this.falseStrings = copyStrings(falseStrings);
+        this.trueStrings = trueStrings.clone();
+        this.falseStrings = falseStrings.clone();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the locale used for string comparisons.
+     *
+     * @return The locale used for string comparisons.
+     */
+    public Locale getLocale() {
+        return locale;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the locale used for string comparisons.
+     *
+     * @param locale The locale used for string comparisons.
+     */
+    public void setLocale(Locale locale) {
+        this.locale = locale;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -136,20 +148,18 @@ public BooleanConverter(final String[] trueStrings, final String[] falseStrings,
     @Override
     protected <T> T convertToType(final Class<T> type, final Object value) throws Throwable {
         if (Boolean.class.equals(type) || Boolean.TYPE.equals(type)) {
-            // All the values in the trueStrings and falseStrings arrays are
-            // guaranteed to be lower-case. By converting the input value
-            // to lowercase too, we can use the efficient String.equals method
-            // instead of the less-efficient String.equalsIgnoreCase method.
-            final String stringValue = toLowerCase(value);
+            final String stringValue = toString(value);
+            Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(locale);
+            collator.setStrength(Collator.SECONDARY);
 
             for (final String trueString : trueStrings) {
-                if (trueString.equals(stringValue)) {
+                if (collator.equals(trueString, stringValue)) {
                     return type.cast(Boolean.TRUE);
                 }
             }
 
             for (final String falseString : falseStrings) {
-                if (falseString.equals(stringValue)) {
+                if (collator.equals(falseString, stringValue)) {
                     return type.cast(Boolean.FALSE);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/BooleanConverterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/BooleanConverterTest.java
index 80567e87a..695070ede 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/BooleanConverterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/BooleanConverterTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils2.ConversionException;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -44,6 +46,26 @@ void testAdditionalStrings() {
         assertThrows(ConversionException.class, () -> converter.convert(Boolean.class, "bogus"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testAdditionalStringsLocale() {
+        final String[] trueStrings = { "\u03BD\u03B1\u03B9" }; // ναι
+        final String[] falseStrings = { "hay\u0131r" }; // hayır
+        final BooleanConverter converter = new BooleanConverter(trueStrings, falseStrings);
+
+        converter.setLocale(Locale.forLanguageTag("el"));
+        // "ναι" and "ΝΑΙ"
+        for (final String trueValue : new String[] { "\u03BD\u03B1\u03B9", "\u039D\u0391\u0399" }) {
+            assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, converter.convert(Boolean.class, trueValue));
+        }
+
+        converter.setLocale(Locale.forLanguageTag("tr"));
+        // "hayır" and "HAYIR"
+        for (final String falseValue : new String[] { "hay\u0131r", "Hayır" }) {
+            assertEquals(Boolean.FALSE, converter.convert(Boolean.class, falseValue));
+        }
+        assertThrows(ConversionException.class, () -> converter.convert(Boolean.class, "hayir"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testCaseInsensitivity() {
         final AbstractConverter<Boolean> converter = new BooleanConverter();