diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a3e2541..194ea27 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function context () {
         e.appendChild(r = l)
       else if ('object' === typeof l) {
         for (var k in l) {
+          if(l[k] === false) continue
           if('function' === typeof l[k]) {
             if(/^on\w+/.test(k)) {
               (function (k, l) { // capture k, l in the closure
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index c007cc5..fac6fb2 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ test('context cleanup removes event handlers', function(t){
   t.end()
 })
 
+test('false-valued attributes are ignored', function (t) {
+  t.equal(h('input', {type: 'text', name: 'foo', required: false}).outerHTML,
+          '<input type="text" name="foo">')
+  t.end()
+})
+
 test('unicode selectors', function (t) {
   t.equal(h('.⛄').outerHTML, '<div class="⛄"></div>')
   t.equal(h('span#⛄').outerHTML, '<span id="⛄"></span>')