diff --git a/src/component.ts b/src/component.ts
index bce24264..736e64f1 100644
--- a/src/component.ts
+++ b/src/component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import h from "../libs/snabbdom/src/h";
 import sdAttrs from "../libs/snabbdom/src/modules/attributes";
+import sdProps from "../libs/snabbdom/src/modules/props";
 import sdListeners from "../libs/snabbdom/src/modules/eventlisteners";
 import { init } from "../libs/snabbdom/src/snabbdom";
 import { VNode } from "../libs/snabbdom/src/vnode";
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export interface Meta<T extends Env, Props> {
   boundHandlers: { [key: number]: any };
 }
 
-const patch = init([sdListeners, sdAttrs]);
+const patch = init([sdListeners, sdAttrs, sdProps]);
 
 export interface Type<T> extends Function {
   new (...args: any[]): T;
diff --git a/src/qweb.ts b/src/qweb.ts
index c9303275..9a5c5cf3 100644
--- a/src/qweb.ts
+++ b/src/qweb.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ const WORD_REPLACEMENT = {
   lte: "<="
 };
 
+const DISABLED_TAGS = [
+  "input",
+  "textarea",
+  "button",
+  "select",
+  "option",
+  "optgroup"
+];
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Compilation Context
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -413,7 +422,34 @@ export class QWeb {
     }
     const attributes = (<Element>node).attributes;
     const attrs: string[] = [];
+    const props: string[] = [];
     const tattrs: number[] = [];
+
+    function handleBooleanProps(key, val) {
+      let isProp = false;
+      if (node.nodeName === "input" && key === "checked") {
+        let type = (<Element>node).getAttribute("type");
+        if (type === "checkbox" || type === "radio") {
+          isProp = true;
+        }
+      }
+      if (node.nodeName === "option" && key === "selected") {
+        isProp = true;
+      }
+      if (key === "disabled" && DISABLED_TAGS.indexOf(node.nodeName) > -1) {
+        isProp = true;
+      }
+      if (
+        (key === "readonly" && node.nodeName === "input") ||
+        node.nodeName === "textarea"
+      ) {
+        isProp = true;
+      }
+      if (isProp) {
+        props.push(`${key}: _${val}`);
+      }
+    }
+
     for (let i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++) {
       let name = attributes[i].name;
       const value = attributes[i].textContent!;
@@ -427,6 +463,7 @@ export class QWeb {
           name = '"' + name + '"';
         }
         attrs.push(`${name}: _${attID}`);
+        handleBooleanProps(name, attID);
       }
 
       // dynamic attributes
@@ -448,6 +485,7 @@ export class QWeb {
         }
         ctx.addLine(`let _${attID} = ${formattedValue};`);
         attrs.push(`${attName}: _${attID}`);
+        handleBooleanProps(attName, attID);
       }
 
       if (name.startsWith("t-attf-")) {
@@ -477,6 +515,9 @@ export class QWeb {
     if (attrs.length + tattrs.length > 0) {
       parts.push(`attrs:{${attrs.join(",")}}`);
     }
+    if (props.length > 0) {
+      parts.push(`props:{${props.join(",")}}`);
+    }
     if (withHandlers) {
       parts.push(`on:{}`);
     }
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/qweb.test.ts.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/qweb.test.ts.snap
index 3ed7abb0..a89cb29a 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/qweb.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/qweb.test.ts.snap
@@ -581,6 +581,74 @@ exports[`misc global 1`] = `
 }"
 `;
 
+exports[`special cases for some boolean html attributes/properties input type= checkbox, with t-att-checked 1`] = `
+"function anonymous(context,extra
+) {
+    let h = this.utils.h;
+    let _1 = 'checkbox';
+    let _2 = context['flag'];
+    let c3 = [], p3 = {key:3,attrs:{type: _1,checked: _2},props:{checked: _2}};
+    let vn3 = h('input', p3, c3);
+    return vn3;
+}"
+`;
+
+exports[`special cases for some boolean html attributes/properties various boolean html attributes 1`] = `
+"function anonymous(context,extra
+) {
+    let h = this.utils.h;
+    let c1 = [], p1 = {key:1};
+    let vn1 = h('div', p1, c1);
+    c1.push({text: \`
+        \`});
+    let _2 = 'checkbox';
+    let _3 = 'checked';
+    let c4 = [], p4 = {key:4,attrs:{type: _2,checked: _3},props:{checked: _3}};
+    let vn4 = h('input', p4, c4);
+    c1.push(vn4);
+    c1.push({text: \`
+        \`});
+    let _5 = 'checked';
+    let c6 = [], p6 = {key:6,attrs:{checked: _5}};
+    let vn6 = h('input', p6, c6);
+    c1.push(vn6);
+    c1.push({text: \`
+        \`});
+    let _7 = 'checked';
+    let c8 = [], p8 = {key:8,attrs:{checked: _7}};
+    let vn8 = h('div', p8, c8);
+    c1.push(vn8);
+    c1.push({text: \`
+        \`});
+    let _9 = 'selected';
+    let c10 = [], p10 = {key:10,attrs:{selected: _9}};
+    let vn10 = h('div', p10, c10);
+    c1.push(vn10);
+    c1.push({text: \`
+        \`});
+    let _11 = 'selected';
+    let _12 = '1';
+    let c13 = [], p13 = {key:13,attrs:{selected: _11,other: _12},props:{selected: _11}};
+    let vn13 = h('option', p13, c13);
+    c1.push(vn13);
+    c1.push({text: \`
+        \`});
+    let _14 = 'readonly';
+    let c15 = [], p15 = {key:15,attrs:{readonly: _14},props:{readonly: _14}};
+    let vn15 = h('input', p15, c15);
+    c1.push(vn15);
+    c1.push({text: \`
+        \`});
+    let _16 = 'disabled';
+    let c17 = [], p17 = {key:17,attrs:{disabled: _16},props:{disabled: _16}};
+    let vn17 = h('button', p17, c17);
+    c1.push(vn17);
+    c1.push({text: \`
+      \`});
+    return vn1;
+}"
+`;
+
 exports[`static templates div with a span child node 1`] = `
 "function anonymous(context,extra
 ) {
diff --git a/tests/qweb.test.ts b/tests/qweb.test.ts
index 9c8aadbc..0461c496 100644
--- a/tests/qweb.test.ts
+++ b/tests/qweb.test.ts
@@ -886,3 +886,32 @@ describe("loading templates", () => {
     expect(qweb.processedTemplates).toEqual({});
   });
 });
+
+describe("special cases for some boolean html attributes/properties", () => {
+  test("input type= checkbox, with t-att-checked", () => {
+    qweb.addTemplate("test", `<input type="checkbox" t-att-checked="flag"/>`);
+    const result = renderToString(qweb, "test", { flag: true });
+    expect(result).toBe(`<input type="checkbox" checked="">`);
+  });
+
+  test("various boolean html attributes", () => {
+    // the unique assertion here is the code snapshot automatically done by
+    // renderToString
+    expect.assertions(1);
+    qweb.addTemplate(
+      "test",
+      `
+      <div>
+        <input type="checkbox" checked="checked"/>
+        <input checked="checked"/>
+        <div checked="checked"/>
+        <div selected="selected"/>
+        <option selected="selected" other="1"/>
+        <input readonly="readonly"/>
+        <button disabled="disabled"/>
+      </div>
+      `
+    );
+    renderToString(qweb, "test", { flag: true });
+  });
+});