diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index f5bae7347..f859658a1 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -289,6 +289,10 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
     TRUE_VALUES = set(('t', 'T', 'true', 'True', 'TRUE', '1', 1, True))
     FALSE_VALUES = set(('f', 'F', 'false', 'False', 'FALSE', '0', 0, 0.0, False))
 
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        assert 'allow_null' not in kwargs, '`allow_null` is not a valid option. Use `NullBooleanField` instead.'
+        super(BooleanField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
     def to_internal_value(self, data):
         if data in self.TRUE_VALUES:
             return True
@@ -297,7 +301,38 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
         self.fail('invalid', input=data)
 
     def to_representation(self, value):
-        if value is None:
+        if value in self.TRUE_VALUES:
+            return True
+        elif value in self.FALSE_VALUES:
+            return False
+        return bool(value)
+
+
+class NullBooleanField(Field):
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _('`{input}` is not a valid boolean.')
+    }
+    default_empty_html = None
+    TRUE_VALUES = set(('t', 'T', 'true', 'True', 'TRUE', '1', 1, True))
+    FALSE_VALUES = set(('f', 'F', 'false', 'False', 'FALSE', '0', 0, 0.0, False))
+    NULL_VALUES = set(('n', 'N', 'null', 'Null', 'NULL', '', None))
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        assert 'allow_null' not in kwargs, '`allow_null` is not a valid option.'
+        kwargs['allow_null'] = True
+        super(NullBooleanField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def to_internal_value(self, data):
+        if data in self.TRUE_VALUES:
+            return True
+        elif data in self.FALSE_VALUES:
+            return False
+        elif data in self.NULL_VALUES:
+            return None
+        self.fail('invalid', input=data)
+
+    def to_representation(self, value):
+        if value in self.NULL_VALUES:
             return None
         if value in self.TRUE_VALUES:
             return True
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 949f59157..d8d72a4c6 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         models.FloatField: FloatField,
         models.ImageField: ImageField,
         models.IntegerField: IntegerField,
-        models.NullBooleanField: BooleanField,
+        models.NullBooleanField: NullBooleanField,
         models.PositiveIntegerField: IntegerField,
         models.PositiveSmallIntegerField: IntegerField,
         models.SlugField: SlugField,
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/field_mapping.py b/rest_framework/utils/field_mapping.py
index 1c718ccba..c208afdc5 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/field_mapping.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/field_mapping.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def get_field_kwargs(field_name, model_field):
         kwargs['choices'] = model_field.flatchoices
         return kwargs
 
-    if model_field.null:
+    if model_field.null and not isinstance(model_field, models.NullBooleanField):
         kwargs['allow_null'] = True
 
     if model_field.blank:
diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index 6bf9aed4a..91f3f5db7 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ class TestBooleanField(FieldValues):
         False: False,
     }
     invalid_inputs = {
-        'foo': ['`foo` is not a valid boolean.']
+        'foo': ['`foo` is not a valid boolean.'],
+        None: ['This field may not be null.']
     }
     outputs = {
         'true': True,
@@ -140,6 +141,32 @@ class TestBooleanField(FieldValues):
     field = fields.BooleanField()
 
 
+class TestNullBooleanField(FieldValues):
+    """
+    Valid and invalid values for `BooleanField`.
+    """
+    valid_inputs = {
+        'true': True,
+        'false': False,
+        'null': None,
+        True: True,
+        False: False,
+        None: None
+    }
+    invalid_inputs = {
+        'foo': ['`foo` is not a valid boolean.'],
+    }
+    outputs = {
+        'true': True,
+        'false': False,
+        'null': None,
+        True: True,
+        False: False,
+        None: None
+    }
+    field = fields.NullBooleanField()
+
+
 # String types...
 
 class TestCharField(FieldValues):
diff --git a/tests/test_model_serializer.py b/tests/test_model_serializer.py
index 731ed2fbd..f74750247 100644
--- a/tests/test_model_serializer.py
+++ b/tests/test_model_serializer.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class TestRegularFieldMappings(TestCase):
                 email_field = EmailField(max_length=100)
                 float_field = FloatField()
                 integer_field = IntegerField()
-                null_boolean_field = BooleanField(allow_null=True)
+                null_boolean_field = NullBooleanField()
                 positive_integer_field = IntegerField()
                 positive_small_integer_field = IntegerField()
                 slug_field = SlugField(max_length=100)