diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/graph/DexItemFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/graph/DexItemFactory.java
index e0beea9..8b2bd65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/graph/DexItemFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/graph/DexItemFactory.java
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@
 
     public final DexMethod booleanValue =
         createMethod(boxedBooleanType, createProto(booleanType), "booleanValue");
+    public final DexMethod parseBoolean =
+        createMethod(boxedBooleanType, createProto(booleanType, stringType), "parseBoolean");
     public final DexMethod valueOf =
         createMethod(boxedBooleanType, createProto(boxedBooleanType, booleanType), "valueOf");
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/library/BooleanMethodOptimizer.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/library/BooleanMethodOptimizer.java
index a560844..dcb128a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/library/BooleanMethodOptimizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/library/BooleanMethodOptimizer.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import com.android.tools.r8.graph.DexItemFactory;
 import com.android.tools.r8.graph.DexType;
 import com.android.tools.r8.ir.analysis.value.AbstractValue;
+import com.android.tools.r8.ir.code.ConstString;
 import com.android.tools.r8.ir.code.IRCode;
 import com.android.tools.r8.ir.code.Instruction;
 import com.android.tools.r8.ir.code.InstructionListIterator;
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@
       Set<Value> affectedValues) {
     if (singleTarget.method == dexItemFactory.booleanMembers.booleanValue) {
       optimizeBooleanValue(code, instructionIterator, invoke);
+    } else if (singleTarget.method == dexItemFactory.booleanMembers.parseBoolean) {
+      optimizeParseBoolean(code, instructionIterator, invoke);
     } else if (singleTarget.method == dexItemFactory.booleanMembers.valueOf) {
       optimizeValueOf(code, instructionIterator, invoke, affectedValues);
     }
@@ -64,6 +67,25 @@
     }
   }
 
+  private void optimizeParseBoolean(
+      IRCode code, InstructionListIterator instructionIterator, InvokeMethod invoke) {
+    Value argument = invoke.arguments().get(0).getAliasedValue();
+    if (!argument.isPhi()) {
+      Instruction definition = argument.definition;
+      if (definition.isConstString()) {
+        ConstString constString = definition.asConstString();
+        if (!constString.instructionInstanceCanThrow()) {
+          String value = constString.getValue().toString().toLowerCase();
+          if (value.equals("true")) {
+            instructionIterator.replaceCurrentInstructionWithConstInt(code, 1);
+          } else if (value.equals("false")) {
+            instructionIterator.replaceCurrentInstructionWithConstInt(code, 0);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private void optimizeValueOf(
       IRCode code,
       InstructionListIterator instructionIterator,
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/library/BooleanParseBooleanTest.java b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/library/BooleanParseBooleanTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24894bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/optimize/library/BooleanParseBooleanTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package com.android.tools.r8.ir.optimize.library;
+
+import static com.android.tools.r8.utils.codeinspector.Matchers.isPresent;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
+
+import com.android.tools.r8.NeverInline;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestBase;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestParameters;
+import com.android.tools.r8.TestParametersCollection;
+import com.android.tools.r8.graph.DexMethod;
+import com.android.tools.r8.utils.codeinspector.ClassSubject;
+import com.android.tools.r8.utils.codeinspector.CodeInspector;
+import com.android.tools.r8.utils.codeinspector.InstructionSubject;
+import com.android.tools.r8.utils.codeinspector.MethodSubject;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class BooleanParseBooleanTest extends TestBase {
+
+  private final TestParameters parameters;
+
+  @Parameterized.Parameters(name = "{0}")
+  public static TestParametersCollection data() {
+    return getTestParameters().withAllRuntimesAndApiLevels().build();
+  }
+
+  public BooleanParseBooleanTest(TestParameters parameters) {
+    this.parameters = parameters;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testD8() throws Exception {
+    assumeTrue(parameters.isDexRuntime());
+    testForD8()
+        .addProgramClasses(TestClass.class)
+        .release()
+        .setMinApi(parameters.getApiLevel())
+        .compile()
+        .inspect(this::inspect)
+        .run(parameters.getRuntime(), TestClass.class)
+        .assertSuccessWithOutputLines("true", "true", "true", "false", "false", "false", "true");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testR8() throws Exception {
+    testForR8(parameters.getBackend())
+        .addProgramClasses(TestClass.class)
+        .addKeepMainRule(TestClass.class)
+        .enableInliningAnnotations()
+        .setMinApi(parameters.getApiLevel())
+        .compile()
+        .inspect(this::inspect)
+        .run(parameters.getRuntime(), TestClass.class)
+        .assertSuccessWithOutputLines("true", "true", "true", "false", "false", "false", "true");
+  }
+
+  private void inspect(CodeInspector inspector) {
+    ClassSubject testClassSubject = inspector.clazz(TestClass.class);
+    assertThat(testClassSubject, isPresent());
+
+    MethodSubject testOptimizedMethodSubject =
+        testClassSubject.uniqueMethodWithName("testOptimized");
+    assertThat(testOptimizedMethodSubject, isPresent());
+    assertTrue(
+        testOptimizedMethodSubject
+            .streamInstructions()
+            .filter(InstructionSubject::isInvokeStatic)
+            .map(InstructionSubject::getMethod)
+            .map(DexMethod::toSourceString)
+            .noneMatch(method -> method.contains("parseBoolean")));
+
+    MethodSubject testNotOptimizedMethodSubject =
+        testClassSubject.uniqueMethodWithName("testNotOptimized");
+    assertThat(testNotOptimizedMethodSubject, isPresent());
+    assertEquals(
+        1,
+        testNotOptimizedMethodSubject
+            .streamInstructions()
+            .filter(InstructionSubject::isInvokeStatic)
+            .map(InstructionSubject::getMethod)
+            .map(DexMethod::toSourceString)
+            .filter(method -> method.contains("parseBoolean"))
+            .count());
+  }
+
+  static class TestClass {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+      testOptimized();
+      testNotOptimized();
+    }
+
+    @NeverInline
+    static void testOptimized() {
+      System.out.println(Boolean.parseBoolean("true"));
+      System.out.println(Boolean.parseBoolean("tRuE"));
+      System.out.println(Boolean.parseBoolean("TRUE"));
+      System.out.println(Boolean.parseBoolean("false"));
+      System.out.println(Boolean.parseBoolean("fAlSe"));
+      System.out.println(Boolean.parseBoolean("FALSE"));
+    }
+
+    @NeverInline
+    static void testNotOptimized() {
+      System.out.println(Boolean.parseBoolean(unknown()));
+    }
+
+    static String unknown() {
+      return System.currentTimeMillis() >= 0 ? "true" : "false";
+    }
+  }
+}