diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4999-xfconf-bool.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4999-xfconf-bool.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fcf27144e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4999-xfconf-bool.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "xfconf - fix setting of boolean values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4999, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5007)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/xfconf.py b/plugins/module_utils/xfconf.py
index 4028da3bef..5a4b4f05c6 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/xfconf.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/xfconf.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def _values_fmt(values, value_types):
     result = []
     for value, value_type in zip(values, value_types):
         if value_type == 'bool':
-            value = boolean(value)
+            value = 'true' if boolean(value) else 'false'
         result.extend(['--type', '{0}'.format(value_type), '--set', '{0}'.format(value)])
     return result