diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 409f8506cf..b101607eb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Fixed incorrect CSS path on ModelAdmin's "choose a parent page" view
  * Fix: Prevent empty redirect by overnormalisation (Franklin Kingma, Ludolf Takens)
  * Fix: "Remove link" button in rich text editor didn't trigger "edit" event, leading to the change to sometimes not be persisted (Matt Westcott)
+ * Fix: `RichText` values can now be correctly evaluated as booleans (Mike Dingjan, Bertrand Bordage)
 
 
 1.5.2 (08.06.2016)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index 0b2c4477db..b04ddc6ff5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Contributors
 * Franklin Kingma
 * Ludolf Takens
 * Oktay Altay
+* Bertrand Bordage
 
 Translators
 ===========
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.6.rst b/docs/releases/1.6.rst
index 9934e055e1..5d1798688d 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.6.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.6.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Bug fixes
  * Fixed incorrect CSS path on ModelAdmin's "choose a parent page" view
  * Prevent empty redirect by overnormalisation
  * "Remove link" button in rich text editor didn't trigger "edit" event, leading to the change to sometimes not be persisted (Matt Westcott)
+ * ``RichText`` values can now be correctly evaluated as booleans (Mike Dingjan, Bertrand Bordage)
 
 
 Upgrade considerations
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/rich_text.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/rich_text.py
index a3d106c6a0..9f258998a5 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/rich_text.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/rich_text.py
@@ -195,3 +195,7 @@ class RichText(object):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return mark_safe('<div class="rich-text">' + expand_db_html(self.source) + '</div>')
+
+    def __bool__(self):
+        return bool(self.source)
+    __nonzero__ = __bool__
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/tests/test_rich_text.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/tests/test_rich_text.py
index 9318f6ce7c..f549db811b 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/tests/test_rich_text.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/tests/test_rich_text.py
@@ -145,3 +145,10 @@ class TestRichTextValue(TestCase):
             result,
             '<div class="rich-text"><p>Merry <a href="/events/christmas/">Christmas</a>!</p></div>'
         )
+
+    def test_evaluate_value(self):
+        value = RichText(None)
+        self.assertFalse(value)
+
+        value = RichText('<p>wagtail</p>')
+        self.assertTrue(value)