diff --git a/pyopencl/array.py b/pyopencl/array.py
index 03b87209ee715b684be44414f3acea550234a9a0..33ab96832b949f4d0735a32d970f037c74780e6f 100644
--- a/pyopencl/array.py
+++ b/pyopencl/array.py
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ class _copy_queue:  # noqa
 
 
 _ARRAY_GET_SIZES_CACHE = {}
+_BOOL_DTYPE = np.dtype(np.int8)
 
 
 class Array:
@@ -1482,71 +1483,71 @@ class Array:
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, Array):
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._array_comparison(result, self, other, op="=="))
             return result
         else:
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._scalar_comparison(result, self, other, op="=="))
             return result
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, Array):
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._array_comparison(result, self, other, op="!="))
             return result
         else:
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._scalar_comparison(result, self, other, op="!="))
             return result
 
     def __le__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, Array):
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._array_comparison(result, self, other, op="<="))
             return result
         else:
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             self._scalar_comparison(result, self, other, op="<=")
             return result
 
     def __ge__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, Array):
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._array_comparison(result, self, other, op=">="))
             return result
         else:
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._scalar_comparison(result, self, other, op=">="))
             return result
 
     def __lt__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, Array):
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._array_comparison(result, self, other, op="<"))
             return result
         else:
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._scalar_comparison(result, self, other, op="<"))
             return result
 
     def __gt__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, Array):
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._array_comparison(result, self, other, op=">"))
             return result
         else:
-            result = self._new_like_me(np.int8)
+            result = self._new_like_me(_BOOL_DTYPE)
             result.add_event(
                     self._scalar_comparison(result, self, other, op=">"))
             return result
diff --git a/test/test_array.py b/test/test_array.py
index d8b0d7bd00fb95dafd2066ee26577b855edb7530..a6a91bef4e11089bb4223a5279420bcd155c6334 100644
--- a/test/test_array.py
+++ b/test/test_array.py
@@ -1046,6 +1046,10 @@ def test_comparisons(ctx_factory):
 
         assert (res_dev.get() == res).all()
 
+        res2_dev = op(0, res_dev)
+        res2 = op(0, res)
+        assert (res2_dev.get() == res2).all()
+
 
 def test_any_all(ctx_factory):
     context = ctx_factory()