diff --git a/nodes/core/io/25-serial.js b/nodes/core/io/25-serial.js
index ef122e8a3..b4c08af26 100644
--- a/nodes/core/io/25-serial.js
+++ b/nodes/core/io/25-serial.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
-* Copyright 2013,2014 IBM Corp.
+* Copyright 2013,2015 IBM Corp.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 this.serialConfig.stopbits,
                 this.serialConfig.newline);
             node.addCh = "";
-            if (node.serialConfig.addchar == "true") {
+            if (node.serialConfig.addchar == "true" || node.serialConfig.addchar === true) {
                 node.addCh = this.serialConfig.newline.replace("\\n","\n").replace("\\r","\r").replace("\\t","\t").replace("\\e","\e").replace("\\f","\f").replace("\\0","\0");
             }
             node.on("input",function(msg) {