diff --git a/numpy/_core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src b/numpy/_core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
index 5e3a3ba71d3e..dc8d047917ae 100644
--- a/numpy/_core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
+++ b/numpy/_core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
@@ -2853,6 +2853,12 @@ static PyMethodDef numbertype_methods[] = {
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}  /* sentinel */
 };
 
+static PyMethodDef booleantype_methods[] = {
+        /* for typing */
+        {"__class_getitem__", Py_GenericAlias, METH_CLASS | METH_O, NULL},
+        {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL} /* sentinel */
+};
+
 /**begin repeat
  * #name = cfloat,clongdouble#
  */
@@ -4571,6 +4577,7 @@ initialize_numeric_types(void)
 
     PyBoolArrType_Type.tp_str = genbool_type_str;
     PyBoolArrType_Type.tp_repr = genbool_type_repr;
+    PyBoolArrType_Type.tp_methods = booleantype_methods;
 
 
     /**begin repeat
diff --git a/numpy/_core/tests/test_scalar_methods.py b/numpy/_core/tests/test_scalar_methods.py
index 2d508a08bb4d..26dad71794e3 100644
--- a/numpy/_core/tests/test_scalar_methods.py
+++ b/numpy/_core/tests/test_scalar_methods.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import fractions
 import platform
 import types
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Literal
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -171,8 +171,12 @@ def test_abc_non_numeric(self, cls: type[np.generic]) -> None:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("code", np.typecodes["All"])
     def test_concrete(self, code: str) -> None:
         cls = np.dtype(code).type
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-            cls[Any]
+        if cls == np.bool:
+            # np.bool allows subscript
+            assert cls[Any]
+        else:
+            with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+                cls[Any]
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("arg_len", range(4))
     def test_subscript_tuple(self, arg_len: int) -> None:
@@ -186,6 +190,10 @@ def test_subscript_tuple(self, arg_len: int) -> None:
     def test_subscript_scalar(self) -> None:
         assert np.number[Any]
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("subscript", [Literal[True], Literal[False]])
+    def test_subscript_bool(self, subscript: Literal[True, False]) -> None:
+        assert isinstance(np.bool[subscript], types.GenericAlias)
+
 
 class TestBitCount:
     # derived in part from the cpython test "test_bit_count"