diff --git a/roles/ssh_hardening/README.md b/roles/ssh_hardening/README.md
index 18a0d3a2..85185946 100644
--- a/roles/ssh_hardening/README.md
+++ b/roles/ssh_hardening/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ As this role requires root-privileges, we added `become: true` to all tasks. So
   - Description: Disable root-login. Set to `'without-password'` or `'yes'` to enable root-login - The quotes are required!
 - `ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding`
   - Default: `no`
-  - Description: `'no'` to disable TCP Forwarding. Set to `'yes'` to allow TCP Forwarding. If you are using OpenSSH >= 6.2 version, you can specify `'yes'`, `'no'`, `'all'`, `'local'`or`'remote'`. <br> _Note_: values passed to this variable must be strings, thus values `'yes'`and`'no'` should be passed with quotes.
+  - Description: `'no'` or `False` to disable TCP Forwarding. Set to `'yes'` or `True` to allow TCP Forwarding. If you are using OpenSSH >= 6.2 version, you can specify `'yes'`, `'no'`, `'all'`, `'local'`or`'remote'`.
 - `ssh_gateway_ports`
   - Default: `false`
   - Description: `false` to disable binding forwarded ports to non-loopback addresses. Set to `true` to force binding on wildcard address. Set to `clientspecified` to allow the client to specify which address to bind to.
diff --git a/roles/ssh_hardening/templates/opensshd.conf.j2 b/roles/ssh_hardening/templates/opensshd.conf.j2
index 7e9b1f8c..f3fea445 100644
--- a/roles/ssh_hardening/templates/opensshd.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/ssh_hardening/templates/opensshd.conf.j2
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ PermitTunnel {{ 'yes' if (ssh_permit_tunnel|bool) else 'no' }}
 # Disable forwarding tcp connections.
 # no real advantage without denied shell access
 {% if sshd_version is version('6.2', '>=') %}
-AllowTcpForwarding {{ ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding if (ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding in ('yes', 'no', 'local', 'all', 'remote')) else 'no' }}
+AllowTcpForwarding {{ ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding if (ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding in ('yes', 'no', 'local', 'all', 'remote')) else ('yes' if (ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding|bool) else 'no') }}
 {% else %}
-AllowTcpForwarding {{ ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding if (ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding in ('yes', 'no')) else 'no' }}
+AllowTcpForwarding {{ ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding if (ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding in ('yes', 'no')) else ('yes' if (ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding|bool) else 'no') }}
 {% endif %}
 
 # Disable agent forwarding, since local agent could be accessed through forwarded connection.