diff --git a/capnp/capnp.pyx b/capnp/capnp.pyx
index f2669ba..1ffdcb9 100644
--- a/capnp/capnp.pyx
+++ b/capnp/capnp.pyx
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ cdef class _StructSchema:
 
     def __richcmp__(_StructSchema self, _StructSchema other, mode):
         if mode == 2:
-            return bool(self.thisptr == other.thisptr)
+            return self.thisptr == other.thisptr
         elif mode == 3:
             return not (self.thisptr == other.thisptr)
         else:
diff --git a/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd b/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
index db8e4f2..377f459 100644
--- a/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
+++ b/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ cdef extern from "capnp/schema.h" namespace " ::capnp":
 
         Field getFieldByName(char * name)
 
-        int operator == (StructSchema)
+        cbool operator == (StructSchema)
 
     cdef cppclass EnumSchema:
         cppclass Enumerant: