diff --git a/clickhouse/client.cpp b/clickhouse/client.cpp
index 531498c0..ccd26c49 100644
--- a/clickhouse/client.cpp
+++ b/clickhouse/client.cpp
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ bool Client::Impl::ReceiveData(Block & block) {
 
 bool Client::Impl::ReceiveException(ServerError & error) {
     std::shared_ptr<Exception> e(new Exception);
-    bool has_nested = false; // obsolete: https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/ef11941cf5a/src/IO/ReadHelpers.cpp#L2017
+    uint8_t has_nested = 0;  // obsolete: https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/ef11941cf5a/src/IO/ReadHelpers.cpp#L2017
 
     if (!WireFormat::ReadFixed(*input_, &e->code) ||
         !WireFormat::ReadString(*input_, &e->name) ||
@@ -924,15 +924,18 @@ bool Client::Impl::ReceiveException(ServerError & error) {
 }
 
 bool Client::Impl::ReceiveProfileInfo(Profile & profile) {
-    if (!WireFormat::ReadUInt64(*input_, &profile.rows) ||
-        !WireFormat::ReadUInt64(*input_, &profile.blocks) ||
-        !WireFormat::ReadUInt64(*input_, &profile.bytes) ||
-        !WireFormat::ReadFixed(*input_, &profile.applied_limit) ||
-        !WireFormat::ReadUInt64(*input_, &profile.rows_before_limit) ||
-        !WireFormat::ReadFixed(*input_, &profile.calculated_rows_before_limit)) {
+    uint8_t applied_limit                = 0;
+    uint8_t calculated_rows_before_limit = 0;
+
+    if (!WireFormat::ReadUInt64(*input_, &profile.rows) || !WireFormat::ReadUInt64(*input_, &profile.blocks) ||
+        !WireFormat::ReadUInt64(*input_, &profile.bytes) || !WireFormat::ReadFixed(*input_, &applied_limit) ||
+        !WireFormat::ReadUInt64(*input_, &profile.rows_before_limit) || !WireFormat::ReadFixed(*input_, &calculated_rows_before_limit)) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    profile.applied_limit                = applied_limit != 0;
+    profile.calculated_rows_before_limit = calculated_rows_before_limit != 0;
+
     if (events_) {
         events_->OnProfile(profile);
     }
diff --git a/ut/client_protocol_ut.cpp b/ut/client_protocol_ut.cpp
index 72cfdd5d..46859efe 100644
--- a/ut/client_protocol_ut.cpp
+++ b/ut/client_protocol_ut.cpp
@@ -238,3 +238,44 @@ TEST(ClientProtocol, WellFormedSelectResponseSucceeds) {
     }));
     EXPECT_EQ(blocks, 1u);
 }
+
+TEST(ClientProtocol, ProfileInfoFlagsAcceptAnyNonZeroByte) {
+    std::vector<uint8_t> script         = kServerHello;
+    const std::vector<uint8_t> response = {
+        0x06,  // packet type: ServerCodes::ProfileInfo (varint)
+        0x01,  // rows = 1 (varint)
+        0x00,  // blocks = 0 (varint)
+        0x02,  // bytes = 2 (varint)
+        0x05,  // applied_limit: non-canonical true (fixed, 1 byte)
+        0x03,  // rows_before_limit = 3 (varint)
+        0x00,  // calculated_rows_before_limit = false (fixed, 1 byte)
+        0x06,  // packet type: ServerCodes::ProfileInfo (varint)
+        0x01, 0x00, 0x02,
+        0x00,  // applied_limit = false
+        0x03,
+        0xFF,  // calculated_rows_before_limit: non-canonical true
+        0x05,  // packet type: ServerCodes::EndOfStream (varint)
+    };
+    script.insert(script.end(), response.begin(), response.end());
+
+    Client client(ScriptedClientOptions(), std::make_unique<ScriptedSocketFactory>(script));
+
+    std::vector<std::pair<uint8_t, uint8_t>> flags;
+    Query query("SELECT 1");
+    query.OnProfile([&flags](const Profile& profile) {
+        EXPECT_EQ(profile.rows, 1u);
+        EXPECT_EQ(profile.bytes, 2u);
+        EXPECT_EQ(profile.rows_before_limit, 3u);
+        // Inspect the object representation: a bool holding anything other
+        // than 0 or 1 is undefined behaviour to load.
+        flags.emplace_back(*reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(&profile.applied_limit),
+                           *reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(&profile.calculated_rows_before_limit));
+    });
+    client.Select(query);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(flags.size(), 2u);
+    EXPECT_EQ(flags[0].first, 1u);
+    EXPECT_EQ(flags[0].second, 0u);
+    EXPECT_EQ(flags[1].first, 0u);
+    EXPECT_EQ(flags[1].second, 1u);
+}