diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d61050f66d2..63da9847023 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 - PR #5822 Add `cudf_kafka` to `custreamz` run time conda dependency and fix bash syntax issue
 - PR #5845 Add support for `mask_to_bools`
 - PR #5851 Add support for `Index.sort_values`
+- PR #5859 Add conversion form `fixed_point` to `bool`
 
 ## Improvements
 
diff --git a/cpp/include/cudf/fixed_point/fixed_point.hpp b/cpp/include/cudf/fixed_point/fixed_point.hpp
index 18a1c06672a..2ae6c277056 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cudf/fixed_point/fixed_point.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cudf/fixed_point/fixed_point.hpp
@@ -342,6 +342,16 @@ class fixed_point {
     return detail::shift<Rep, Rad>(static_cast<U>(_value), detail::negate(_scale));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Explicit conversion operator to `bool`
+   *
+   * @return The `fixed_point` value as a boolean (zero is `false`, nonzero is `true`)
+   */
+  CUDA_HOST_DEVICE_CALLABLE explicit constexpr operator bool() const
+  {
+    return static_cast<bool>(_value);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @brief operator +=
    *
diff --git a/cpp/tests/fixed_point/fixed_point_tests.cu b/cpp/tests/fixed_point/fixed_point_tests.cu
index cfd669f8246..3eb5c9131bf 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/fixed_point/fixed_point_tests.cu
+++ b/cpp/tests/fixed_point/fixed_point_tests.cu
@@ -335,6 +335,26 @@ TYPED_TEST(FixedPointTestBothReps, DecimalXXThrust)
   EXPECT_EQ(vec2, vec3);
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST(FixedPointTestBothReps, BoolConversion)
+{
+  using decimalXX = fixed_point<TypeParam, Radix::BASE_10>;
+
+  decimalXX truthy_value{1.234567, scale_type{0}};
+  decimalXX falsy_value{0, scale_type{0}};
+
+  // Test explicit conversions
+  EXPECT_EQ(static_cast<bool>(truthy_value), true);
+  EXPECT_EQ(static_cast<bool>(falsy_value), false);
+
+  // These operators also *explicitly* convert to bool
+  EXPECT_EQ(truthy_value && true, true);
+  EXPECT_EQ(true && truthy_value, true);
+  EXPECT_EQ(falsy_value || false, false);
+  EXPECT_EQ(false || falsy_value, false);
+  EXPECT_EQ(!truthy_value, false);
+  EXPECT_EQ(!falsy_value, true);
+}
+
 TEST_F(FixedPointTest, OverflowDecimal32)
 {
   // This flag is needed to avoid warnings with ASSERT_DEATH