diff --git a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrproviderutils.cpp b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrproviderutils.cpp
index 93a80b402b57..51a9cdedf60a 100644
--- a/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrproviderutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrproviderutils.cpp
@@ -917,6 +917,11 @@ bool QgsOgrProviderUtils::createEmptyDataSource( const QString &uri,
     {
       field = OGR_Fld_Create( codec->fromUnicode( it->first ).constData(), OFTDateTime );
     }
+    else if ( fields[0] == QLatin1String( "bool" ) )
+    {
+      field = OGR_Fld_Create( codec->fromUnicode( it->first ).constData(), OFTInteger );
+      OGR_Fld_SetSubType( field, OFSTBoolean );
+    }
     else
     {
       QgsMessageLog::logMessage( QObject::tr( "field %1 with unsupported type %2 skipped" ).arg( it->first, fields[0] ), QObject::tr( "OGR" ) );
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.cpp b/src/gui/qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.cpp
index 181e5a9059ed..fb5ffd03f8f1 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include "qgsvariantutils.h"
 #include "qgsogrproviderutils.h"
 
+#include <gdal.h>
+
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QFileDialog>
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ QgsNewVectorLayerDialog::QgsNewVectorLayerDialog( QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFla
   mTypeBox->addItem( QgsFields::iconForFieldType( QMetaType::Type::Int ), QgsVariantUtils::typeToDisplayString( QMetaType::Type::Int ), "Integer" );
   mTypeBox->addItem( QgsFields::iconForFieldType( QMetaType::Type::Double ), QgsVariantUtils::typeToDisplayString( QMetaType::Type::Double ), "Real" );
   mTypeBox->addItem( QgsFields::iconForFieldType( QMetaType::Type::QDate ), QgsVariantUtils::typeToDisplayString( QMetaType::Type::QDate ), "Date" );
+#if GDAL_VERSION_NUM >= GDAL_COMPUTE_VERSION( 3, 9, 0 )
+  mTypeBox->addItem( QgsFields::iconForFieldType( QMetaType::Type::Bool ), QgsVariantUtils::typeToDisplayString( QMetaType::Type::Bool ), "bool" );
+#endif
 
   mWidth->setValidator( new QIntValidator( 1, 255, this ) );
   mPrecision->setValidator( new QIntValidator( 0, 15, this ) );
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ void QgsNewVectorLayerDialog::mTypeBox_currentIndexChanged( int index )
       if ( mWidth->text().toInt() < 1 || mWidth->text().toInt() > 255 )
         mWidth->setText( QStringLiteral( "80" ) );
       mPrecision->setEnabled( false );
+      mWidth->setEnabled( true );
       mWidth->setValidator( new QIntValidator( 1, 255, this ) );
       break;
 
@@ -161,6 +167,7 @@ void QgsNewVectorLayerDialog::mTypeBox_currentIndexChanged( int index )
       if ( mWidth->text().toInt() < 1 || mWidth->text().toInt() > 10 )
         mWidth->setText( QStringLiteral( "10" ) );
       mPrecision->setEnabled( false );
+      mWidth->setEnabled( true );
       mWidth->setValidator( new QIntValidator( 1, 10, this ) );
       break;
 
@@ -171,11 +178,15 @@ void QgsNewVectorLayerDialog::mTypeBox_currentIndexChanged( int index )
         mPrecision->setText( QStringLiteral( "6" ) );
 
       mPrecision->setEnabled( true );
+      mWidth->setEnabled( true );
       mWidth->setValidator( new QIntValidator( 1, 20, this ) );
       break;
 
     default:
-      QgsDebugError( QStringLiteral( "unexpected index" ) );
+      mPrecision->setEnabled( false );
+      mWidth->setEnabled( false );
+      mWidth->clear();
+      mPrecision->clear();
       break;
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgsogrutils.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgsogrutils.cpp
index 872c329baea2..0ced946249e7 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgsogrutils.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgsogrutils.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class TestQgsOgrUtils : public QObject
     void testOgrStringToVariant_data();
     void testOgrStringToVariant();
     void testOgrUtilsStoredStyle();
+    void testOgrUtilsCreateFields();
 
 #if GDAL_VERSION_NUM >= GDAL_COMPUTE_VERSION( 3, 3, 0 )
     void testConvertFieldDomain();
@@ -1086,6 +1087,41 @@ void TestQgsOgrUtils::testOgrUtilsStoredStyle()
   QCOMPARE( QSet<QString>( names.constBegin(), names.constEnd() ), QSet<QString>() << QStringLiteral( "style1" ) << QStringLiteral( "style2" ) << QStringLiteral( "style3" ) );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Test for issue GH #60324
+ */
+void TestQgsOgrUtils::testOgrUtilsCreateFields()
+{
+  // Create a test GPKG file with layer in a temporary directory
+  QTemporaryDir tempDir;
+  QVERIFY( tempDir.isValid() );
+  QString tempDirPath = tempDir.path();
+  QString testFile = tempDirPath + "/test.gpkg";
+  // Create datasource
+  QString error;
+  QList<QPair<QString, QString>> fields;
+  fields << QPair<QString, QString>( QStringLiteral( "boolfield" ), QStringLiteral( "bool" ) );
+  fields << QPair<QString, QString>( QStringLiteral( "intfield" ), QStringLiteral( "Integer" ) );
+  fields << QPair<QString, QString>( QStringLiteral( "realfield" ), QStringLiteral( "Real" ) );
+  fields << QPair<QString, QString>( QStringLiteral( "stringfield" ), QStringLiteral( "String" ) );
+  fields << QPair<QString, QString>( QStringLiteral( "datefield" ), QStringLiteral( "Date" ) );
+  fields << QPair<QString, QString>( QStringLiteral( "datetimefield" ), QStringLiteral( "DateTime" ) );
+  QVERIFY( QgsOgrProviderUtils::createEmptyDataSource( testFile, QStringLiteral( "GPKG" ), QStringLiteral( "UTF-8" ), Qgis::WkbType::Point, fields, QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem::fromEpsgId( 4326 ), error ) );
+
+  // Open the datasource
+  QgsVectorLayer vl = QgsVectorLayer( testFile, QStringLiteral( "test" ), QStringLiteral( "ogr" ) );
+  QVERIFY( vl.isValid() );
+
+  const QgsFields gotFields = vl.fields();
+  // Field 0 is the FID
+  QCOMPARE( gotFields[1].type(), QMetaType::Type::Bool );
+  QCOMPARE( gotFields[2].type(), QMetaType::Type::Int );
+  QCOMPARE( gotFields[3].type(), QMetaType::Type::Double );
+  QCOMPARE( gotFields[4].type(), QMetaType::Type::QString );
+  QCOMPARE( gotFields[5].type(), QMetaType::Type::QDate );
+  QCOMPARE( gotFields[6].type(), QMetaType::Type::QDateTime );
+}
+
 #if GDAL_VERSION_NUM >= GDAL_COMPUTE_VERSION( 3, 3, 0 )
 void TestQgsOgrUtils::testConvertFieldDomain()
 {