diff --git a/src/ikarus.boot b/src/ikarus.boot
index 6f5e231..d5243bf 100644
Binary files a/src/ikarus.boot and b/src/ikarus.boot differ
diff --git a/src/ikarus.predicates.ss b/src/ikarus.predicates.ss
index fb690aa..963fc09 100644
--- a/src/ikarus.predicates.ss
+++ b/src/ikarus.predicates.ss
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
   (export fixnum? flonum? bignum? ratnum? number? complex? real? rational?
           integer? exact? eof-object? bwp-object? immediate?
           boolean? char? vector? bytevector? string? procedure? null? pair?
-          symbol? code? not weak-pair? eq? eqv? equal?) 
+          symbol? code? not weak-pair? eq? eqv? equal? boolean=?
+          symbol=?) 
 
   (import 
-
     (except (ikarus) fixnum? flonum? bignum? ratnum? number? complex? real?
             rational? integer? exact? eof-object? bwp-object?
             immediate? boolean? char? vector? bytevector? string? procedure?
             null? pair? weak-pair? symbol? code? not eq? eqv? equal?
-            port? input-port? output-port?)
+            port? input-port? output-port? boolean=? symbol=?)
     (ikarus system $fx)
     (ikarus system $flonums)
     (ikarus system $pairs)
@@ -128,8 +128,27 @@
       (or (sys:eq? x y)
           (and (number? x) (number? y) (= x y)))))
 
+  (define boolean=?
+    (lambda (x y) 
+      (if (sys:boolean? x)
+          (if (sys:eq? x y) 
+              #t
+              (if (sys:boolean? y) 
+                  #f
+                  (error 'boolean=? "~s is not a boolean" y)))
+          (error 'boolean=? "~s is not a boolean" x))))
 
 
+  (define symbol=?
+    (lambda (x y) 
+      (if (sys:symbol? x)
+          (if (sys:eq? x y) 
+              #t
+              (if (sys:symbol? y) 
+                  #f
+                  (error 'symbol=? "~s is not a symbol" y)))
+          (error 'symbol=? "~s is not a symbol" x))))
+
   (module (equal?)
     (define vector-loop
       (lambda (x y i n)
diff --git a/src/makefile.ss b/src/makefile.ss
index 8921525..734f7a3 100755
--- a/src/makefile.ss
+++ b/src/makefile.ss
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
   '([void                    i]
     [not                     i r]
     [boolean?                i r]
+    [boolean=?               i r]
     [null?                   i r]
     [procedure?              i r]
     [eof-object?             i r]
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@
     [exact->inexact          i r]
     [inexact->exact          i r]
     [symbol?                 i r symbols]
+    [symbol=?                i r symbols]
     [gensym?                 i symbols]
     [gensym                  i symbols]
     [getprop                 i symbols]
diff --git a/src/todo-r6rs.ss b/src/todo-r6rs.ss
index dea2397..aff46ea 100755
--- a/src/todo-r6rs.ss
+++ b/src/todo-r6rs.ss
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     [assert                                     S ba]
     [assertion-violation                        S ba]
     [atan                                       S ba]
-    [boolean=?                                  S ba]
+    [boolean=?                                  C ba]
     [boolean?                                   C ba]
     [car                                        C ba]
     [cdr                                        C ba]
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     [string?                                    C ba]
     [substring                                  C ba]
     [symbol->string                             C ba]
-    [symbol=?                                   S ba]
+    [symbol=?                                   C ba]
     [symbol?                                    C ba]
     [tan                                        S ba]
     [truncate                                   S ba]