diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-3/Rule 17/BasicIntTypes.ql b/cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-3/Rule 17/BasicIntTypes.ql
index 82b7f146554f..16ac18b87cce 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-3/Rule 17/BasicIntTypes.ql	
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/JPL_C/LOC-3/Rule 17/BasicIntTypes.ql	
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 import cpp
 
 predicate allowedTypedefs(TypedefType t) {
-  t.getName() = ["I64", "U64", "I32", "U32", "I16", "U16", "I8", "U8", "F64", "F32"]
+  t.getName() =
+    [
+      "I64", "U64", "I32", "U32", "I16", "U16", "I8", "U8", "F64", "F32", "int64_t", "uint64_t",
+      "int32_t", "uint32_t", "int16_t", "uint16_t", "int8_t", "uint8_t"
+    ]
 }
 
 /**
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ from Declaration d, Type usedType
 where
   usedType = getAUsedType*(getAnImmediateUsedType(d)) and
   problematic(usedType) and
+  // Allow uses of boolean types where defined by the language.
+  not usedType instanceof BoolType and
   // Ignore violations for which we do not have a valid location.
   not d.getLocation() instanceof UnknownLocation
 select d,
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2025-03-11-basic-int-types.md b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2025-03-11-basic-int-types.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d3bd4b82339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/change-notes/2025-03-11-basic-int-types.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* The query "Use of basic integral type" (`cpp/jpl-c/basic-int-types`) no longer produces alerts for the standard fixed width integer types (`int8_t`, `uint8_t`, etc.), and the `_Bool` and `bool` types.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/JPL_C/LOC-3/Rule 17/BasicIntTypes.expected b/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/JPL_C/LOC-3/Rule 17/BasicIntTypes.expected
index 0664ca9e3698..58facbeac8e2 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/JPL_C/LOC-3/Rule 17/BasicIntTypes.expected	
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/JPL_C/LOC-3/Rule 17/BasicIntTypes.expected	
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 | test.c:6:26:6:26 | x | x uses the basic integral type unsigned char rather than a typedef with size and signedness. |
-| test.c:7:20:7:20 | x | x uses the basic integral type unsigned char rather than a typedef with size and signedness. |
-| test.c:10:16:10:20 | test7 | test7 uses the basic integral type unsigned char rather than a typedef with size and signedness. |