diff --git a/types/bools/bools.go b/types/bools/bools.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..962e39919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/bools/bools.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+// Package bools contains the [Compare] and [Select] functions.
+package bools
+
+// Compare compares two boolean values as if false is ordered before true.
+func Compare[T ~bool](x, y T) int {
+	switch {
+	case x == false && y == true:
+		return -1
+	case x == true && y == false:
+		return +1
+	default:
+		return 0
+	}
+}
+
+// IfElse is a ternary operator that returns trueVal if condExpr is true
+// otherwise it returns falseVal.
+// IfElse(c, a, b) is roughly equivalent to (c ? a : b) in languages like C.
+func IfElse[T any](condExpr bool, trueVal T, falseVal T) T {
+	if condExpr {
+		return trueVal
+	} else {
+		return falseVal
+	}
+}
diff --git a/types/bools/compare_test.go b/types/bools/bools_test.go
similarity index 70%
rename from types/bools/compare_test.go
rename to types/bools/bools_test.go
index 280294621..1b466db17 100644
--- a/types/bools/compare_test.go
+++ b/types/bools/bools_test.go
@@ -19,3 +19,12 @@ func TestCompare(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Compare(true, true) = %v, want 0", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIfElse(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := IfElse(true, 0, 1); got != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("IfElse(true, 0, 1) = %v, want 0", got)
+	}
+	if got := IfElse(false, 0, 1); got != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("IfElse(false, 0, 1) = %v, want 1", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/types/bools/compare.go b/types/bools/compare.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ac433b240..000000000
--- a/types/bools/compare.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-
-// Package bools contains the bools.Compare function.
-package bools
-
-// Compare compares two boolean values as if false is ordered before true.
-func Compare[T ~bool](x, y T) int {
-	switch {
-	case x == false && y == true:
-		return -1
-	case x == true && y == false:
-		return +1
-	default:
-		return 0
-	}
-}