diff --git a/docs/src/usage/indexing.rst b/docs/src/usage/indexing.rst
index 2cc335262..669a38f19 100644
--- a/docs/src/usage/indexing.rst
+++ b/docs/src/usage/indexing.rst
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ assignments, ``updates`` must provide at least as many elements as there are
 
 Boolean masks follow NumPy semantics:
 
-- The mask shape must match the shape of the axes it indexes exactly. No mask
-  broadcasting occurs.
+- The mask shape must match the shape of the axes it indexes exactly. The only
+  exception is a scalar boolean mask, which broadcasts to the full array.
 - Any axes not covered by the mask are taken in full.
 
 .. code-block:: shell
diff --git a/mlx/ops.cpp b/mlx/ops.cpp
index fbe679937..c250ffa5d 100644
--- a/mlx/ops.cpp
+++ b/mlx/ops.cpp
@@ -3466,10 +3466,8 @@ array masked_scatter(
   if (mask.dtype() != bool_) {
     throw std::invalid_argument("[masked_scatter] The mask has to be boolean.");
   }
-  if (mask.ndim() == 0) {
-    throw std::invalid_argument(
-        "[masked_scatter] Scalar masks are not supported.");
-  } else if (mask.ndim() > a.ndim()) {
+
+  if (mask.ndim() > a.ndim()) {
     throw std::invalid_argument(
         "[masked_scatter] The mask cannot have more dimensions than the target.");
   }
diff --git a/python/src/indexing.cpp b/python/src/indexing.cpp
index 5bd9f5bfb..59b0655d8 100644
--- a/python/src/indexing.cpp
+++ b/python/src/indexing.cpp
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ auto mlx_slice_update(
     const nb::object& obj,
     const ScalarOrArray& v) {
   // Can't route to slice update if not slice, tuple, or int
-  if (src.ndim() == 0 ||
+  if (src.ndim() == 0 || nb::isinstance<nb::bool_>(obj) ||
       (!nb::isinstance<nb::slice>(obj) && !nb::isinstance<nb::tuple>(obj) &&
        !nb::isinstance<nb::int_>(obj))) {
     return std::make_pair(false, src);
@@ -888,7 +888,9 @@ auto mlx_slice_update(
 
 std::optional<mx::array> extract_boolean_mask(const nb::object& obj) {
   using NDArray = nb::ndarray<nb::ro, nb::c_contig, nb::device::cpu>;
-  if (nb::isinstance<mx::array>(obj)) {
+  if (nb::isinstance<nb::bool_>(obj)) {
+    return mx::array(nb::cast<bool>(obj), mx::bool_);
+  } else if (nb::isinstance<mx::array>(obj)) {
     auto mask = nb::cast<mx::array>(obj);
     if (mask.dtype() == mx::bool_) {
       return mask;
@@ -898,6 +900,11 @@ std::optional<mx::array> extract_boolean_mask(const nb::object& obj) {
     if (mask.dtype() == nb::dtype<bool>()) {
       return nd_array_to_mlx(mask, mx::bool_);
     }
+  } else if (nb::isinstance<nb::list>(obj)) {
+    auto mask = array_from_list(nb::cast<nb::list>(obj), {});
+    if (mask.dtype() == mx::bool_) {
+      return mask;
+    }
   }
   return std::nullopt;
 }
diff --git a/python/tests/test_array.py b/python/tests/test_array.py
index 72564f73c..e2aa74f04 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_array.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_array.py
@@ -1929,8 +1929,27 @@ class TestArray(mlx_tests.MLXTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(a, anp))
 
     def test_setitem_with_boolean_mask(self):
-        mask_np = np.zeros((10, 10), dtype=bool)
-        mx.arange(1000).reshape(10, 10, 10)[mask_np] = 0
+        # Python list mask
+        a = mx.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0])
+        mask = [True, False, True]
+        src = mx.array([5.0, 6.0])
+        expected = mx.array([5.0, 2.0, 6.0])
+        a[mask] = src
+        self.assertTrue(mx.array_equal(a, expected))
+
+        # mx.array scalar mask
+        a = mx.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0])
+        mask = mx.array(True)
+        expected = mx.array([5.0, 5.0, 5.0])
+        a[mask] = 5.0
+        self.assertTrue(mx.array_equal(a, expected))
+
+        # scalar mask
+        a = mx.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0])
+        mask = True
+        expected = mx.array([5.0, 5.0, 5.0])
+        a[mask] = 5.0
+        self.assertTrue(mx.array_equal(a, expected))
 
         mask_np = np.zeros((1, 10, 10), dtype=bool)
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):