diff --git a/lib/operations/roles.js b/lib/operations/roles.js
index 4bb55cf9..758ef460 100644
--- a/lib/operations/roles.js
+++ b/lib/operations/roles.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const formatRoleOptions = (roleOptions = {}) => {
   options.push(roleOptions.superuser ? 'SUPERUSER' : 'NOSUPERUSER');
   options.push(roleOptions.createdb ? 'CREATEDB' : 'NOCREATEDB');
   options.push(roleOptions.createrole ? 'CREATEROLE' : 'NOCREATEROLE');
-  options.push(!roleOptions.inherit ? 'NOINHERIT' : 'INHERIT');
+  options.push(roleOptions.inherit === false ? 'NOINHERIT' : 'INHERIT');
   options.push(roleOptions.login ? 'LOGIN' : 'NOLOGIN');
   options.push(roleOptions.replication ? 'REPLICATION' : 'NOREPLICATION');
   if (roleOptions.bypassrls !== undefined) {
diff --git a/test/roles-test.js b/test/roles-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bb23452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/roles-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import * as Roles from '../lib/operations/roles';
+
+describe('lib/operations/roles', () => {
+  describe('.create', () => {
+    it('check defaults', () => {
+      const sql = Roles.create('role');
+      expect(sql).to.equal('CREATE ROLE "role" WITH NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE INHERIT NOLOGIN NOREPLICATION;');
+    });
+  });
+});