diff --git a/newsfragments/4254.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/4254.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e944fcfb49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/4254.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Made ``pkg_resoursces.NullProvider``'s ``has_metadata`` and ``metadata_isdir`` methods return actual booleans like all other Providers. -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/pkg_resources/__init__.py b/pkg_resources/__init__.py
index 625d1f83db..1066c53921 100644
--- a/pkg_resources/__init__.py
+++ b/pkg_resources/__init__.py
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ def get_entry_info(dist, group, name):
 
 
 class IMetadataProvider(Protocol):
-    def has_metadata(self, name):
+    def has_metadata(self, name) -> bool:
         """Does the package's distribution contain the named metadata?"""
 
     def get_metadata(self, name):
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ def get_metadata_lines(self, name):
         Leading and trailing whitespace is stripped from each line, and lines
         with ``#`` as the first non-blank character are omitted."""
 
-    def metadata_isdir(self, name):
+    def metadata_isdir(self, name) -> bool:
         """Is the named metadata a directory?  (like ``os.path.isdir()``)"""
 
     def metadata_listdir(self, name):
@@ -1489,9 +1489,9 @@ def has_resource(self, resource_name):
     def _get_metadata_path(self, name):
         return self._fn(self.egg_info, name)
 
-    def has_metadata(self, name):
+    def has_metadata(self, name) -> bool:
         if not self.egg_info:
-            return self.egg_info
+            return False
 
         path = self._get_metadata_path(name)
         return self._has(path)
@@ -1515,8 +1515,8 @@ def get_metadata_lines(self, name):
     def resource_isdir(self, resource_name):
         return self._isdir(self._fn(self.module_path, resource_name))
 
-    def metadata_isdir(self, name):
-        return self.egg_info and self._isdir(self._fn(self.egg_info, name))
+    def metadata_isdir(self, name) -> bool:
+        return bool(self.egg_info and self._isdir(self._fn(self.egg_info, name)))
 
     def resource_listdir(self, resource_name):
         return self._listdir(self._fn(self.module_path, resource_name))
@@ -1555,12 +1555,12 @@ def run_script(self, script_name, namespace):
             script_code = compile(script_text, script_filename, 'exec')
             exec(script_code, namespace, namespace)
 
-    def _has(self, path):
+    def _has(self, path) -> bool:
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "Can't perform this operation for unregistered loader type"
         )
 
-    def _isdir(self, path):
+    def _isdir(self, path) -> bool:
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "Can't perform this operation for unregistered loader type"
         )
@@ -1695,10 +1695,10 @@ def _set_egg(self, path):
 class DefaultProvider(EggProvider):
     """Provides access to package resources in the filesystem"""
 
-    def _has(self, path):
+    def _has(self, path) -> bool:
         return os.path.exists(path)
 
-    def _isdir(self, path):
+    def _isdir(self, path) -> bool:
         return os.path.isdir(path)
 
     def _listdir(self, path):
@@ -1940,11 +1940,11 @@ def _index(self):
             self._dirindex = ind
             return ind
 
-    def _has(self, fspath):
+    def _has(self, fspath) -> bool:
         zip_path = self._zipinfo_name(fspath)
         return zip_path in self.zipinfo or zip_path in self._index()
 
-    def _isdir(self, fspath):
+    def _isdir(self, fspath) -> bool:
         return self._zipinfo_name(fspath) in self._index()
 
     def _listdir(self, fspath):
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ def __init__(self, path):
     def _get_metadata_path(self, name):
         return self.path
 
-    def has_metadata(self, name):
+    def has_metadata(self, name) -> bool:
         return name == 'PKG-INFO' and os.path.isfile(self.path)
 
     def get_metadata(self, name):
diff --git a/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py b/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
index 5b2308aea7..b0a319e60f 100644
--- a/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
+++ b/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Metadata(pkg_resources.EmptyProvider):
     def __init__(self, *pairs):
         self.metadata = dict(pairs)
 
-    def has_metadata(self, name):
+    def has_metadata(self, name) -> bool:
         return name in self.metadata
 
     def get_metadata(self, name):