diff --git a/include/avr/interrupt.h b/include/avr/interrupt.h
index a36e2ba6..31b7b929 100644
--- a/include/avr/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/avr/interrupt.h
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@
     respect to compiler optimizations.
 */
 
+#if defined(__DOXYGEN__)
+/** \def interrupts_enable
+    \ingroup avr_interrupts
+
+    Convenience macro that makes code-readability easier over 'sei'. See
+    sei() for details.
+*/
+#endif /* DOXYGEN */
+#define interrupts_enable sei
+
 #if defined(__DOXYGEN__)
 /** \def sei()
     \ingroup avr_interrupts
@@ -81,6 +91,16 @@
 # define sei()  __asm__ __volatile__ ("sei" ::: "memory")
 #endif /* DOXYGEN */
 
+#if defined(__DOXYGEN__)
+/** \def interrupts_enable
+    \ingroup avr_interrupts
+
+    Convenience macro that makes code-readability easier over 'cli'. See
+    cli() for details.
+*/
+#endif /* DOXYGEN */
+#define interrupts_disable cli
+
 #if defined(__DOXYGEN__)
 /** \def cli()
     \ingroup avr_interrupts