diff --git a/docs/langref.rst b/docs/langref.rst
index 12949ab691..d4b30780b4 100644
--- a/docs/langref.rst
+++ b/docs/langref.rst
@@ -437,6 +437,26 @@ accesses may trap, or they may work. Sometimes, operating systems catch
 alignment traps and emulate the misaligned memory access.
 
 
+Extending loads and truncating stores
+-------------------------------------
+
+Most ISAs provide instructions that load an integer value smaller than a register
+and extends it to the width of the register. Similarly, store instructions that
+only write the low bits of an integer register are common.
+
+Cretonne provides extending loads and truncation stores for 8, 16, and 32-bit
+memory accesses.
+
+.. autoinst:: uload8
+.. autoinst:: sload8
+.. autoinst:: istore8
+.. autoinst:: uload16
+.. autoinst:: sload16
+.. autoinst:: istore16
+.. autoinst:: uload32
+.. autoinst:: sload32
+.. autoinst:: istore32
+
 Local variables
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/lib/cretonne/meta/base/immediates.py b/lib/cretonne/meta/base/immediates.py
index 2f8803e245..8e643bb9ee 100644
--- a/lib/cretonne/meta/base/immediates.py
+++ b/lib/cretonne/meta/base/immediates.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ floatcc = ImmediateKind(
             'uge': 'UnorderedOrGreaterThanOrEqual',
         })
 
-#: Flags for memory operations like :inst:`load` and :inst:`store`.
+#: Flags for memory operations like :cton:inst:`load` and :cton:inst:`store`.
 memflags = ImmediateKind(
         'memflags',
         'Memory operation flags',
diff --git a/lib/cretonne/meta/base/instructions.py b/lib/cretonne/meta/base/instructions.py
index 487dca1a89..a7c549ce93 100644
--- a/lib/cretonne/meta/base/instructions.py
+++ b/lib/cretonne/meta/base/instructions.py
@@ -231,6 +231,99 @@ store = Instruction(
         """,
         ins=(Flags, x, p, Offset))
 
+iExt8 = TypeVar(
+        'iExt8', 'An integer type with more than 8 bits',
+        ints=(16, 64))
+x = Operand('x', iExt8)
+a = Operand('a', iExt8)
+
+uload8 = Instruction(
+        'uload8', r"""
+        Load 8 bits from memory at ``p + Offset`` and zero-extend.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``load.i8`` followed by ``uextend``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, p, Offset), outs=a)
+
+sload8 = Instruction(
+        'sload8', r"""
+        Load 8 bits from memory at ``p + Offset`` and sign-extend.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``load.i8`` followed by ``uextend``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, p, Offset), outs=a)
+
+istore8 = Instruction(
+        'istore8', r"""
+        Store the low 8 bits of ``x`` to memory at ``p + Offset``.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``ireduce.i8`` followed by ``store.i8``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, x, p, Offset))
+
+iExt16 = TypeVar(
+        'iExt16', 'An integer type with more than 16 bits',
+        ints=(32, 64))
+x = Operand('x', iExt16)
+a = Operand('a', iExt16)
+
+uload16 = Instruction(
+        'uload16', r"""
+        Load 16 bits from memory at ``p + Offset`` and zero-extend.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``load.i16`` followed by ``uextend``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, p, Offset), outs=a)
+
+sload16 = Instruction(
+        'sload16', r"""
+        Load 16 bits from memory at ``p + Offset`` and sign-extend.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``load.i16`` followed by ``uextend``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, p, Offset), outs=a)
+
+istore16 = Instruction(
+        'istore16', r"""
+        Store the low 16 bits of ``x`` to memory at ``p + Offset``.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``ireduce.i16`` followed by ``store.i8``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, x, p, Offset))
+
+iExt32 = TypeVar(
+        'iExt32', 'An integer type with more than 32 bits',
+        ints=(64, 64))
+x = Operand('x', iExt32)
+a = Operand('a', iExt32)
+
+uload32 = Instruction(
+        'uload32', r"""
+        Load 32 bits from memory at ``p + Offset`` and zero-extend.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``load.i32`` followed by ``uextend``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, p, Offset), outs=a)
+
+sload32 = Instruction(
+        'sload32', r"""
+        Load 32 bits from memory at ``p + Offset`` and sign-extend.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``load.i32`` followed by ``uextend``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, p, Offset), outs=a)
+
+istore32 = Instruction(
+        'istore32', r"""
+        Store the low 32 bits of ``x`` to memory at ``p + Offset``.
+
+        This is equivalent to ``ireduce.i32`` followed by ``store.i8``.
+        """,
+        ins=(Flags, x, p, Offset))
+
+x = Operand('x', Mem, doc='Value to be stored')
+a = Operand('a', Mem, doc='Value loaded')
+
 stack_load = Instruction(
         'stack_load', r"""
         Load a value from a stack slot at the constant offset.