diff --git a/src/IntervalSets.jl b/src/IntervalSets.jl
index 4dac1da..5e5ce35 100644
--- a/src/IntervalSets.jl
+++ b/src/IntervalSets.jl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using Base: @pure
 import Base: eltype, convert, show, in, length, isempty, isequal, isapprox, issubset, ==, hash,
              union, intersect, minimum, maximum, extrema, range, clamp, mod, float, ⊇, ⊊, ⊋
 
-export AbstractInterval, Interval, OpenInterval, ClosedInterval,
+export AbstractInterval, Interval, OpenInterval, ClosedInterval, @iv_str,
             ⊇, .., ±, ordered, width, leftendpoint, rightendpoint, endpoints,
             isopenset, isclosedset, isleftclosed, isrightclosed,
             isleftopen, isrightopen, closedendpoints,
diff --git a/src/interval.jl b/src/interval.jl
index 0496068..b63ffb4 100644
--- a/src/interval.jl
+++ b/src/interval.jl
@@ -38,6 +38,33 @@ Interval(i::AbstractInterval) = Interval{isleftclosed(i) ? (:closed) : (:open),
                                          isrightclosed(i) ? (:closed) : (:open)}(i)
 Interval(i::TypedEndpointsInterval{L,R}) where {L,R} = Interval{L,R}(i)
 
+macro iv_str(s)
+    msg = "Invalid expresson `$s`"
+    for (reg, f) ∈ (
+        (r"^\[(.*)\)$", Interval{:closed, :open}),
+        (r"^\((.*)\)$", Interval{:open, :open}),
+        (r"^\((.*)\]$", Interval{:open, :closed}),
+        (r"^\[(.*)\]$", Interval{:closed, :closed}),
+    )
+        m = match(reg, s)
+        if !isnothing(m)
+            try
+                args = Meta.parse("("*m.captures[1]*",)")
+                if args.head === :incomplete
+                    return :(throw(ErrorException("$($msg)")))
+                elseif length(args.args) ≠ 2
+                    return :(throw(ErrorException("$($msg)")))
+                else
+                    return :($f($(esc(args))...))
+                end
+            catch
+                return :(throw(ErrorException("$($msg)")))
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    return :(throw(ErrorException("$($msg)")))
+end
+
 endpoints(i::Interval) = (i.left, i.right)
 
 for L in (:(:open),:(:closed)), R in (:(:open),:(:closed))
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index f2db5c5..4868459 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -35,6 +35,30 @@ struct IncompleteInterval <: AbstractInterval{Int} end
     @test ordered(1, 2) == (1, 2)
     @test ordered(Float16(1), 2) == (1, 2)
 
+    @testset "iv_str macro" begin
+        @test iv"[1,2]" === 1..2
+        @test iv"[1,2)" === Interval{:closed, :open}(1, 2)
+        @test iv"(1,2]" === Interval{:open, :closed}(1, 2)
+        @test iv"(1,2)" === OpenInterval(1, 2)
+
+        for (a,b) in ((1,2), (1.4,3.9), (ℯ,π))
+            @test iv"[a,b]" === a..b
+            @test iv"[a,b)" === Interval{:closed, :open}(a, b)
+            @test iv"(a,b]" === Interval{:open, :closed}(a, b)
+            @test iv"(a,b)" === OpenInterval(a, b)
+        end
+
+        @test_throws Exception iv"[(1,2)]"
+        @test_throws Exception iv"[1,2,]"
+        @test_throws Exception iv"[(1,2]"
+        @test_throws Exception iv"[(1,,2]"
+        @test_throws Exception iv"[1..2]"
+        @test_throws Exception iv"(1..2)"
+        @test_throws Exception iv"[1...2]"
+        @test_throws Exception iv"(1...2)"
+        @test_throws Exception iv"1..2"
+    end
+
     @testset "Basic Closed Sets" begin
         @test_throws ErrorException :a .. "b"
         @test_throws ErrorException 1 .. missing