diff --git a/include/evmc/helpers.h b/include/evmc/helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66c7907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/evmc/helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* EVMC: Ethereum Client-VM Connector API.
+ * Copyright 2018 Pawel Bylica.
+ * Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * EVMC Helpers
+ *
+ * A collection of helper functions for invoking a VM instance methods.
+ * These are convenient for languages where invoking function pointers
+ * is "ugly" or impossible (such as Go).
+ *
+ * @defgroup helpers EVMC Helpers
+ * @{
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <evmc/evmc.h>
+
+/**
+ * Destroys the VM instance.
+ *
+ * @see evmc_destroy_fn
+ */
+static inline void evmc_destroy(struct evmc_instance* instance)
+{
+    instance->destroy(instance);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sets the option for the VM instance, if the feature is supported by the VM.
+ *
+ * @see evmc_set_option_fn
+ */
+static inline int evmc_set_option(struct evmc_instance* instance,
+                                  char const* name,
+                                  char const* value)
+{
+    if (instance->set_option)
+        return instance->set_option(instance, name, value);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Releases the resources allocated to the execution result.
+ *
+ * @see evmc_release_result_fn
+ */
+static inline void evmc_release_result(struct evmc_result* result)
+{
+    result->release(result);
+}
+
+/** @} */
diff --git a/include/evmc/instructions.h b/include/evmc/instructions.h
index 1dc50b9..a86cf9d 100644
--- a/include/evmc/instructions.h
+++ b/include/evmc/instructions.h
@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file.
  */
 
+/**
+ * EVM Instruction Tables
+ *
+ * A collection of metrics for EVM1 instruction set.
+ *
+ * @defgroup instructions EVM Instructions
+ * @{
+ */
 #pragma once
 
 #include <evmc/evmc.h>
 #include <evmc/utils.h>
 
-#include <stdint.h>
-
 #if __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -209,3 +215,5 @@ EVMC_EXPORT const char* const* evmc_get_instruction_names_table(enum evmc_revisi
 #if __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
+
+/** @} */
diff --git a/include/evmc/loader.h b/include/evmc/loader.h
index b344f88..fdb0108 100644
--- a/include/evmc/loader.h
+++ b/include/evmc/loader.h
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file.
  */
 
+/**
+ * EVMC Loader Library
+ *
+ * The EVMC Loader Library supports loading VMs implemented as Dynamically Loaded Libraries
+ * (DLLs, shared objects).
+ *
+ * @defgroup loader EVMC Loader
+ * @{
+ */
 #pragma once
 
 #if __cplusplus
@@ -15,10 +24,23 @@ typedef struct evmc_instance* (*evmc_create_fn)(void);
 /** Error codes for the EVMC loader. */
 enum evmc_loader_error_code
 {
+    /** The loader succeeded. */
     EVMC_LOADER_SUCCESS = 0,
-    EVMC_LOADER_CANNOT_OPEN,
-    EVMC_LOADER_SYMBOL_NOT_FOUND,
-    EVMC_LOADER_INVALID_ARGUMENT,
+
+    /** The loader cannot open the given file name. */
+    EVMC_LOADER_CANNOT_OPEN = 1,
+
+    /** The VM create function not found. */
+    EVMC_LOADER_SYMBOL_NOT_FOUND = 2,
+
+    /** The invalid argument value provided. */
+    EVMC_LOADER_INVALID_ARGUMENT = 3,
+
+    /** The creation of a VM instance has failed. */
+    EVMC_LOADER_INSTANCE_CREATION_FAILURE = 4,
+
+    /** The ABI version of the VM instance has mismatched. */
+    EVMC_LOADER_ABI_VERSION_MISMATCH = 5,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -27,7 +49,7 @@ enum evmc_loader_error_code
  * This function tries to open a DLL at the given `filename`. On UNIX-like systems dlopen() function
  * is used. On Windows LoadLibrary() function is used.
  *
- * If the file does not exist or is not a valid shared library the ::EVMC_ERRC_CANNOT_OPEN error
+ * If the file does not exist or is not a valid shared library the ::EVMC_LOADER_CANNOT_OPEN error
  * code is signaled and NULL is returned.
  *
  * After the DLL is successfully loaded the function tries to find the EVM create function in the
@@ -48,18 +70,38 @@ enum evmc_loader_error_code
  *   "evmc_create_interpreter".
  *
  * If the create function is found in the library, the pointer to the function is returned.
- * Otherwise, the ::EVMC_ERRC_SYMBOL_NOT_FOUND error code is signaled and NULL is returned.
+ * Otherwise, the ::EVMC_LOADER_SYMBOL_NOT_FOUND error code is signaled and NULL is returned.
+ *
+ * It is safe to call this function with the same filename argument multiple times
+ * (the DLL is not going to be loaded multiple times).
  *
  * @param filename    The null terminated path (absolute or relative) to the shared library
  *                    containing the EVM implementation. If the value is NULL, an empty C-string
- *                    or longer than the path maximum length the ::EVMC_ERRC_INVALID_ARGUMENT is
+ *                    or longer than the path maximum length the ::EVMC_LOADER_INVALID_ARGUMENT is
  *                    signaled.
  * @param error_code  The pointer to the error code. If not NULL the value is set to
- *                    ::EVMC_ERRC_SUCCESS on success or any other error code as described above.
+ *                    ::EVMC_LOADER_SUCCESS on success or any other error code as described above.
  * @return            The pointer to the EVM create function or NULL.
  */
 evmc_create_fn evmc_load(const char* filename, enum evmc_loader_error_code* error_code);
 
+/**
+ * Dynamically loads the VM DLL and creates the VM instance.
+ *
+ * This is a macro for creating the VM instance with the function returned from evmc_load().
+ * The function signals the same errors as evmc_load() and additionally:
+ *  - ::EVMC_LOADER_INSTANCE_CREATION_FAILURE when the create function returns NULL,
+ *  - ::EVMC_LOADER_ABI_VERSION_MISMATCH when the created VM instance has ABI version different
+ *  from the ABI version of this library (::EVMC_ABI_VERSION).
+ *
+ * It is safe to call this function with the same filename argument multiple times:
+ * the DLL is not going to be loaded multiple times, but the function will return new VM instance
+ * each time.
+ */
+struct evmc_instance* evmc_load_and_create(const char* filename, enum evmc_loader_error_code* error_code);
+
 #if __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
+
+/** @} */
diff --git a/lib/loader/loader.c b/lib/loader/loader.c
index c365c9a..3156f2f 100644
--- a/lib/loader/loader.c
+++ b/lib/loader/loader.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <evmc/loader.h>
+#include <evmc/evmc.h>
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -121,3 +122,26 @@ exit:
         *error_code = ec;
     return create_fn;
 }
+
+struct evmc_instance* evmc_load_and_create(const char* filename, enum evmc_loader_error_code* error_code)
+{
+    evmc_create_fn create_fn = evmc_load(filename, error_code);
+
+    if (!create_fn)
+        return NULL;
+
+    struct evmc_instance* instance = create_fn();
+    if (!instance)
+    {
+        *error_code = EVMC_LOADER_INSTANCE_CREATION_FAILURE;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (instance->abi_version != EVMC_ABI_VERSION)
+    {
+        *error_code = EVMC_LOADER_ABI_VERSION_MISMATCH;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return instance;
+}
diff --git a/test/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index 898a5d6..7115693 100644
--- a/test/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ add_custom_command(
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E ${cmd} $<TARGET_FILE:vm-mock> _
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E ${cmd} $<TARGET_FILE:vm-mock> lib_.so
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E ${cmd} $<TARGET_FILE:vm-mock> ../aaa.evm
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E ${cmd} $<TARGET_FILE:vm-mock> failure.vm
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E ${cmd} $<TARGET_FILE:vm-mock> abi42.vm
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch empty.file
 )
 
diff --git a/test/unittests/test_loader.cpp b/test/unittests/test_loader.cpp
index 7c455a5..8245f54 100644
--- a/test/unittests/test_loader.cpp
+++ b/test/unittests/test_loader.cpp
@@ -244,3 +244,19 @@ TEST(loader, lib_)
     x = evmc_load(path, nullptr);
     EXPECT_EQ(x, nullptr);
 }
+
+TEST(loader, load_and_create_failure)
+{
+    evmc_loader_error_code ec;
+    auto vm = evmc_load_and_create("unittests/failure.vm", &ec);
+    EXPECT_EQ(vm, nullptr);
+    EXPECT_EQ(ec, EVMC_LOADER_INSTANCE_CREATION_FAILURE);
+}
+
+TEST(loader, load_and_create_abi_mismatch)
+{
+    evmc_loader_error_code ec;
+    auto vm = evmc_load_and_create("unittests/abi42.vm", &ec);
+    EXPECT_EQ(vm, nullptr);
+    EXPECT_EQ(ec, EVMC_LOADER_ABI_VERSION_MISMATCH);
+}
diff --git a/test/unittests/vm_mock.c b/test/unittests/vm_mock.c
index 4ab78b7..a0cb194 100644
--- a/test/unittests/vm_mock.c
+++ b/test/unittests/vm_mock.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file.
  */
 
+#include <evmc/evmc.h>
 #include <evmc/utils.h>
 
 EVMC_EXPORT void* evmc_create_aaa()
@@ -14,3 +15,16 @@ EVMC_EXPORT void* evmc_create_eee_bbb()
 {
     return (void*)0xeeebbb;
 }
+
+EVMC_EXPORT void* evmc_create_failure()
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+EVMC_EXPORT struct evmc_instance* evmc_create_abi42()
+{
+    static struct evmc_instance instance = {
+        .abi_version = 42,
+    };
+    return &instance;
+}