diff --git a/libraries/Wire/src/Wire.h b/libraries/Wire/src/Wire.h
index ca048bb16c4..dae83c091b8 100644
--- a/libraries/Wire/src/Wire.h
+++ b/libraries/Wire/src/Wire.h
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ class TwoWire: public Stream
     bool setPins(int sda, int scl);
     
     bool begin(int sda=-1, int scl=-1, uint32_t frequency=0); // returns true, if successful init of i2c bus
+    inline bool begin(uint8_t sda, uint8_t scl, uint32_t frequency=0) 
+    {
+        return begin(static_cast<int>(sda), static_cast<int>(scl), frequency);
+    }
     bool begin(uint8_t slaveAddr, int sda=-1, int scl=-1, uint32_t frequency=0);
     bool end();