diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9fe51662..891f8e38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ See also: [compojure-api 1.1.x changelog](./CHANGELOG-1.1.x.md)
 * Add back `defapi` (and deprecate it)
 * Remove potemkin [#445](https://github.com/metosin/compojure-api/issues/445)
 * Add back `compojure.api.routes/create`
+* Add back `middleware` (and deprecate it)
 
 ## 2.0.0-alpha31 (2019-12-20)
 
diff --git a/src/compojure/api/core.clj b/src/compojure/api/core.clj
index d6e091a6..be061eb3 100644
--- a/src/compojure/api/core.clj
+++ b/src/compojure/api/core.clj
@@ -44,9 +44,24 @@
   (let [handlers (keep identity handlers)]
     (routes/map->Route {:handler (meta/routing handlers)})))
 
+(defmacro middleware
+  "Wraps routes with given middlewares using thread-first macro.
+
+  Note that middlewares will be executed even if routes in body
+  do not match the request uri. Be careful with middleware that
+  has side-effects."
+  {:style/indent 1
+   :deprecated "1.1.14"
+   :superseded-by "route-middleware"}
+  [middleware & body]
+  `(let [body# (routes ~@body)
+         wrap-mw# (mw/compose-middleware ~middleware)]
+     (routes/create nil nil {} [body#] (wrap-mw# body#))))
+
 (defn route-middleware
   "Wraps routes with given middlewares using thread-first macro."
-  {:style/indent 1}
+  {:style/indent 1
+   :supercedes "middleware"}
   [middleware & body]
   (let [handler (apply routes body)
         x-handler (compojure/wrap-routes handler (mw/compose-middleware middleware))]
diff --git a/src/compojure/api/sweet.clj b/src/compojure/api/sweet.clj
index 44f0b188..737a45c3 100644
--- a/src/compojure/api/sweet.clj
+++ b/src/compojure/api/sweet.clj
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 (defmacro defroutes {:doc "Define a Ring handler function from a sequence of routes.\n  The name may optionally be followed by a doc-string and metadata map."} [name & routes] (list* (quote compojure.api.core/defroutes) name routes))
 (defmacro let-routes {:doc "Takes a vector of bindings and a body of routes.\n\n  Equivalent to: `(let [...] (routes ...))`"} [bindings & body] (list* (quote compojure.api.core/let-routes) bindings body))
 (def ^{:arglists (quote ([& handlers])), :doc "Routes without route-documentation. Can be used to wrap routes,\n  not satisfying compojure.api.routes/Routing -protocol."} undocumented compojure.api.core/undocumented)
+(defmacro middleware {:deprecated "1.1.14", :doc "Wraps routes with given middlewares using thread-first macro.\n\n  Note that middlewares will be executed even if routes in body\n  do not match the request uri. Be careful with middleware that\n  has side-effects."} [middleware & body] (list* (quote compojure.api.core/middleware) middleware body))
+(def ^{:arglists (quote ([middleware & body])), :doc "Wraps routes with given middlewares using thread-first macro."} route-middleware compojure.api.core/route-middleware)
 (defmacro context [& args] (list* (quote compojure.api.core/context) args))
 (defmacro GET [& args] (list* (quote compojure.api.core/GET) args))
 (defmacro ANY [& args] (list* (quote compojure.api.core/ANY) args))
diff --git a/test/compojure/api/dev/gen.clj b/test/compojure/api/dev/gen.clj
index 91e7167c..b3002079 100644
--- a/test/compojure/api/dev/gen.clj
+++ b/test/compojure/api/dev/gen.clj
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@
          syms)))
 
 (def compojure-api-sweet-impl-info
-  {:vars '([compojure.api.core routes defroutes let-routes undocumented
-            ;;BREAKING CHANGE FROM 1.1.x
-            ;middleware
+  {:vars '([compojure.api.core routes defroutes let-routes undocumented middleware route-middleware
             context GET ANY HEAD PATCH DELETE OPTIONS POST PUT]
            [compojure.api.api api defapi]
            [compojure.api.resource resource]