diff --git a/ext/bsdcontrol.rb/bsdcontrol.c b/ext/bsdcontrol.rb/bsdcontrol.c
index baa6d79..2d9d39e 100644
--- a/ext/bsdcontrol.rb/bsdcontrol.c
+++ b/ext/bsdcontrol.rb/bsdcontrol.c
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ Init_bsdcontrol(void)
   rb_define_method(rb_cFeature, "status", bsdcontrol_feature_status, 1);
   rb_define_method(rb_cFeature, "sysdef!", bsdcontrol_feature_sysdef, 1);
   rb_define_private_method(rb_cFeature, "set!", bsdcontrol_feature_set, 2);
+  rb_define_const(rb_cFeature, "ENABLED", INT2NUM(HBSDCTRL_STATE_ENABLED));
+  rb_define_const(rb_cFeature, "DISABLED", INT2NUM(HBSDCTRL_STATE_DISABLED));
 }
diff --git a/lib/bsd/control/feature.rb b/lib/bsd/control/feature.rb
index 898cda9..495b663 100644
--- a/lib/bsd/control/feature.rb
+++ b/lib/bsd/control/feature.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module BSD::Control
     # @return [Boolean]
     #  Returns true on success.
     def enable!(path)
-      set!(path, 1)
+      set!(path, ENABLED)
     end
 
     ##
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module BSD::Control
     # @return [Boolean]
     #  Returns true on success.
     def disable!(path)
-      set!(path, 0)
+      set!(path, DISABLED)
     end
 
     ##
diff --git a/test/superuser/disable_feature_test.rb b/test/superuser/disable_feature_test.rb
index 71f04ec..0942c8a 100644
--- a/test/superuser/disable_feature_test.rb
+++ b/test/superuser/disable_feature_test.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ module BSD::Control
     require 'fileutils'
     include FileUtils
 
+    def test_disable_pageexec
+      touch(file)
+      assert BSD::Control.feature(:pageexec).disable!(file),
+             "The disable! method should have returned true"
+      assert_equal(
+        :disabled,
+        BSD::Control.feature(:pageexec).status(file)
+      )
+    ensure
+      rm(file)
+    end
+
     def test_disable_pageexec_nonexistent_file
       assert_raises(Errno::ENOENT) do
         BSD::Control.feature(:pageexec).disable!(file)