diff --git a/SWIG/Source/Swig/stype.c b/SWIG/Source/Swig/stype.c
index 62dd07542..99acf403a 100644
--- a/SWIG/Source/Swig/stype.c
+++ b/SWIG/Source/Swig/stype.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ int SwigType_type(SwigType *t)
   if (strcmp(c,"double") == 0) return T_DOUBLE;
   if (strcmp(c,"void") == 0) return T_VOID;
   if (strcmp(c,"bool") == 0) return T_BOOL;
-
+  if (strncmp(c,"enum ",5) == 0) return T_INT;
   /* Hmmm. Unknown type */
   if (SwigType_istypedef(t)) {
     int r;