diff --git a/tests/test_enum_field.py b/tests/test_enum_field.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c415bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_enum_field.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import enum
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from tests import MultiDict, ModelFormTestCase
+
+
+class TestEnumSelectField(ModelFormTestCase):
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        super().setup_method(method)
+
+        class TestEnum(enum.Enum):
+            A = 'a'
+            B = 'b'
+    
+        self.init(type_=sa.Enum(TestEnum), nullable=True)
+
+    def test_valid_options(self):
+        for option in ['a', 'b']:
+            form = self.form_class(MultiDict(test_column=option))
+            assert form.validate()
+            assert len(form.errors) == 0
+
+    def test_invalid_options(self):
+        for option in ['c', 'unknown']:
+            form = self.form_class(MultiDict(test_column=option))
+            assert not form.validate()
+            assert len(form.errors['test_column']) == 2
diff --git a/tests/test_select_field.py b/tests/test_select_field.py
index 64e060e..a52ce15 100644
--- a/tests/test_select_field.py
+++ b/tests/test_select_field.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import enum
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 import six
@@ -84,3 +85,12 @@ def test_unicode_text_coerces_values_to_unicode_strings(self):
         form = self.form_class(MultiDict({'test_column': '2.0'}))
         assert form.test_column.data == u'2.0'
         assert isinstance(form.test_column.data, six.text_type)
+
+    def test_enum_coerces_values_to_enums(self):
+        class TestEnum(enum.Enum):
+            A = 'a'
+            B = 'b'
+    
+        self.init(type_=sa.Enum(TestEnum), nullable=True)
+        form = self.form_class(MultiDict({'test_column': 'a'}))
+        assert form.test_column.data == TestEnum.A
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_types.py b/tests/test_types.py
index 04e16cd..35364e5 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/test_types.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 from tests import ModelFormTestCase
 from wtforms_alchemy import (
     CountryField,
+    EnumSelectField,
     ModelForm,
     null_or_unicode,
     PhoneNumberField,
@@ -136,10 +137,20 @@ def test_custom_numeric_converts_to_decimal_field(self):
     def test_enum_field_converts_to_select_field(self):
         choices = ['1', '2']
         self.init(type_=sa.Enum(*choices))
-        self.assert_type('test_column', SelectField)
+        self.assert_type('test_column', EnumSelectField)
         form = self.form_class()
         assert form.test_column.choices == [(s, s) for s in choices]
 
+    def test_builtin_enum_field_converts_to_select_field(self):
+        class TestEnum(Enum):
+            A = 'a'
+            B = 'b'
+    
+        self.init(type_=sa.Enum(TestEnum))
+        self.assert_type('test_column', EnumSelectField)
+        form = self.form_class()
+        assert form.test_column.choices == [('a', TestEnum.A), ('b', TestEnum.B)]
+
     def test_nullable_enum_uses_null_or_unicode_coerce_func_by_default(self):
         choices = ['1', '2']
         self.init(type_=sa.Enum(*choices), nullable=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_validators.py b/tests/test_validators.py
index 389b29a..ead4768 100644
--- a/tests/test_validators.py
+++ b/tests/test_validators.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import enum
 from datetime import datetime, time
 
 import sqlalchemy as sa
@@ -265,3 +266,14 @@ def get_session():
 
         form = ModelTestForm()
         assert form.test_column.validators[2].message == 'Not unique'
+
+    def test_enum_validators(self):
+        class TestEnum(enum.Enum):
+            A = 'a'
+            B = 'b'
+    
+        self.init(type_=sa.Enum(TestEnum), nullable=True)
+        form = self.form_class()
+
+        assert len(form.test_column.validators) == 1
+        assert isinstance(form.test_column.validators[0], Optional)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wtforms_alchemy/__init__.py b/wtforms_alchemy/__init__.py
index 3e532d6..39a62af 100644
--- a/wtforms_alchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/wtforms_alchemy/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 )
 from .fields import (  # noqa
     CountryField,
+    EnumSelectField,
     GroupedQuerySelectField,
     GroupedQuerySelectMultipleField,
     ModelFieldList,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 
 __all__ = (
     AttributeTypeException,
+    EnumSelectField,
     CountryField,
     DateRange,
     InvalidAttributeException,
diff --git a/wtforms_alchemy/fields.py b/wtforms_alchemy/fields.py
index 65abb3b..3e48689 100644
--- a/wtforms_alchemy/fields.py
+++ b/wtforms_alchemy/fields.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import enum
 import operator
 from itertools import groupby
 
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ def populate_obj(self, obj, name):
         FieldList.populate_obj(self, obj, name)
 
 
+
 class CountryField(SelectField):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['coerce'] = Country
@@ -127,6 +129,24 @@ def _get_choices(self):
         return sorted(territories, key=operator.itemgetter(1))
 
 
+class EnumSelectField(SelectField):
+    @property
+    def choice_values(self):
+        values = []
+        for value, label in self.concrete_choices:
+            if isinstance(label, enum.Enum):
+                values.append(label)
+            elif isinstance(label, (list, tuple)):
+                for subvalue, sublabel in label:
+                    if isinstance(sublabel, enum.Enum):
+                        values.append(sublabel)
+                    else:
+                        values.append(subvalue)
+            else:
+                values.append(value)
+        return values
+
+
 class QuerySelectField(SelectFieldBase):
     """
     Will display a select drop-down field to choose between ORM results in a
diff --git a/wtforms_alchemy/generator.py b/wtforms_alchemy/generator.py
index 1b1f2aa..ee5786e 100644
--- a/wtforms_alchemy/generator.py
+++ b/wtforms_alchemy/generator.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     InvalidAttributeException,
     UnknownTypeException
 )
-from .fields import CountryField, PhoneNumberField, WeekDaysField
+from .fields import CountryField, EnumSelectField, PhoneNumberField, WeekDaysField
 from .utils import (
     choice_type_coerce_factory,
     ClassMap,
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class FormGenerator(object):
         (sa.types.Boolean, BooleanField),
         (sa.types.Date, DateField),
         (sa.types.DateTime, DateTimeField),
-        (sa.types.Enum, SelectField),
+        (sa.types.Enum, EnumSelectField),
         (sa.types.Float, FloatField),
         (sa.types.Integer, IntegerField),
         (sa.types.Numeric, DecimalField),
@@ -449,6 +449,10 @@ def select_field_kwargs(self, column):
                 kwargs['choices'] = choices
         elif 'choices' in column.info and column.info['choices']:
             kwargs['choices'] = column.info['choices']
+        elif issubclass(column.type.python_type, Enum):
+            kwargs['choices'] = [
+                (choice.value, choice) for choice in column.type.python_type
+            ]
         else:
             kwargs['choices'] = [
                 (enum, enum) for enum in column.type.enums
@@ -588,6 +592,10 @@ def length_validator(self, column):
 
         :param column: SQLAlchemy Column object
         """
+        if (isinstance(column.type, sa.types.Enum) and
+            issubclass(column.type.python_type, Enum)):
+            return None
+
         if (
             isinstance(column.type, sa.types.String) and
             hasattr(column.type, 'length') and