diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b8c13ee..da1bdac6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 authors = ["Anthony Ramine <n.oxyde@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/nox/serde_urlencoded"
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ dtoa = "0.4.0"
 itoa = "0.4.0"
 serde = "1.0.0"
 url = "1.0.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_derive = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/de.rs b/src/de.rs
index 137093d2..eeb5ff36 100644
--- a/src/de.rs
+++ b/src/de.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Deserialization support for the `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` format.
 
 use serde::de::{self, IntoDeserializer};
-
+use serde::de::Error as de_Error;
 use serde::de::value::MapDeserializer;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::io::Read;
@@ -197,6 +197,17 @@ impl<'de> de::Deserializer<'de> for Part<'de> {
         visitor.visit_some(self)
     }
 
+    fn deserialize_enum<V>(
+        self,
+        _name: &'static str,
+        _variants: &'static [&'static str],
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+        where V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_enum(ValueEnumAccess(self.0))
+    }
+
     forward_to_deserialize_any! {
         char
         str
@@ -210,7 +221,6 @@ impl<'de> de::Deserializer<'de> for Part<'de> {
         struct
         identifier
         tuple
-        enum
         ignored_any
         seq
         map
@@ -230,3 +240,56 @@ impl<'de> de::Deserializer<'de> for Part<'de> {
         f64 => deserialize_f64,
     }
 }
+
+struct ValueEnumAccess<'de>(Cow<'de, str>);
+
+impl<'de> de::EnumAccess<'de> for ValueEnumAccess<'de> {
+    type Error = Error;
+    type Variant = UnitOnlyVariantAccess;
+
+    fn variant_seed<V>(
+        self,
+        seed: V,
+    ) -> Result<(V::Value, Self::Variant), Self::Error>
+        where V: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    {
+        let variant = seed.deserialize(self.0.into_deserializer())?;
+        Ok((variant, UnitOnlyVariantAccess))
+    }
+}
+
+struct UnitOnlyVariantAccess;
+
+impl<'de> de::VariantAccess<'de> for UnitOnlyVariantAccess {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn unit_variant(self) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn newtype_variant_seed<T>(self, _seed: T) -> Result<T::Value, Self::Error>
+        where T: de::DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    {
+        Err(Error::custom("expected unit variant"))
+    }
+
+    fn tuple_variant<V>(
+        self,
+        _len: usize,
+        _visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+        where V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        Err(Error::custom("expected unit variant"))
+    }
+
+    fn struct_variant<V>(
+        self,
+        _fields: &'static [&'static str],
+        _visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+        where V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        Err(Error::custom("expected unit variant"))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_deserialize.rs b/tests/test_deserialize.rs
index d2fb5fef..ee19374c 100644
--- a/tests/test_deserialize.rs
+++ b/tests/test_deserialize.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 extern crate serde_urlencoded;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
 
 #[test]
 fn deserialize_bytes() {
@@ -40,3 +42,21 @@ fn deserialize_unit() {
     assert_eq!(serde_urlencoded::from_str("&&"), Ok(()));
     assert!(serde_urlencoded::from_str::<()>("first=23").is_err());
 }
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum X {
+    A,
+    B,
+    C,
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn deserialize_unit_enum() {
+    let result = vec![
+        ("one".to_owned(), X::A),
+        ("two".to_owned(), X::B),
+        ("three".to_owned(), X::C)
+    ];
+
+    assert_eq!(serde_urlencoded::from_str("one=A&two=B&three=C"), Ok(result));
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_serialize.rs b/tests/test_serialize.rs
index e4e70eeb..3905ce6b 100644
--- a/tests/test_serialize.rs
+++ b/tests/test_serialize.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 extern crate serde_urlencoded;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
 
 #[test]
 fn serialize_option_map_int() {
@@ -32,3 +34,17 @@ fn serialize_map_bool() {
     assert_eq!(serde_urlencoded::to_string(params),
                Ok("one=true&two=false".to_owned()));
 }
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+enum X {
+    A,
+    B,
+    C,
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn serialize_unit_enum() {
+    let params = &[("one", X::A), ("two", X::B), ("three", X::C)];
+    assert_eq!(serde_urlencoded::to_string(params),
+               Ok("one=A&two=B&three=C".to_owned()));
+}