diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
index 1802f68502..3c064861fb 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
@@ -523,4 +523,9 @@ public interface DataType<T> extends Serializable {
      * Whether this data type is a UDT type.
      */
     boolean isUDT();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this data type is an enum type.
+     */
+    boolean isEnum();
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
index 9ed983f54d..45e126faad 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
@@ -939,6 +939,11 @@ public class DefaultDataType<T> implements DataType<T> {
         return UDTRecord.class.isAssignableFrom(tType);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isEnum() {
+        return EnumType.class.isAssignableFrom(tType);
+    }
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // The Object API
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------