diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQMySQLTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQMySQLTest.java
index 8f2f5451bd..caba42e7fe 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQMySQLTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQMySQLTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 package org.jooq.test;
 
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.val;
 import static org.jooq.test.mysql.generatedclasses.Tables.T_BOOK_TO_BOOK_STORE;
 import static org.jooq.test.mysql.generatedclasses.Tables.T_IDENTITY_PK;
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ import org.jooq.UpdatableTable;
 import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
 import org.jooq.test.mysql.generatedclasses.Routines;
 import org.jooq.test.mysql.generatedclasses.TestFactory;
+import org.jooq.test.mysql.generatedclasses.enums.TBookStatus;
 import org.jooq.test.mysql.generatedclasses.enums.T_959JavaKeywords;
 import org.jooq.test.mysql.generatedclasses.tables.TAuthor;
 import org.jooq.test.mysql.generatedclasses.tables.TBook;
@@ -728,4 +730,14 @@ public class jOOQMySQLTest extends jOOQAbstractTest<
         assertEquals(T_959JavaKeywords.class_, result.get(1));
         assertEquals(T_959JavaKeywords.public_, result.get(2));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMySQLEnumIndex() throws Exception {
+        assertNull(MySQLFactory.enumType(TBookStatus.class, -1));
+        assertNull(MySQLFactory.enumType(TBookStatus.class, 0));
+        assertEquals(TBookStatus.SOLD_OUT, MySQLFactory.enumType(TBookStatus.class, 1));
+        assertEquals(TBookStatus.ORDERED, MySQLFactory.enumType(TBookStatus.class, 2));
+        assertEquals(TBookStatus.ON_STOCK, MySQLFactory.enumType(TBookStatus.class, 3));
+        assertNull(MySQLFactory.enumType(TBookStatus.class, 4));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/mysql/MySQLFactory.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/mysql/MySQLFactory.java
index b8bd7823ee..d3a90e50fc 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/mysql/MySQLFactory.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/mysql/MySQLFactory.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ package org.jooq.util.mysql;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
 
+import org.jooq.EnumType;
 import org.jooq.Field;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.jooq.SchemaMapping;
@@ -310,4 +311,58 @@ public class MySQLFactory extends Factory {
     public static Field<String> password(Field<String> string) {
         return function("password", String.class, string);
     }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Other utilities
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Get a field based {@link EnumType} by its MySQL-specific index
+     * <p>
+     * If your MySQL enum type contains these three values: <code>A, B, C</code>
+     * , then this will be the mapping of indexes to values:
+     * <table border="1">
+     * <tr>
+     * <th>Enum literal as in {@link Enum#name()}</th>
+     * <th>Enum ordinal as in {@link Enum#ordinal()}</th>
+     * <th>MySQL index</th>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     * <td><code>null</code></td>
+     * <td><code>-</code></td>
+     * <td><code>0</code></td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     * <td><code>A</code></td>
+     * <td><code>0</code></td>
+     * <td><code>1</code></td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     * <td><code>B</code></td>
+     * <td><code>1</code></td>
+     * <td><code>2</code></td>
+     * </tr>
+     * <tr>
+     * <td><code>C</code></td>
+     * <td><code>2</code></td>
+     * <td><code>3</code></td>
+     * </tr>
+     * </table>
+     * <p>
+     * See <a
+     * href="dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/enum.html">dev.mysql.com/doc/
+     * refman/5.5/en/enum.html</a> for more details about MySQL enum types
+     */
+    public static <E extends java.lang.Enum<E> & org.jooq.EnumType> E enumType(Class<E> type, int index) {
+        if (index <= 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        E[] values = type.getEnumConstants();
+        if (index > values.length) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return values[index - 1];
+    }
 }