diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity-builder.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity-builder.spec.ts
index 6a760d192b..d69d5ec30f 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity-builder.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity-builder.spec.ts
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ describe("Entity builder", () => {
           items: expect.any(Function),
           nullable: false,
           name: "role",
+          type: "string",
         },
         created_at: {
           reference: "scalar",
@@ -935,6 +936,7 @@ describe("Entity builder", () => {
           items: expect.any(Function),
           nullable: false,
           name: "role",
+          type: "string",
         },
         created_at: {
           reference: "scalar",
@@ -1047,6 +1049,7 @@ describe("Entity builder", () => {
           items: expect.any(Function),
           nullable: true,
           name: "role",
+          type: "string",
         },
         created_at: {
           reference: "scalar",
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/helpers/entity-builder/define-property.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/helpers/entity-builder/define-property.ts
index d4bd456d9f..92c37d3d44 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/helpers/entity-builder/define-property.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/helpers/entity-builder/define-property.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   OnInit,
   PrimaryKey,
   Property,
+  Utils,
 } from "@mikro-orm/core"
 
 /**
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ export function defineProperty(
     Enum({
       items: () => field.dataType.options!.choices,
       nullable: field.nullable,
+      type: Utils.getObjectType(field.dataType.options!.choices[0]),
       /**
        * MikroORM does not ignore undefined values for default when generating
        * the database schema SQL. Conditionally add it here to prevent undefined
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/integration-tests/enum.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/integration-tests/enum.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40ebcd0358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/integration-tests/enum.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import {
+  CheckConstraintViolationException,
+  MetadataStorage,
+  MikroORM,
+} from "@mikro-orm/core"
+import { model } from "../entity-builder"
+import { toMikroOrmEntities } from "../helpers/create-mikro-orm-entity"
+import { createDatabase, dropDatabase } from "pg-god"
+import { mikroOrmSerializer } from "../../dal"
+import { FileSystem } from "../../common"
+import { join } from "path"
+import { EntityConstructor } from "@medusajs/types"
+
+const DB_HOST = process.env.DB_HOST
+const DB_USERNAME = process.env.DB_USERNAME
+const DB_PASSWORD = process.env.DB_PASSWORD
+
+const pgGodCredentials = {
+  user: DB_USERNAME,
+  password: DB_PASSWORD,
+  host: DB_HOST,
+}
+
+const fileSystem = new FileSystem(join(__dirname, "../../migrations"))
+
+describe("EntityBuilder | enum", () => {
+  const dbName = "EntityBuilder-enum"
+
+  let orm!: MikroORM
+  let Team: EntityConstructor<any>, User: EntityConstructor<any>
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    fileSystem.cleanup()
+  })
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    MetadataStorage.clear()
+
+    const user = model.define("user", {
+      id: model.id(),
+      username: model.text(),
+      role: model.enum(["admin", "moderator", "editor"]),
+    })
+
+    ;[User] = toMikroOrmEntities([user])
+
+    await createDatabase({ databaseName: dbName }, pgGodCredentials)
+
+    orm = await MikroORM.init({
+      entities: [User],
+      tsNode: true,
+      dbName,
+      debug: true,
+      type: "postgresql",
+    })
+
+    const migrator = orm.getMigrator()
+    await migrator.createMigration()
+    await migrator.up()
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await orm.close()
+
+    await dropDatabase(
+      { databaseName: dbName, errorIfNonExist: false },
+      pgGodCredentials
+    )
+  })
+
+  it(`should handle the enum property`, async () => {
+    let manager = orm.em.fork()
+
+    const user1 = manager.create(User, {
+      username: "User 1",
+      role: "admin",
+    })
+
+    await manager.persistAndFlush([user1])
+    manager = orm.em.fork()
+
+    const user = await manager.findOne(User, {
+      id: user1.id,
+    })
+
+    expect(mikroOrmSerializer<InstanceType<typeof User>>(user)).toEqual({
+      id: user1.id,
+      username: "User 1",
+      role: "admin",
+      created_at: expect.any(Date),
+      updated_at: expect.any(Date),
+      deleted_at: null,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it(`should fail to handle the enum property`, async () => {
+    let manager = orm.em.fork()
+
+    const user1 = manager.create(User, {
+      username: "User 1",
+      role: "test",
+    })
+
+    const err = await manager.persistAndFlush([user1]).catch((e) => e)
+
+    expect(err.name).toEqual(CheckConstraintViolationException.name)
+  })
+})