diff --git a/src/Types/EnumType.php b/src/Types/EnumType.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b3d579a7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Types/EnumType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Types;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
+
+final class EnumType extends Type
+{
+    public function getSQLDeclaration(array $column, AbstractPlatform $platform)
+    {
+        return $platform->getVarcharTypeDeclarationSQL($column);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function convertToDatabaseValue($value, AbstractPlatform $platform)
+    {
+        if ($value === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if ($value instanceof \UnitEnum) {
+            return serialize($value);
+        }
+
+        throw ConversionException::conversionFailedInvalidType($value, $this->getName(), ['null', 'UnitEnum']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function convertToPHPValue($value, AbstractPlatform $platform)
+    {
+        if ($value === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        set_error_handler(function (int $code, string $message): bool {
+            throw ConversionException::conversionFailedUnserialization($this->getName(), $message);
+        });
+
+        try {
+            return unserialize($value);
+        } finally {
+            restore_error_handler();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return Types::ENUM;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function requiresSQLCommentHint(AbstractPlatform $platform)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Types/Type.php b/src/Types/Type.php
index 03e5b824851..0487452dea8 100644
--- a/src/Types/Type.php
+++ b/src/Types/Type.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ abstract class Type
         Types::DATETIMETZ_MUTABLE   => DateTimeTzType::class,
         Types::DATETIMETZ_IMMUTABLE => DateTimeTzImmutableType::class,
         Types::DECIMAL              => DecimalType::class,
+        Types::ENUM                 => EnumType::class,
         Types::FLOAT                => FloatType::class,
         Types::GUID                 => GuidType::class,
         Types::INTEGER              => IntegerType::class,
diff --git a/src/Types/Types.php b/src/Types/Types.php
index 56bf3f51cf0..03c49f772ec 100644
--- a/src/Types/Types.php
+++ b/src/Types/Types.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ final class Types
     public const DATETIMETZ_MUTABLE   = 'datetimetz';
     public const DATETIMETZ_IMMUTABLE = 'datetimetz_immutable';
     public const DECIMAL              = 'decimal';
+    public const ENUM                 = 'enum';
     public const FLOAT                = 'float';
     public const GUID                 = 'guid';
     public const INTEGER              = 'integer';
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Types/EnumTest.php b/tests/Functional/Types/EnumTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab6d3dd3a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Functional/Types/EnumTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Functional\Types;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Tools\TestAsset\SimpleEnum;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
+
+/**
+ * @requires PHP >= 8.1
+ */
+class EnumTest extends FunctionalTestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $table = new Table('enum_table');
+        $table->addColumn('enum', 'enum');
+
+        $this->connection->createSchemaManager()->dropAndCreateTable($table);
+    }
+
+    public function testInsertAndSelect(): void
+    {
+        $draft = SimpleEnum::DRAFT;
+
+        $result = $this->connection->insert('enum_table', ['enum' => $draft], [Types::ENUM]);
+        self::assertSame(1, $result);
+
+        $value = $this->connection->fetchOne('SELECT enum FROM enum_table');
+
+        self::assertSame($draft, $this->connection->convertToPHPValue($value, Types::ENUM));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tools/TestAsset/SimpleEnum.php b/tests/Tools/TestAsset/SimpleEnum.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74eec8cd791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tools/TestAsset/SimpleEnum.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Tools\TestAsset;
+
+enum SimpleEnum
+{
+    case DRAFT;
+    case PUBLISHED;
+    case UNPUBLISHED;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Types/EnumTest.php b/tests/Types/EnumTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73f781f98eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Types/EnumTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Types;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\ConversionException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\EnumType;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Tools\TestAsset\SimpleEnum;
+
+/**
+ * @requires PHP >= 8.1
+ */
+class EnumTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /** @var AbstractPlatform&MockObject */
+    private $platform;
+
+    /** @var EnumType */
+    private $type;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->platform = $this->createMock(AbstractPlatform::class);
+        $this->type     = new EnumType();
+    }
+
+    public function testObjectConvertsToDatabaseValue(): void
+    {
+        self::assertIsString($this->type->convertToDatabaseValue(SimpleEnum::DRAFT, $this->platform));
+    }
+
+    public function testObjectConvertsToPHPValue(): void
+    {
+        self::assertTrue(is_a($this->type->convertToPHPValue(serialize(SimpleEnum::DRAFT), $this->platform), SimpleEnum::class));
+    }
+
+    public function testConversionToDatabaseValueFailure(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(ConversionException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(
+            "Could not convert PHP value 'abcdefg' to type enum. Expected one of the following types: null, UnitEnum"
+        );
+        $this->type->convertToDatabaseValue('abcdefg', $this->platform);
+    }
+
+    public function testConversionToPHPValueFailure(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(ConversionException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(
+            "Could not convert database value to 'enum' as an error was triggered by the unserialization:"
+            . " 'unserialize(): Error at offset 0 of 7 bytes'"
+        );
+        $this->type->convertToPHPValue('abcdefg', $this->platform);
+    }
+
+    public function testNullConversion(): void
+    {
+        self::assertNull($this->type->convertToPHPValue(null, $this->platform));
+    }
+}