diff --git a/jamcodec/types.py b/jamcodec/types.py
index a704418..160e209 100644
--- a/jamcodec/types.py
+++ b/jamcodec/types.py
@@ -371,8 +371,11 @@ def encode(self, value: Union[str, dict]) -> JamBytes:
 
         for idx, (variant_name, variant_obj) in enumerate(self.variants.items()):
 
-            if enum_key == variant_name:
+            if type(variant_obj) is dict:
+                idx = variant_obj.get('id', idx)
+                variant_obj = variant_obj.get('type', variant_obj)
 
+            if enum_key == variant_name:
                 data = JamBytes(bytearray([idx]))
 
                 if variant_obj is not None:
@@ -387,9 +390,19 @@ def decode(self, data: JamBytes) -> tuple:
 
         index = int.from_bytes(data.get_next_bytes(1), byteorder='little')
 
-        try:
-            enum_key, enum_variant = list(self.variants.items())[index]
-        except IndexError:
+        enum_key = None
+        enum_variant = None
+
+        for idx, (variant_key, variant_obj) in enumerate(self.variants.items()):
+            if type(variant_obj) is dict:
+                idx = variant_obj.get('id', idx)
+                variant_obj = variant_obj.get('type', variant_obj)
+            if index == idx:
+                enum_key = variant_key
+                enum_variant = variant_obj
+                break
+
+        if enum_key is None:
             raise ScaleDecodeException(f"Index '{index}' not present in Enum type mapping")
 
         if enum_variant is None:
@@ -434,6 +447,9 @@ def deserialize(self, value: Union[str, dict, tuple]) -> tuple:
 
         for idx, (variant_name, variant_obj) in enumerate(self.variants.items()):
 
+            if type(variant_obj) is dict:
+                variant_obj = variant_obj.get('type', variant_obj)
+
             if enum_key == variant_name:
 
                 if variant_obj is not None:
diff --git a/test/test_enum.py b/test/test_enum.py
index 358aca7..82b5b12 100644
--- a/test/test_enum.py
+++ b/test/test_enum.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 
-from jamcodec.types import Enum, Bool, U32
+from jamcodec.types import Enum, Bool, U32, String
 
 
 class TestEnum(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ def test_enum_deserialize(self):
         scale_obj.deserialize('None')
         self.assertEqual(('None', None), scale_obj.value_object)
 
+    def test_enum_explicit_id(self):
+        scale_obj = Enum(Bool=Bool(), Number=U32, Error={'id': 255, 'type': String}).new()
+        jam_bytes = scale_obj.encode({'Error': 'test'})
+        self.assertEqual('0xff0474657374', jam_bytes.to_hex())
+
+        value = scale_obj.decode(jam_bytes)
+        self.assertEqual({'Error': 'test'}, value)
+        
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()