diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Persistence/Doctrine/Mapping/Driver/FlowAnnotationDriver.php b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Persistence/Doctrine/Mapping/Driver/FlowAnnotationDriver.php
index fca0242929..5635f7f032 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/Classes/Persistence/Doctrine/Mapping/Driver/FlowAnnotationDriver.php
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Classes/Persistence/Doctrine/Mapping/Driver/FlowAnnotationDriver.php
@@ -1125,12 +1125,13 @@ protected function addColumnToMappingArray(ORM\Column $columnAnnotation, array $
             $mapping['fieldName'] = $fieldName;
         }
 
-        $mapping['type'] = ($columnAnnotation->type === 'string') ? null : $columnAnnotation->type;
+        $mapping['type'] = $columnAnnotation->type;
         $mapping['scale'] = $columnAnnotation->scale;
         $mapping['length'] = $columnAnnotation->length;
         $mapping['unique'] = $columnAnnotation->unique;
         $mapping['nullable'] = $columnAnnotation->nullable;
         $mapping['precision'] = $columnAnnotation->precision;
+        $mapping['enumType'] = $columnAnnotation->enumType;
 
         if ($columnAnnotation->options) {
             $mapping['options'] = $columnAnnotation->options;
diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/FixturesPHP8/EnumForAProperty.php b/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/FixturesPHP8/EnumForAProperty.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e878136579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/FixturesPHP8/EnumForAProperty.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Neos\Flow\Tests\Functional\Persistence\FixturesPHP8;
+
+enum EnumForAProperty: string
+{
+    case IS_A = 'A;';
+    case IS_B = 'B;';
+}
diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/FixturesPHP8/TestEntity.php b/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/FixturesPHP8/TestEntity.php
index b398075123..89aa9a0135 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/FixturesPHP8/TestEntity.php
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/FixturesPHP8/TestEntity.php
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class TestEntity
     #[ORM\Embedded(class: "Neos\Flow\Tests\Functional\Persistence\FixturesPHP8\TestEmbeddable")]
     protected TestEmbeddable $embedded;
 
+    #[ORM\Column(type: 'string', enumType: EnumForAProperty::class)]
+    protected EnumForAProperty $enumForAProperty = EnumForAProperty::IS_A;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      */
@@ -163,4 +166,14 @@ public function getEmbeddedValueObject(): TestEmbeddedValueObject
     {
         return $this->embeddedValueObject;
     }
+
+    public function getEnumForAProperty(): EnumForAProperty
+    {
+        return $this->enumForAProperty;
+    }
+
+    public function setEnumForAProperty(EnumForAProperty $enumForAProperty): void
+    {
+        $this->enumForAProperty = $enumForAProperty;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/PersistenceTestPHP8.php b/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/PersistenceTestPHP8.php
index 32ae4b58dd..a255c180f8 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/PersistenceTestPHP8.php
+++ b/Neos.Flow/Tests/Functional/Persistence/PersistenceTestPHP8.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 use Neos\Flow\Persistence\Doctrine\QueryResult;
 use Neos\Flow\Persistence\Exception;
 use Neos\Flow\Persistence\Exception\ObjectValidationFailedException;
+use Neos\Flow\Tests\Functional\Persistence\FixturesPHP8\EnumForAProperty;
+use Neos\Flow\Tests\Functional\Persistence\FixturesPHP8\TestEntity;
 use Neos\Flow\Tests\FunctionalTestCase;
 use Neos\Utility\ObjectAccess;
 
@@ -721,6 +723,19 @@ public function hasUnpersistedChangesReturnsTrueAfterObjectUpdate()
         self::assertTrue($this->persistenceManager->hasUnpersistedChanges());
     }
 
+    public function enumPropertyCanBePersisted()
+    {
+        $testEntity = new TestEntity();
+        $testEntity->setEnumForAProperty(EnumForAProperty::IS_B);
+        $this->testEntityRepository->add($testEntity);
+        $this->persistenceManager->persistAll();
+        $this->persistenceManager->clearState();
+
+        /** @var FixturesPHP8\TestEntity $testEntity */
+        $testEntity = $this->testEntityRepository->findAll()->getFirst();
+        self::assertEquals(EnumForAProperty::IS_B, $testEntity->getEnumForAProperty());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper which inserts example data into the database.
      *