diff --git a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgis/spatial_column.rb b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgis/spatial_column.rb
index 9457e390..c78cb18f 100644
--- a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgis/spatial_column.rb
+++ b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgis/spatial_column.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ def initialize(name, default, sql_type_metadata = nil, null = true,
                        serial: nil, generated: nil, spatial: nil, identity: nil)
           @sql_type_metadata = sql_type_metadata
           @geographic = !!(sql_type_metadata.sql_type =~ /geography\(/i)
-          if spatial
+          if sql_type_metadata.type == :enum
+            # noop - enum types are not spatial but their names may match against the regexes below
+          elsif spatial
             # This case comes from an entry in the geometry_columns table
             set_geometric_type_from_name(spatial[:type])
             @srid = spatial[:srid].to_i
diff --git a/test/cases/basic_test.rb b/test/cases/basic_test.rb
index f8fe4bff..aee97115 100644
--- a/test/cases/basic_test.rb
+++ b/test/cases/basic_test.rb
@@ -210,6 +210,18 @@ def test_multi_polygon_column
       assert_equal wkt, rec.m_poly.to_s
     end
 
+    def test_spatial_column_matching_enum
+      SpatialModel.lease_connection.create_enum(:point_type, ["point", "line_string", "polygon"])
+      SpatialModel.lease_connection.create_table(:spatial_models, force: true) do |t|
+        t.column "latlon", :st_point, srid: 3785
+        t.column "latlon_geo", :st_point, srid: 4326, geographic: true
+        t.column "default_latlon", :st_point, srid: 0, default: "POINT(0.0 0.0)"
+        t.enum "point_type", enum_type: :point_type
+      end
+      SpatialModel.reset_column_information
+      point_type = SpatialModel.columns.find { |c| c.name == "point_type" }
+      assert_nil point_type.geometric_type
+    end
     private
 
     def create_model