diff --git a/mongoengine/fields.py b/mongoengine/fields.py
index 69277d06..8915d801 100644
--- a/mongoengine/fields.py
+++ b/mongoengine/fields.py
@@ -1623,7 +1623,9 @@ class BinaryField(BaseField):
 
 
 class EnumField(BaseField):
-    """Enumeration Field. Values are stored underneath as strings.
+    """Enumeration Field. Values are stored underneath as is,
+    so it will only work with simple types (str, int, etc) that
+    are bson encodable
      Example usage:
     .. code-block:: python
 
diff --git a/tests/fields/test_enum_field.py b/tests/fields/test_enum_field.py
index 1f89b9bf..384e9afd 100644
--- a/tests/fields/test_enum_field.py
+++ b/tests/fields/test_enum_field.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from enum import Enum
 
+from bson import InvalidDocument
 import pytest
 
 from mongoengine import *
@@ -105,3 +106,17 @@ class TestIntEnumField(MongoDBTestCase):
 
         with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Value must be one of"):
             ModelWithColor(color="wrong_type").validate()
+
+
+class TestFunkyEnumField(MongoDBTestCase):
+    def test_enum_incompatible_bson_type_fails_during_save(self):
+        class FunkyColor(Enum):
+            YELLOW = object()
+
+        class ModelWithFunkyColor(Document):
+            color = EnumField(FunkyColor)
+
+        m = ModelWithFunkyColor(color=FunkyColor.YELLOW)
+
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidDocument, match="cannot encode object"):
+            m.save()