diff --git a/packages/entity/src/EntityFields.ts b/packages/entity/src/EntityFields.ts
index 03e1ad36..054ce48f 100644
--- a/packages/entity/src/EntityFields.ts
+++ b/packages/entity/src/EntityFields.ts
@@ -88,3 +88,18 @@ export class EnumField extends EntityFieldDefinition<string | number> {
     return typeof value === 'number' || typeof value === 'string';
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * EntityFieldDefinition for a enum column with a strict typescript enum type.
+ */
+export class StrictEnumField<T extends object> extends EnumField {
+  private readonly enum: T;
+  constructor(options: ConstructorParameters<typeof EnumField>[0] & { enum: T }) {
+    super(options);
+    this.enum = options.enum;
+  }
+
+  protected override validateInputValueInternal(value: string | number): boolean {
+    return super.validateInputValueInternal(value) && Object.values(this.enum).includes(value);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/entity/src/__tests__/EntityFields-test.ts b/packages/entity/src/__tests__/EntityFields-test.ts
index a5fa000d..7c44790c 100644
--- a/packages/entity/src/__tests__/EntityFields-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity/src/__tests__/EntityFields-test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   StringArrayField,
   JSONObjectField,
   EnumField,
+  StrictEnumField,
 } from '../EntityFields';
 import describeFieldTestCase from '../utils/testing/describeFieldTestCase';
 
@@ -75,3 +76,14 @@ describeFieldTestCase(
 );
 describeFieldTestCase(new JSONObjectField({ columnName: 'wat' }), [{}], [true, 'hello']);
 describeFieldTestCase(new EnumField({ columnName: 'wat' }), ['hello', 1], [true]);
+
+enum TestEnum {
+  HELLO = 'world',
+  WHO = 'wat',
+}
+
+describeFieldTestCase(
+  new StrictEnumField({ columnName: 'wat', enum: TestEnum }),
+  [TestEnum.HELLO, TestEnum.WHO, 'world'],
+  ['what', 1, true]
+);
diff --git a/packages/entity/src/__tests__/cases/TwoEntitySameTableDisjointRows-test.ts b/packages/entity/src/__tests__/cases/TwoEntitySameTableDisjointRows-test.ts
index cc136089..658f4d09 100644
--- a/packages/entity/src/__tests__/cases/TwoEntitySameTableDisjointRows-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity/src/__tests__/cases/TwoEntitySameTableDisjointRows-test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Entity from '../../Entity';
 import { EntityCompanionDefinition } from '../../EntityCompanionProvider';
 import EntityConfiguration from '../../EntityConfiguration';
-import { UUIDField, EnumField, StringField } from '../../EntityFields';
+import { UUIDField, StringField, StrictEnumField } from '../../EntityFields';
 import EntityPrivacyPolicy from '../../EntityPrivacyPolicy';
 import ViewerContext from '../../ViewerContext';
 import { successfulResults, failedResults } from '../../entityUtils';
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ const testEntityConfiguration = new EntityConfiguration<TestFields>({
     common_other_field: new StringField({
       columnName: 'common_other_field',
     }),
-    entity_type: new EnumField({
+    entity_type: new StrictEnumField({
       columnName: 'entity_type',
+      enum: EntityType,
     }),
   },
   databaseAdapterFlavor: 'postgres',