diff --git a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
index 8c41fb370fc56..6d5f255670c1b 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ proc genDispose(p: BProc; n: PNode) =
 
 proc genEnumToStr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   const ToStringProcSlot = -4
-  let t = e[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst)
+  let t = e[1].typ.skipTypes(abstractInst+{tyRange})
   var toStrProc: PSym = nil
   for idx, p in items(t.methods):
     if idx == ToStringProcSlot:
diff --git a/tests/enum/tenum_no_rtti.nim b/tests/enum/tenum_no_rtti.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2e5c74b356995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/enum/tenum_no_rtti.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+discard """
+  output: '''A
+B'''
+  cmd: '''nim c --gc:arc $file'''
+"""
+type
+  Enum = enum A, B, C
+  EnumRange = range[A .. B]
+proc test_a(x: Enum): string = $x
+proc test_b(x: EnumRange): string = $x
+echo test_a(A)
+echo test_b(B)