diff --git a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/polywrap_msgpack/sanitize.py b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/polywrap_msgpack/sanitize.py
index 6c7407a2..2b67d136 100644
--- a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/polywrap_msgpack/sanitize.py
+++ b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/polywrap_msgpack/sanitize.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     python values into msgpack compatible values."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Set, Tuple, cast
 
 from .extensions.generic_map import GenericMap
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ def sanitize(value: Any) -> Any:
         ...
         ValueError: GenericMap key must be string, got 1 of type <class 'int'>
     """
+    if isinstance(value, IntEnum):
+        return value.value
     if isinstance(value, GenericMap):
         dictionary: Dict[Any, Any] = cast(
             GenericMap[Any, Any], value
diff --git a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/pyproject.toml b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/pyproject.toml
index 5c55f8ab..0be2dced 100644
--- a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ disable = [
     "too-many-return-statements",  # too picky about return statements
     "protected-access",  # Needed for internal use
     "invalid-name",  # too picky about names
+    "too-many-branches", # sanitize function has too many branches
 ]
 ignore = [
     "tests/"
diff --git a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/strategies/__init__.py b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/strategies/__init__.py
index 60f9667b..bdbd479b 100644
--- a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/strategies/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/strategies/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 from .basic_strategies import * 
-from .class_strategies import *
\ No newline at end of file
+from .class_strategies import *
+from .enum_strategies import *
+from .generic_map_strategies import *
diff --git a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/strategies/enum_strategies.py b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/strategies/enum_strategies.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b65fe4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/strategies/enum_strategies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from enum import IntEnum
+from hypothesis import strategies as st
+
+
+class TestEnum(IntEnum):
+    Test0 = 0
+    Test1 = 1
+    Test2 = 2
+    Test3 = 3
+
+
+def enum_st() -> st.SearchStrategy[IntEnum]:
+    """Define a strategy for generating valid `Enum`."""
+    return st.sampled_from(list(TestEnum))
diff --git a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/test_mirror.py b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/test_mirror.py
index b06adbc2..d2565f4e 100644
--- a/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/test_mirror.py
+++ b/packages/polywrap-msgpack/tests/test_mirror.py
@@ -24,12 +24,19 @@
     valid_generic_map_st,
 )
 
+from .strategies.enum_strategies import enum_st
+
 
 @given(scalar_st())
 def test_mirror_scalar(s: Any):
     assert msgpack_decode(msgpack_encode(s)) == s
 
 
+@given(enum_st())
+def test_mirror_enum(s: Any):
+    assert msgpack_decode(msgpack_encode(s)) == s
+
+
 @given(sequence_of_scalar_st())
 def test_mirror_any_sequence_of_scalars(s: Sequence[Any]):
     assert msgpack_decode(msgpack_encode(s)) == list(s)