diff --git a/src/Annotation/Column.php b/src/Annotation/Column.php
index 6e25c45..295c3fb 100644
--- a/src/Annotation/Column.php
+++ b/src/Annotation/Column.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public function __construct(
     ) {
         if ($default !== null) {
             $this->hasDefault = true;
+            $default instanceof \BackedEnum and $this->default = $default->value;
         }
         $this->setAttributes($attributes);
     }
diff --git a/tests/Annotated/Unit/Attribute/ColumnTest.php b/tests/Annotated/Unit/Attribute/ColumnTest.php
index 4860e41..897d984 100644
--- a/tests/Annotated/Unit/Attribute/ColumnTest.php
+++ b/tests/Annotated/Unit/Attribute/ColumnTest.php
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ class ColumnTest extends TestCase
     #[Column(type: 'string', length: 255, charset: 'ascii', collation: 'ascii_bin')]
     private string $column9;
 
+    #[Column(
+        type: 'enum',
+        default: StringEnum::A,
+        values: StringEnum::class,
+    )]
+    private StringEnum $column10 = StringEnum::A;
+
     public function testOneAttribute(): void
     {
         $column = $this->getColumn('column1');
@@ -122,6 +129,15 @@ public function testEnumTypeArrayBackedEnum(): void
         $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('values', $column->getAttributes());
     }
 
+    public function testEnumTypeBackedEnumAsDefault(): void
+    {
+        $column = $this->getColumn('column10');
+
+        $this->assertSame('enum(a,b)', $column->getType());
+        $this->assertSame('a', $column->getDefault());
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('values', $column->getAttributes());
+    }
+
     public function testCharsetAndCollationAttributes(): void
     {
         $column = $this->getColumn('column9');