diff --git a/src/click/__init__.py b/src/click/__init__.py
index 1aa547c57a..73f26798ca 100644
--- a/src/click/__init__.py
+++ b/src/click/__init__.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 from .types import BOOL as BOOL
 from .types import Choice as Choice
 from .types import DateTime as DateTime
+from .types import EnumChoice as EnumChoice
 from .types import File as File
 from .types import FLOAT as FLOAT
 from .types import FloatRange as FloatRange
diff --git a/src/click/types.py b/src/click/types.py
index 8d9750b63c..3273ada659 100644
--- a/src/click/types.py
+++ b/src/click/types.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import collections.abc as cabc
+import enum
 import os
 import stat
 import sys
@@ -336,6 +337,23 @@ def shell_complete(
         return [CompletionItem(c) for c in matched]
 
 
+class EnumChoice(Choice):
+    def __init__(self, enum_type: type[enum.Enum], case_sensitive: bool = True):
+        super().__init__(
+            choices=[element.name for element in enum_type],
+            case_sensitive=case_sensitive,
+        )
+        self.enum_type = enum_type
+
+    def convert(
+        self, value: t.Any, param: Parameter | None, ctx: Context | None
+    ) -> t.Any:
+        value = super().convert(value=value, param=param, ctx=ctx)
+        if value is None:
+            return None
+        return self.enum_type[value]
+
+
 class DateTime(ParamType):
     """The DateTime type converts date strings into `datetime` objects.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index d68b96299b..517fcc3245 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import enum
 import os
 from itertools import chain
 
@@ -6,6 +7,15 @@
 import click
 
 
+class MyEnum(enum.Enum):
+    """Dummy enum for unit tests."""
+
+    ONE = "one"
+    TWO = "two"
+    THREE = "three"
+    ONE_ALIAS = ONE
+
+
 def test_basic_functionality(runner):
     @click.command()
     def cli():
@@ -403,6 +413,48 @@ def cli(method):
     assert "{foo|bar|baz}" in result.output
 
 
+def test_enum_choice_option(runner):
+    @click.command()
+    @click.option("--number", type=click.EnumChoice(MyEnum))
+    def cli(number):
+        click.echo(number)
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--number=ONE"])
+    assert not result.exception
+    assert result.output == "MyEnum.ONE\n"
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--number=meh"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 2
+    assert (
+        "Invalid value for '--number': 'meh' is not one of 'ONE', 'TWO', 'THREE'."
+        in result.output
+    )
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--help"])
+    assert "--number [ONE|TWO|THREE]" in result.output
+
+
+def test_enum_choice_argument(runner):
+    @click.command()
+    @click.argument("number", type=click.EnumChoice(MyEnum))
+    def cli(number):
+        click.echo(number)
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["ONE"])
+    assert not result.exception
+    assert result.output == "MyEnum.ONE\n"
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["meh"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 2
+    assert (
+        "Invalid value for '{ONE|TWO|THREE}': 'meh' is not one of 'ONE', "
+        "'TWO', 'THREE'." in result.output
+    )
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--help"])
+    assert "{ONE|TWO|THREE}" in result.output
+
+
 def test_datetime_option_default(runner):
     @click.command()
     @click.option("--start_date", type=click.DateTime())
diff --git a/tests/test_info_dict.py b/tests/test_info_dict.py
index 79d39ee513..324ee12b30 100644
--- a/tests/test_info_dict.py
+++ b/tests/test_info_dict.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import enum
+
 import pytest
 
 import click.types
 
 # Common (obj, expect) pairs used to construct multiple tests.
+
 STRING_PARAM_TYPE = (click.STRING, {"param_type": "String", "name": "text"})
 INT_PARAM_TYPE = (click.INT, {"param_type": "Int", "name": "integer"})
 BOOL_PARAM_TYPE = (click.BOOL, {"param_type": "Bool", "name": "boolean"})
@@ -91,6 +94,15 @@
 )
 
 
+class MyEnum(enum.Enum):
+    """Dummy enum for unit tests."""
+
+    ONE = "one"
+    TWO = "two"
+    THREE = "three"
+    ONE_ALIAS = ONE
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("obj", "expect"),
     [
@@ -115,6 +127,16 @@
             },
             id="Choice ParamType",
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            click.EnumChoice(MyEnum),
+            {
+                "param_type": "EnumChoice",
+                "name": "choice",
+                "choices": ["ONE", "TWO", "THREE"],
+                "case_sensitive": True,
+            },
+            id="EnumChoice ParamType",
+        ),
         pytest.param(
             click.DateTime(["%Y-%m-%d"]),
             {"param_type": "DateTime", "name": "datetime", "formats": ["%Y-%m-%d"]},
diff --git a/tests/test_normalization.py b/tests/test_normalization.py
index 502e654a37..fdc6a825aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_normalization.py
+++ b/tests/test_normalization.py
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
+import enum
+
 import click
 
 CONTEXT_SETTINGS = dict(token_normalize_func=lambda x: x.lower())
 
 
+class MyEnum(enum.Enum):
+    """Dummy enum for unit tests."""
+
+    ONE = "one"
+    TWO = "two"
+    THREE = "three"
+    ONE_ALIAS = ONE
+
+
 def test_option_normalization(runner):
     @click.command(context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
     @click.option("--foo")
@@ -25,6 +36,16 @@ def cli(choice):
     assert result.output == "Foo\n"
 
 
+def test_enum_choice_normalization(runner):
+    @click.command(context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
+    @click.option("--choice", type=click.EnumChoice(MyEnum))
+    def cli(choice):
+        click.echo(choice)
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--CHOICE", "ONE"])
+    assert result.output == "MyEnum.ONE\n"
+
+
 def test_command_normalization(runner):
     @click.group(context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
     def cli():
diff --git a/tests/test_options.py b/tests/test_options.py
index 7397f36676..f01922e385 100644
--- a/tests/test_options.py
+++ b/tests/test_options.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import enum
 import os
 import re
 
@@ -7,6 +8,15 @@
 from click import Option
 
 
+class MyEnum(enum.Enum):
+    """Dummy enum for unit tests."""
+
+    ONE = "one"
+    TWO = "two"
+    THREE = "three"
+    ONE_ALIAS = ONE
+
+
 def test_prefixes(runner):
     @click.command()
     @click.option("++foo", is_flag=True, help="das foo")
@@ -571,6 +581,67 @@ def cmd(foo):
     assert result.output == "Apple\n"
 
 
+def test_missing_enum_choice(runner):
+    @click.command()
+    @click.option("--foo", type=click.EnumChoice(MyEnum), required=True)
+    def cmd(foo):
+        click.echo(foo)
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cmd)
+    assert result.exit_code == 2
+    error, separator, choices = result.output.partition("Choose from")
+    assert "Error: Missing option '--foo'. " in error
+    assert "Choose from" in separator
+    assert "ONE" in choices
+    assert "TWO" in choices
+    assert "THREE" in choices
+    assert "ONE_ALIAS" not in choices
+
+
+def test_case_insensitive_enum_choice(runner):
+    @click.command()
+    @click.option("--foo", type=click.EnumChoice(MyEnum, case_sensitive=False))
+    def cmd(foo):
+        click.echo(foo)
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cmd, ["--foo", "one"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert result.output == "MyEnum.ONE\n"
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cmd, ["--foo", "tHREE"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert result.output == "MyEnum.THREE\n"
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cmd, ["--foo", "Two"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert result.output == "MyEnum.TWO\n"
+
+    @click.command()
+    @click.option("--foo", type=click.EnumChoice(MyEnum))
+    def cmd2(foo):
+        click.echo(foo)
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cmd2, ["--foo", "one"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 2
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cmd2, ["--foo", "tHREE"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 2
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cmd2, ["--foo", "TWO"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+
+def test_case_insensitive_enum_choice_returned_exactly(runner):
+    @click.command()
+    @click.option("--foo", type=click.EnumChoice(MyEnum, case_sensitive=False))
+    def cmd(foo):
+        click.echo(foo)
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cmd, ["--foo", "ONE"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert result.output == "MyEnum.ONE\n"
+
+
 def test_option_help_preserve_paragraphs(runner):
     @click.command()
     @click.option(