diff --git a/src/threading/SerialTypes.cc b/src/threading/SerialTypes.cc
index 223173dbde..cd99395555 100644
--- a/src/threading/SerialTypes.cc
+++ b/src/threading/SerialTypes.cc
@@ -575,7 +575,8 @@ Val* Value::ValueToVal(const std::string& source, const Value* val, bool& have_e
 			{
 			TypePtr type;
 
-			if ( val->val.vector_val.size == 0  && val->subtype == TYPE_VOID )
+			if ( val->val.vector_val.size == 0 &&
+			     ( val->subtype == TYPE_VOID || val->subtype == TYPE_ENUM ) )
 				// don't know type - unspecified table.
 				type = base_type(TYPE_ANY);
 			else
@@ -583,6 +584,24 @@ Val* Value::ValueToVal(const std::string& source, const Value* val, bool& have_e
 				// all entries have to have the same type...
 				if ( val->subtype == TYPE_VOID )
 					type = base_type(val->val.vector_val.vals[0]->type);
+				else if ( val->subtype == TYPE_ENUM )
+					{
+					// Enums are not a base-type, so need to look it up.
+					const auto& sv = val->val.vector_val.vals[0]->val.string_val;
+					std::string enum_name(sv.data, sv.length);
+					const auto& enum_id = detail::global_scope()->Find(enum_name);
+
+					if ( ! enum_id )
+						{
+						reporter->Warning("Value '%s' of source '%s' is not a valid enum.",
+						                  enum_name.data(), source.c_str());
+
+						have_error = true;
+						return nullptr;
+						}
+
+					type = enum_id->GetType();
+					}
 				else
 					type = base_type(val->subtype);
 				}
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.config.missing-enum-value/zeek..stderr b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.config.missing-enum-value/zeek..stderr
index bb65f36198..7bbc3a37c1 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.config.missing-enum-value/zeek..stderr
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.config.missing-enum-value/zeek..stderr
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 ### BTest baseline data generated by btest-diff. Do not edit. Use "btest -U/-u" to update. Requires BTest >= 0.63.
 warning: Value 'asdf' for source 'thread ../configfile/Input::READER_CONFIG' is not a valid enum.
 error: SendEvent for event InputConfig::new_value failed
+warning: Value '1234' for source 'thread ../configfile/Input::READER_CONFIG' is not a valid enum.
+error: SendEvent for event InputConfig::new_value failed
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.config.missing-enum-value/zeek..stdout b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.config.missing-enum-value/zeek..stdout
index 44b1fcb93f..cbeb31cbc9 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.config.missing-enum-value/zeek..stdout
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.config.missing-enum-value/zeek..stdout
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ Green
 {
 
 }
+[Green]
+[Red]
+[]
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/config/missing-enum-value.zeek b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/config/missing-enum-value.zeek
index 6e5aa160ae..3785148a73 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/config/missing-enum-value.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/config/missing-enum-value.zeek
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 @TEST-START-FILE configfile
 mycolors Red,asdf,Blue
 nocolors 
+color_vec Green
+bad_color_vec Green,1234,Blue
+no_color_vec 
 @TEST-END-FILE
 
 @load base/frameworks/config
@@ -15,6 +18,10 @@ type Color: enum { Red, Green, Blue, };
 option mycolors = set(Red, Green);
 option nocolors = set(Red, Green);
 
+option color_vec: vector of Color = { Red };
+option bad_color_vec: vector of Color = { Red };
+option no_color_vec: vector of Color = { Red };
+
 event zeek_init()
 	{ Config::read_config("../configfile"); }
 
@@ -22,5 +29,8 @@ event Input::end_of_data(name: string, source:string)
 	{
 	print mycolors;
 	print nocolors;
+	print color_vec;
+	print bad_color_vec;
+	print no_color_vec;
 	terminate();
 	}