diff --git a/yaserde/tests/enum.rs b/yaserde/tests/enum.rs
index 95991bd..dd2e5fa 100644
--- a/yaserde/tests/enum.rs
+++ b/yaserde/tests/enum.rs
@@ -357,3 +357,39 @@ fn unnamed_enum() {
   serialize_and_validate!(model, content);
   deserialize_and_validate!(content, model, XmlStruct);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn tagged_enum() {
+  #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, YaSerialize, YaDeserialize, Default)]
+  #[yaserde(tag = "type")]
+  enum XmlEnum {
+    #[default]
+    #[yaserde(rename = "foo")]
+    Foo,
+    #[yaserde(rename = "bar")]
+    Bar,
+  }
+
+  #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, YaSerialize, YaDeserialize, Default)]
+  struct XmlStruct {
+    #[yaserde(rename = "foobar")]
+    foo_bar: XmlEnum,
+  }
+
+  let model = XmlEnum::Foo;
+  let content = "<base type=\"foo\"/>";
+  // serialize_and_validate!(model, content);
+  deserialize_and_validate!(content, model, XmlEnum);
+
+  let model = XmlEnum::Bar;
+  let content = "<base type=\"bar\"/>";
+  // serialize_and_validate!(model, content);
+  deserialize_and_validate!(content, model, XmlEnum);
+
+  let model = XmlStruct {
+    foo_bar: XmlEnum::Foo,
+  };
+  let content = "<base><foobar type=\"foo\"/></base>";
+  // serialize_and_validate!(model, content);
+  deserialize_and_validate!(content, model, XmlStruct);
+}
diff --git a/yaserde_derive/src/common/attribute.rs b/yaserde_derive/src/common/attribute.rs
index be4361f..bf5bcdb 100644
--- a/yaserde_derive/src/common/attribute.rs
+++ b/yaserde_derive/src/common/attribute.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub struct YaSerdeAttribute {
   pub namespaces: BTreeMap<Option<String>, String>,
   pub prefix: Option<String>,
   pub rename: Option<String>,
+  pub tag: Option<String>,
   pub skip_serializing: bool,
   pub skip_serializing_if: Option<String>,
   pub text: bool,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ impl YaSerdeAttribute {
     let mut namespaces = BTreeMap::new();
     let mut prefix = None;
     let mut rename = None;
+    let mut tag = None;
     let mut skip_serializing = false;
     let mut skip_serializing_if = None;
     let mut text = false;
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@ impl YaSerdeAttribute {
                 "rename" => {
                   rename = get_value(&mut attr_iter);
                 }
+                "tag" => {
+                  tag = get_value(&mut attr_iter);
+                }
                 "skip_serializing" => {
                   skip_serializing = true;
                 }
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ impl YaSerdeAttribute {
       namespaces,
       prefix,
       rename,
+      tag,
       skip_serializing,
       skip_serializing_if,
       text,
@@ -182,6 +188,7 @@ fn parse_empty_attributes() {
       namespaces: BTreeMap::new(),
       prefix: None,
       rename: None,
+      tag: None,
       skip_serializing: false,
       skip_serializing_if: None,
       text: false,
@@ -232,6 +239,7 @@ fn parse_attributes() {
       namespaces: BTreeMap::new(),
       prefix: None,
       rename: None,
+      tag: None,
       skip_serializing: false,
       skip_serializing_if: None,
       text: false,
@@ -282,6 +290,7 @@ fn only_parse_yaserde_attributes() {
       namespaces: BTreeMap::new(),
       prefix: None,
       rename: None,
+      tag: None,
       skip_serializing: false,
       skip_serializing_if: None,
       text: false,
@@ -338,6 +347,7 @@ fn parse_attributes_with_values() {
       namespaces,
       prefix: None,
       rename: None,
+      tag: None,
       skip_serializing: false,
       skip_serializing_if: None,
       text: false,
diff --git a/yaserde_derive/src/de/expand_enum.rs b/yaserde_derive/src/de/expand_enum.rs
index a8994f9..5a41c57 100644
--- a/yaserde_derive/src/de/expand_enum.rs
+++ b/yaserde_derive/src/de/expand_enum.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ pub fn parse(
 
   let flatten = root_attributes.flatten;
 
+  let element_name = if let Some(tag) = &root_attributes.tag {
+    quote! {
+      attributes
+        .iter()
+        .find(|attr| attr.name.local_name.as_str() == #tag)
+        .ok_or(format!("Expected enum tagged with {}, found {:?}", #tag, event))?
+        .value.as_str()
+    }
+  } else {
+    quote! {
+      name.local_name.as_str()
+    }
+  };
+
   quote! {
     impl ::yaserde::YaDeserialize for #name {
       #[allow(unused_variables)]
@@ -50,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn parse(
           ::yaserde::__derive_trace!("Enum {} @ {}: matching {:?}", stringify!(#name), start_depth, event);
           match event {
             ::yaserde::__xml::reader::XmlEvent::StartElement { ref name, ref attributes, .. } => {
-              match name.local_name.as_str() {
+              match #element_name {
                 #match_to_enum
                 _named_element => {
                   let _root = reader.next_event();