diff --git a/yaserde/tests/enum.rs b/yaserde/tests/enum.rs
index dd2e5fa..74de022 100644
--- a/yaserde/tests/enum.rs
+++ b/yaserde/tests/enum.rs
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ fn unnamed_enum() {
 fn tagged_enum() {
   #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, YaSerialize, YaDeserialize, Default)]
   #[yaserde(tag = "type")]
+  #[yaserde(rename = "foobar")]
   enum XmlEnum {
     #[default]
     #[yaserde(rename = "foo")]
@@ -371,25 +372,26 @@ fn tagged_enum() {
   }
 
   #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, YaSerialize, YaDeserialize, Default)]
+  #[yaserde(rename = "base")]
   struct XmlStruct {
     #[yaserde(rename = "foobar")]
     foo_bar: XmlEnum,
   }
 
   let model = XmlEnum::Foo;
-  let content = "<base type=\"foo\"/>";
-  // serialize_and_validate!(model, content);
+  let content = "<foobar 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);
+  let content = "<foobar 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);
+  let content = "<base><foobar type=\"foo\" /></base>";
+  serialize_and_validate!(model, content);
   deserialize_and_validate!(content, model, XmlStruct);
 }
diff --git a/yaserde_derive/src/ser/expand_enum.rs b/yaserde_derive/src/ser/expand_enum.rs
index 56eed3a..3ef0bed 100644
--- a/yaserde_derive/src/ser/expand_enum.rs
+++ b/yaserde_derive/src/ser/expand_enum.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ pub fn serialize(
     .map(|variant| -> TokenStream {
       let _attrs = crate::common::YaSerdeAttribute::parse(&variant.attrs);
 
+      let add_tag = if let Some(tag) = &root_attributes.tag {
+        let attrs = crate::common::YaSerdeAttribute::parse(&variant.attrs);
+        let label = variant.ident.clone();
+        let element_name = attrs.xml_element_name(&variant.ident);
+        quote! {
+          match self {
+            #name::#label { .. } => {
+              let tag = ::yaserde::__xml::name::OwnedName::local(#tag);
+              child_attributes.push(::yaserde::__xml::attribute::OwnedAttribute::new(tag, #element_name));
+            }
+            _ => {}
+          }
+        }
+      } else { quote!() };
+
       let all_fields = variant
         .fields
         .iter()
@@ -39,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn serialize(
         })
         .collect();
 
-      attribute_fields
+      let add_attributes : TokenStream = attribute_fields
         .iter()
         .map(|field| {
           let label = variant.ident.clone();
@@ -79,7 +94,9 @@ pub fn serialize(
             }
           }
         })
-        .collect()
+        .collect();
+
+        quote!( #add_attributes #add_tag)
     })
     .collect();
 
@@ -109,10 +126,16 @@ fn inner_enum_inspector(
       let label_name = build_label_name(label, &variant_attrs, &root_attributes.default_namespace);
 
       match variant.fields {
-        Fields::Unit => quote! {
-          &#name::#label => {
-            let data_event = ::yaserde::__xml::writer::XmlEvent::characters(#label_name);
-            writer.write(data_event).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        Fields::Unit => {
+          if let Some(_tag) = &root_attributes.tag {
+            quote! { #name::#label => {} }
+          } else {
+            quote! {
+              #name::#label => {
+                let data_event = ::yaserde::__xml::writer::XmlEvent::characters(#label_name);
+                writer.write(data_event).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+              }
+            }
           }
         },
         Fields::Named(ref fields) => {