diff --git a/src/lib/check_compliance.cpp b/src/lib/check_compliance.cpp
index a70abeb..0ad1182 100644
--- a/src/lib/check_compliance.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/check_compliance.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,25 @@ namespace contractverify
                 RETURN_IF_FALSE(checkTemplSpec(fwdDecl.templateSpecification().value(), stateStructName, analysisData));
             return true;
         }
+    
+        bool checkEnum(const cppast::CppEnum& enumDecl, AnalysisData& analysisData)
+        {
+            analysisData.additionalScopePrefixes.push_back(enumDecl.name());
+
+            if (!enumDecl.name().empty() && !enumDecl.underlyingType().empty())
+            {
+                RETURN_IF_FALSE(isTypeAllowed(enumDecl.underlyingType(), analysisData.additionalScopePrefixes));
+
+                if (isTypeAllowedAsIO(enumDecl.underlyingType(), analysisData))
+                {
+                    std::vector<std::string> scopedName = analysisData.scopeNames;
+                    scopedName.push_back(enumDecl.name());
+                    analysisData.additionalInputOutputTypes.push_back(std::move(scopedName));
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
 
     }  // namespace
 
@@ -198,8 +217,7 @@ namespace contractverify
             return true;
 
         case cppast::CppEntityType::ENUM:
-            analysisData.additionalScopePrefixes.push_back(static_cast<const cppast::CppEnum&>(entity).name());
-            return true;
+            return checkEnum(static_cast<const cppast::CppEnum&>(entity), analysisData);
 
         case cppast::CppEntityType::MACRO_CALL:
             // macro arguments? but we are anyways restricted to the known macros
diff --git a/test/contract_verify_test.cpp b/test/contract_verify_test.cpp
index 598a035..b2f4617 100644
--- a/test/contract_verify_test.cpp
+++ b/test/contract_verify_test.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ namespace contractverify
             "test_ok_oracles.h",
             "Oracles"
         },
+        {
+            "test_ok_input_output_enum_class_uint8.h",
+            "InputOutputEnumClassUint8"
+        },
     };
 
     FailureTestInfo failureTestInfos[] =
diff --git a/test/testfiles/test_ok_input_output_enum_class_uint8.h b/test/testfiles/test_ok_input_output_enum_class_uint8.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b299f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testfiles/test_ok_input_output_enum_class_uint8.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using namespace QPI;
+
+struct TESTCON : public ContractBase
+{
+public:
+    enum class EAuctionType : uint8
+    {
+        English = 0,
+        Dutch = 1,
+    };
+
+    struct GetAuction_output
+    {
+        EAuctionType auctionType;
+    };
+};