diff --git a/parser/body.go b/parser/body.go
index 82b2635..a5bf767 100644
--- a/parser/body.go
+++ b/parser/body.go
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ func (parser *ParsingOperation) parseBody () (err error) {
 			if err != nil { return }
 		case "face":
 		case "enum":
+			var section *EnumSection
+			section, err = parser.parseEnumSection()
+			if parser.tree.enumSections == nil {
+				parser.tree.enumSections =
+					make(map[string] *EnumSection)
+			}
+			parser.tree.enumSections[section.name] = section
+			if err != nil { return }
 		case "func":
 		default:
 			err = parser.token.NewError (
diff --git a/parser/enum.go b/parser/enum.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..139cd9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/enum.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package parser
+
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/arf/types"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/arf/lexer"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/arf/infoerr"
+
+func (parser *ParsingOperation) parseEnumSection () (
+	section *EnumSection,
+	err     error,
+) {
+	err = parser.expect(lexer.TokenKindName)
+	if err != nil { return }
+	
+	section = &EnumSection {
+		location: parser.token.Location(),
+		members:  make(map[string] Argument),
+	}
+
+	// get permission
+	err = parser.nextToken(lexer.TokenKindPermission)
+	if err != nil { return }
+	section.permission = parser.token.Value().(types.Permission)
+
+	// get name
+	err = parser.nextToken(lexer.TokenKindName)
+	if err != nil { return }
+	section.name = parser.token.Value().(string)
+
+	// parse inherited type
+	err = parser.nextToken(lexer.TokenKindColon)
+	if err != nil { return }
+	err = parser.nextToken()
+	if err != nil { return }
+	section.what, err = parser.parseType()
+	if err != nil { return }
+	err = parser.expect(lexer.TokenKindNewline)
+	if err != nil { return }
+	err = parser.nextToken()
+	if err != nil { return }
+
+	// parse members
+	err = parser.parseEnumMembers(section)
+	if err != nil { return }
+	
+	if len(section.members) == 0 {
+		infoerr.NewError (
+			section.location,
+			"defining an enum with no members",
+			infoerr.ErrorKindWarn).Print()
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// parseEnumMembers parses a list of members for an enum section. Indentation
+// level is assumed.
+func (parser *ParsingOperation) parseEnumMembers (
+	into *EnumSection,
+) (
+	err error,
+) {
+	
+	for {
+		// if we've left the block, stop parsing
+		if !parser.token.Is(lexer.TokenKindIndent) { return }
+		if parser.token.Value().(int) != 1         { return }
+		
+		// get name
+		err = parser.nextToken(lexer.TokenKindName)
+		if err != nil { return }
+		name := parser.token.Value().(string)
+		err = parser.nextToken()
+		if err != nil { return }
+	
+		// parse default value
+		var argument Argument
+		if parser.token.Is(lexer.TokenKindNewline) {
+			err = parser.nextToken()
+			if err != nil { return }
+
+			argument, err = parser.parseInitializationValues(1)
+			into.members[name] = argument
+			if err != nil { return }
+		} else {
+			argument, err = parser.parseArgument()
+			into.members[name] = argument
+			if err != nil { return }
+
+			err = parser.expect(lexer.TokenKindNewline)
+			if err != nil { return }
+			err = parser.nextToken()
+			if err != nil { return }
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/parser/parser_test.go b/parser/parser_test.go
index d433d64..ca4b7a0 100644
--- a/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -158,3 +158,37 @@ objt ro Init:Obj
 `, test)
 }
 
+func TestEnum (test *testing.T) {
+	checkTree ("../tests/parser/enum",
+`:arf
+---
+enum ro AffrontToGod:{Int 4}
+	bird0
+		28394
+		9328
+		398
+		9
+	bird1
+		23
+		932832
+		398
+		2349
+	bird2
+		1
+		2
+		3
+		4
+enum ro NamedColor:U32
+	blue 255
+	green 65280
+	red 16711680
+enum ro Weekday:Int
+	friday
+	monday
+	saturday
+	sunday
+	thursday
+	tuesday
+	wednesday
+`, test)
+}
diff --git a/parser/tree-tostring.go b/parser/tree-tostring.go
index d469ed3..8c67798 100644
--- a/parser/tree-tostring.go
+++ b/parser/tree-tostring.go
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ func (tree *SyntaxTree) ToString (indent int) (output string) {
 		output += tree.objtSections[name].ToString(indent)
 	}
 
+	enumSectionKeys := sortMapKeysAlphabetically(tree.enumSections)
+	for _, name := range enumSectionKeys {
+		output += tree.enumSections[name].ToString(indent)
+	}
+
 	dataSectionKeys := sortMapKeysAlphabetically(tree.dataSections)
 	for _, name := range dataSectionKeys {
 		output += tree.dataSections[name].ToString(indent)
@@ -319,3 +324,32 @@ func (section *ObjtSection) ToString (indent int) (output string) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (section *EnumSection) ToString (indent int) (output string) {
+	output += doIndent (
+		indent,
+		"enum ",
+		section.permission.ToString(), " ",
+		section.name, ":",
+		section.what.ToString(), "\n")
+
+	for _, name := range sortMapKeysAlphabetically(section.members) {
+		output += doIndent(indent + 1, name)
+
+		defaultValue := section.members[name]
+	
+		isComplexInitialization :=
+			defaultValue.kind == ArgumentKindObjectInitializationValues ||
+			defaultValue.kind == ArgumentKindArrayInitializationValues
+		
+		if defaultValue.value == nil {
+			output += "\n"
+		} else if isComplexInitialization {
+			output += "\n"
+			output += defaultValue.ToString(indent + 2, true)
+		} else {
+			output += " " + defaultValue.ToString(0, false)
+			output += "\n"
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/parser/tree.go b/parser/tree.go
index c1b5e74..559dbc8 100644
--- a/parser/tree.go
+++ b/parser/tree.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type SyntaxTree struct {
 	requires     []string
 	typeSections map[string] *TypeSection
 	objtSections map[string] *ObjtSection
+	enumSections map[string] *EnumSection
 	dataSections map[string] *DataSection
 }
 
@@ -191,3 +192,14 @@ type ObjtSection struct {
 	permission   types.Permission
 	members      map[string] ObjtMember
 }
+
+// EnumSection represents an enumerated type section.
+type EnumSection struct {
+	location file.Location
+	name     string
+	
+	what       Type
+	permission types.Permission
+	// TODO: order matters here we need to store these in an array
+	members    map[string] Argument
+}
diff --git a/tests/parser/enum/main.arf b/tests/parser/enum/main.arf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0571149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/enum/main.arf
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+:arf
+---
+
+enum ro Weekday:Int
+	sunday
+	monday
+	tuesday
+	wednesday
+	thursday
+	friday
+	saturday
+
+enum ro NamedColor:U32
+	red   0xFF0000
+	green 0x00FF00
+	blue  0x0000FF
+
+enum ro AffrontToGod:{Int 4}
+	bird0
+		28394 9328
+		398 9
+	bird1
+		23 932832
+		398
+		2349
+	bird2
+		1
+		2
+		3
+		4