diff --git a/src/gt4py/cartesian/definitions.py b/src/gt4py/cartesian/definitions.py
index 4781faca22..62b87488e3 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/cartesian/definitions.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/cartesian/definitions.py
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@
 """Default literal precision used for unspecific `float` types and casts."""
 
 
+def get_integer_default_type():
+    """Return the integer numpy type corresponding to the LITERAL_INT_PRECISION set."""
+    # I'd love to return `numpy.signedinteger[LITERAL_INT_PRECISION]` but that won't work
+    if LITERAL_INT_PRECISION == 8:
+        return numpy.int8
+    if LITERAL_INT_PRECISION == 32:
+        return numpy.int32
+    if LITERAL_INT_PRECISION == 64:
+        return numpy.int64
+    if LITERAL_INT_PRECISION == 128:
+        return numpy.int128
+
+    raise NotImplementedError("Unknown integer precision type")
+
+
 @enum.unique
 class AccessKind(enum.IntFlag):
     NONE = 0
diff --git a/src/gt4py/cartesian/frontend/gtscript_frontend.py b/src/gt4py/cartesian/frontend/gtscript_frontend.py
index f4dd4dcb3b..62c71b9747 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/cartesian/frontend/gtscript_frontend.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/cartesian/frontend/gtscript_frontend.py
@@ -309,6 +309,18 @@ def visit_ImportFrom(self, node: ast.ImportFrom):
         return node
 
     def visit_Attribute(self, node: ast.Attribute):
+        # An enum MyEnum.A would come has
+        # > ast.Attribute("A")
+        #   - value: ast.Name("MyEnum")
+        # We want to replace the entire thing - so we capture the top level
+        # attribute. We don't use the `self.context` because of this
+        # two-step AST structure which doesn't fit the generic `replace_node`.
+
+        if isinstance(node.value, ast.Name) and node.value.id in _ENUM_REGISTER.keys():
+            int_value = getattr(_ENUM_REGISTER[node.value.id], node.attr)
+            return ast.Constant(value=int_value)
+
+        # Common replace for all other nodes in context.
         return self._replace_node(node)
 
     def visit_Name(self, node: ast.Name):
@@ -1808,6 +1820,11 @@ def visit_Assign(self, node: ast.Assign):
                     raise invalid_target
 
 
+_ENUM_REGISTER: dict[str, object] = {}
+"""Register of IntEnum that will be available to parsing in stencils. Register
+with @gtscript.enum()"""
+
+
 class GTScriptParser(ast.NodeVisitor):
     CONST_VALUE_TYPES = (
         *gtscript._VALID_DATA_TYPES,
@@ -1899,6 +1916,10 @@ def annotate_definition(
                 and param.annotation in gtscript._VALID_DATA_TYPES
             ):
                 dtype_annotation = np.dtype(param.annotation)
+            elif param.annotation in _ENUM_REGISTER.values():
+                dtype_annotation = (
+                    gt_definitions.get_integer_default_type()
+                )  # We will replace all enums with `int`
             elif param.annotation is inspect.Signature.empty:
                 dtype_annotation = None
             else:
@@ -2024,6 +2045,10 @@ def collect_external_symbols(definition):
         local_symbols = CollectLocalSymbolsAstVisitor.apply(gtscript_ast)
         nonlocal_symbols = {}
 
+        # Remove enums from `context`, they will be turned into integers in the ValueReplacer
+        for enum_ in _ENUM_REGISTER.keys():
+            context.pop(enum_, "")
+
         name_nodes = gt_meta.collect_names(gtscript_ast, skip_annotations=False)
         for collected_name in name_nodes.keys():
             if collected_name not in gtscript.builtins:
@@ -2147,6 +2172,20 @@ def resolve_external_symbols(
 
         return result
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def register_enum(class_: type[enum.IntEnum]):
+        class_name = class_.__name__
+        if class_name in _ENUM_REGISTER:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Enum names must be unique. @gtscript.enum {class_name} is already taken."
+            )
+
+        if not issubclass(class_, enum.IntEnum):
+            raise ValueError(f"Enum {class_name} needs to derive from `enum.IntEnum`.")
+
+        _ENUM_REGISTER[class_name] = class_
+        return class_
+
     def extract_arg_descriptors(self):
         api_signature = self.definition._gtscript_["api_signature"]
         api_annotations = self.definition._gtscript_["api_annotations"]
diff --git a/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtscript.py b/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtscript.py
index 56bf8874a8..6debce00de 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtscript.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/cartesian/gtscript.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import inspect
 import numbers
 import types
+from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Type, Union
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -159,6 +160,14 @@ def _parse_annotation(arg, annotation):
     return original_annotations
 
 
+def enum(class_: type[IntEnum]):
+    """Mark an IntEnum derived class as readable for GT4Py."""
+    from gt4py.cartesian.frontend import gtscript_frontend as gt_frontend
+
+    gt_frontend.GTScriptParser.register_enum(class_)
+    return class_
+
+
 def function(func):
     """Mark a GTScript function."""
     from gt4py.cartesian.frontend import gtscript_frontend as gt_frontend
diff --git a/src/gt4py/cartesian/stencil_object.py b/src/gt4py/cartesian/stencil_object.py
index 3e988149bc..97c46d2ba9 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/cartesian/stencil_object.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/cartesian/stencil_object.py
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from gt4py.cartesian import backend as gt_backend
-from gt4py.cartesian.definitions import AccessKind, DomainInfo, FieldInfo, ParameterInfo
+from gt4py.cartesian.definitions import (
+    AccessKind,
+    DomainInfo,
+    FieldInfo,
+    ParameterInfo,
+    get_integer_default_type,
+)
+from gt4py.cartesian.frontend import gtscript_frontend
 from gt4py.cartesian.gtc import utils as gtc_utils
 from gt4py.cartesian.gtc.definitions import Index, Shape
 from gt4py.storage.cartesian import utils as storage_utils
@@ -558,8 +565,13 @@ def _call_run(
             exec_info["call_run_start_time"] = time.perf_counter()
         backend_cls = gt_backend.from_name(self.backend)
         device = backend_cls.storage_info["device"]
-        array_infos = _extract_array_infos(field_args, device)
 
+        # Normalize `gtscript.enum` to integers
+        for name, value in parameter_args.items():
+            if type(value) in gtscript_frontend._ENUM_REGISTER.values():
+                parameter_args[name] = get_integer_default_type()(value.value)
+
+        array_infos = _extract_array_infos(field_args, device)
         cache_key = _compute_domain_origin_cache_key(array_infos, parameter_args, domain, origin)
         if cache_key not in self._domain_origin_cache:
             origin = self._normalize_origins(array_infos, self.field_info, origin)
diff --git a/tests/cartesian_tests/integration_tests/multi_feature_tests/test_code_generation.py b/tests/cartesian_tests/integration_tests/multi_feature_tests/test_code_generation.py
index 9ffcb3f16c..94c2d06ab3 100644
--- a/tests/cartesian_tests/integration_tests/multi_feature_tests/test_code_generation.py
+++ b/tests/cartesian_tests/integration_tests/multi_feature_tests/test_code_generation.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Please, refer to the LICENSE file in the root directory.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
+from enum import IntEnum
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
     J,
     K,
     IJ,
+    IJK,
     computation,
     horizontal,
     interval,
@@ -1296,3 +1298,38 @@ def test_lower_dim_field(
     out_arr[:, :, :] = 0
     test_lower_dim_field(k_arr, out_arr)
     assert (out_arr[:, :, :] == 42.42).all()
+
+
+@gtscript.enum
+class MyEnum(IntEnum):
+    Zero = 0
+    A = 10
+    B = 20
+    C = 30
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", ALL_BACKENDS)
+def test_enum_runtime(backend):
+    @gtscript.stencil(backend=backend)
+    def the_stencil(out_field: Field[IJK, int], order: MyEnum):
+        with computation(PARALLEL), interval(0, 1):
+            out_field = 32
+            if order < MyEnum.A:
+                out_field = MyEnum.A
+
+        with computation(PARALLEL), interval(1, 2):
+            out_field = 23
+            out_field = MyEnum.B
+
+        with computation(PARALLEL), interval(2, None):
+            out_field = 56
+            out_field = MyEnum.C
+
+    domain = (5, 5, 5)
+    out_arr = gt_storage.zeros(backend=backend, shape=domain, dtype=int)
+
+    the_stencil(out_arr, MyEnum.Zero)
+
+    assert out_arr[0, 0, 0] == MyEnum.A.value
+    assert out_arr[0, 0, 1] == MyEnum.B.value
+    assert (out_arr[0, 0, 2:] == MyEnum.C.value).all()
diff --git a/tests/cartesian_tests/unit_tests/frontend_tests/test_gtscript_frontend.py b/tests/cartesian_tests/unit_tests/frontend_tests/test_gtscript_frontend.py
index 00338ec790..2adca00867 100644
--- a/tests/cartesian_tests/unit_tests/frontend_tests/test_gtscript_frontend.py
+++ b/tests/cartesian_tests/unit_tests/frontend_tests/test_gtscript_frontend.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Please, refer to the LICENSE file in the root directory.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
+from enum import IntEnum
 import inspect
 import textwrap
 import types
@@ -2029,3 +2030,33 @@ def test_assign_constant_numpy_typed(self):
         constant: nodes.ScalarLiteral = def_ir.computations[0].body.stmts[0].value
         assert isinstance(constant, nodes.ScalarLiteral)
         assert constant.data_type == nodes.DataType.FLOAT32
+
+
+@gtscript.enum
+class LocalEnum(IntEnum):
+    A = 42
+    B = 1000
+
+
+class TestEnum:
+    def setup_method(self):
+        def enum(field: gtscript.Field[float], order: LocalEnum):  # type: ignore
+            with computation(PARALLEL), interval(0, 1):
+                if order > LocalEnum.A:
+                    field[0, 0, 0] = LocalEnum.B
+
+        self.stencil = enum
+
+    def test_enum_in_stencil(self):
+        def_ir = parse_definition(
+            self.stencil,
+            name=inspect.stack()[0][3],
+            module=self.__class__.__name__,
+        )
+
+        assert isinstance(def_ir.computations[0].body.stmts[0].condition.rhs, nodes.ScalarLiteral)
+        assert def_ir.computations[0].body.stmts[0].condition.rhs.value == LocalEnum.A
+        assert isinstance(
+            def_ir.computations[0].body.stmts[0].main_body.stmts[0].value, nodes.ScalarLiteral
+        )
+        assert def_ir.computations[0].body.stmts[0].main_body.stmts[0].value.value == LocalEnum.B