diff --git a/source/compiler/sc1.c b/source/compiler/sc1.c
index d6f9a21b..a05b6432 100644
--- a/source/compiler/sc1.c
+++ b/source/compiler/sc1.c
@@ -2968,7 +2968,7 @@ static void decl_enum(int vclass,int fstatic)
       lexpush();
       break;
     } /* if */
-    idxtag=pc_addtag(NULL);             /* optional explicit item tag */
+    idxtag=(enumname[0]=='\0') ? tag : pc_addtag(NULL); /* optional explicit item tag */
     if (needtoken(tSYMBOL)) {           /* read in (new) token */
       tokeninfo(&val,&str);             /* get the information */
       strcpy(constname,str);            /* save symbol name */
diff --git a/source/compiler/tests/anonymous_enum_tags.meta b/source/compiler/tests/anonymous_enum_tags.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d941e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/compiler/tests/anonymous_enum_tags.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  'test_type': 'output_check',
+  'errors': """
+anonymous_enum_tags.pwn(4) : error 001: expected token: "-identifier-", but found "-label-"
+anonymous_enum_tags.pwn(11) : error 001: expected token: "-identifier-", but found "-label-"
+  """
+}
diff --git a/source/compiler/tests/anonymous_enum_tags.pwn b/source/compiler/tests/anonymous_enum_tags.pwn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5c580e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/compiler/tests/anonymous_enum_tags.pwn
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+enum
+{
+	CONST1,
+	Float:CONST2, // error
+	CONST3
+};
+
+enum Float:
+{
+	CONST4,
+	_:CONST5, // error
+	CONST6
+};
+
+enum eNamed1
+{
+	CONST7,
+	Float:CONST8,
+	CONST9
+};
+
+enum Float:eNamed2
+{
+	CONST10,
+	Float:CONST11,
+	CONST12
+};
+
+main(){}