diff --git a/src/flow.ts b/src/flow.ts
index ee8671ee8f..691a8e55d7 100644
--- a/src/flow.ts
+++ b/src/flow.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ import {
   Function,
   Element,
   ElementKind,
-  Global,
   Field,
-  Class
+  Class,
+  TypedElement
 } from "./program";
 
 import {
@@ -1218,8 +1218,8 @@ export class Flow {
       case ExpressionId.GlobalGet: {
         // TODO: this is inefficient because it has to read a string
         let global = assert(this.parentFunction.program.elementsByName.get(assert(getGlobalGetName(expr))));
-        assert(global.kind == ElementKind.GLOBAL);
-        return canConversionOverflow((<Global>global).type, type);
+        assert(global.kind == ElementKind.GLOBAL || global.kind == ElementKind.ENUMVALUE);
+        return canConversionOverflow((<TypedElement>global).type, type);
       }
 
       case ExpressionId.Binary: {
diff --git a/tests/compiler/enum-return-error.json b/tests/compiler/enum-return-error.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ca34eef92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/enum-return-error.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "asc_flags": [
+   ],
+  "stderr": [
+    "AS200: Conversion from type 'i32' to 'bool' requires an explicit cast.",
+    "EOF"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/compiler/enum-return-error.ts b/tests/compiler/enum-return-error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f1a2df409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/enum-return-error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+enum Bar {
+  Baz
+}
+
+function foo(): boolean {
+  return Bar.Baz;
+}
+
+foo();
+
+ERROR("EOF");
\ No newline at end of file