diff --git a/django_redis/client/default.py b/django_redis/client/default.py
index 1df90a27..f1a074bb 100644
--- a/django_redis/client/default.py
+++ b/django_redis/client/default.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def set(
         client: Optional[Redis] = None,
         nx: bool = False,
         xx: bool = False,
+        enforce_encoding: bool = False,
     ) -> bool:
         """
         Persist a value to the cache, and set an optional expiration time.
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ def set(
         setnx instead of set.
         """
         nkey = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        nvalue = self.encode(value)
+        nvalue = self.encode(value, enforce_encoding=enforce_encoding)
 
         if timeout is DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:
             timeout = self._backend.default_timeout
@@ -448,12 +449,16 @@ def decode(self, value: Union[bytes, int]) -> Any:
             value = self._serializer.loads(value)
         return value
 
-    def encode(self, value: Any) -> Union[bytes, Any]:
+    def encode(self, value: Any, enforce_encoding: bool = False) -> Union[bytes, Any]:
         """
         Encode the given value.
         """
 
-        if isinstance(value, bool) or not isinstance(value, int):
+        if (
+            isinstance(value, bool)
+            or not isinstance(value, int)
+            or enforce_encoding is True
+        ):
             value = self._serializer.dumps(value)
             value = self._compressor.compress(value)
             return value
diff --git a/tests/test_backend.py b/tests/test_backend.py
index 0e8e1fdf..28c1c09c 100644
--- a/tests/test_backend.py
+++ b/tests/test_backend.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import threading
 import time
 from datetime import timedelta
+from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import List, Union, cast
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@
 herd.CACHE_HERD_TIMEOUT = 2
 
 
+class Values2(IntEnum):
+    SOMETHING_1 = 1
+    SOMETHING_2 = 2
+
+
 class TestDjangoRedisCache:
     def test_setnx(self, cache: RedisCache):
         # we should ensure there is no test_key_nx in redis
@@ -650,6 +656,16 @@ def test_expire_at(self, cache: RedisCache):
         expiration_time = datetime.datetime.now() + timedelta(hours=2)
         assert cache.expire_at("not-existent-key", expiration_time) is False
 
+    def test_intenum(self, cache: RedisCache):
+
+        cache.set("hello", Values2.SOMETHING_1, enforce_encoding=True)
+
+        value = cache.get("hello")
+
+        assert value == Values2.SOMETHING_1
+
+        assert isinstance(value, Values2)
+
     def test_lock(self, cache: RedisCache):
         lock = cache.lock("foobar")
         lock.acquire(blocking=True)