diff --git a/integration_test.go b/integration_test.go
index 6c9e637..f1bdd5e 100644
--- a/integration_test.go
+++ b/integration_test.go
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ func TestOpenAPIGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantFiles: []string{"test10/openapiv3.yaml"},
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "Test enum with x-enumNames",
+			id:         "test11",
+			perPackage: false,
+			genOpts:    "yaml=true,single_file=true,use_int_enums=true,enum_names_extensions=x-enumNames;x-enum-values",
+			inputFiles: map[string][]string{
+				"test11": {"./testdata/test11/enums.proto"},
+			},
+			wantFiles: []string{"test11/openapiv3.yaml"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testcases {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fed1349..fdc21eb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ func generate(request pluginpb.CodeGeneratorRequest) (*pluginpb.CodeGeneratorRes
 	includeDescription := true
 	multilineDescription := false
 	enumAsIntOrString := false
+	enumAsInt := false
 	protoOneof := false
 	intNative := false
 	disableKubeMarkers := false
 
+	var enumNamesExtensions []string
 	var messagesWithEmptySchema []string
 	var ignoredKubeMarkerSubstrings []string
 
@@ -119,6 +121,20 @@ func generate(request pluginpb.CodeGeneratorRequest) (*pluginpb.CodeGeneratorRes
 			default:
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown value '%s' for enum_as_int_or_string", v)
 			}
+		} else if k == "use_int_enums" {
+			switch strings.ToLower(v) {
+			case "true":
+				enumAsInt = true
+			case "false":
+				enumAsInt = false
+			default:
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown value '%s' for enum_as_int", v)
+			}
+		} else if k == "enum_names_extensions" {
+			enumNamesExtensions = strings.Split(v, ";")
+			if len(enumNamesExtensions) == 0 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cant use '%s' as enum_names_extensions, provide a semicolon separated list", v)
+			}
 		} else if k == "proto_oneof" {
 			switch strings.ToLower(v) {
 			case "true":
@@ -185,6 +201,8 @@ func generate(request pluginpb.CodeGeneratorRequest) (*pluginpb.CodeGeneratorRes
 		useRef,
 		descriptionConfiguration,
 		enumAsIntOrString,
+		enumAsInt,
+		enumNamesExtensions,
 		messagesWithEmptySchema,
 		protoOneof,
 		intNative,
diff --git a/openapiGenerator.go b/openapiGenerator.go
index c7304b7..139adc2 100644
--- a/openapiGenerator.go
+++ b/openapiGenerator.go
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ type openapiGenerator struct {
 	// we need to support this since some controllers marshal enums as integers and others as strings
 	enumAsIntOrString bool
 
+	enumsAsInt bool
+
+	enumNamesExtensions []string
+
 	// @solo.io customizations to define schemas for certain messages
 	customSchemasByMessageName map[string]openapi3.Schema
 
@@ -138,6 +142,8 @@ func newOpenAPIGenerator(
 	useRef bool,
 	descriptionConfiguration *DescriptionConfiguration,
 	enumAsIntOrString bool,
+	enumAsInt bool,
+	enumNamesExtensions []string,
 	messagesWithEmptySchema []string,
 	protoOneof bool,
 	intNative bool,
@@ -156,6 +162,8 @@ func newOpenAPIGenerator(
 		useRef:                      useRef,
 		descriptionConfiguration:    descriptionConfiguration,
 		enumAsIntOrString:           enumAsIntOrString,
+		enumsAsInt:                  enumAsInt,
+		enumNamesExtensions:         enumNamesExtensions,
 		customSchemasByMessageName:  buildCustomSchemasByMessageName(messagesWithEmptySchema),
 		protoOneof:                  protoOneof,
 		intNative:                   intNative,
@@ -569,6 +577,14 @@ func (g *openapiGenerator) generateEnum(enum *protomodel.EnumDescriptor, allSche
 }
 
 func (g *openapiGenerator) generateEnumSchema(enum *protomodel.EnumDescriptor) *openapi3.Schema {
+	if !g.enumsAsInt {
+		g.generateStringEnum(enum)
+	}
+
+	return g.generateIntEnum(enum)
+}
+
+func (g *openapiGenerator) generateStringEnum(enum *protomodel.EnumDescriptor) *openapi3.Schema {
 	/**
 	  The out of the box solution created an enum like:
 	  	enum:
@@ -599,6 +615,23 @@ func (g *openapiGenerator) generateEnumSchema(enum *protomodel.EnumDescriptor) *
 		o.Enum = append(o.Enum, v.GetName())
 	}
 	o.Type = &openapi3.Types{openapi3.TypeString}
+	return o
+}
+
+func (g *openapiGenerator) generateIntEnum(enum *protomodel.EnumDescriptor) *openapi3.Schema {
+	o := openapi3.NewIntegerSchema()
+	o.Description = g.generateDescription(enum)
+
+	values := enum.GetValue()
+	var names []string
+	for _, v := range values {
+		o.Enum = append(o.Enum, v.GetNumber())
+		names = append(names, v.GetName())
+	}
+	o.Extensions = make(map[string]interface{})
+	for _, extensionName := range g.enumNamesExtensions {
+		o.Extensions[extensionName] = names
+	}
 
 	return o
 }
diff --git a/testdata/golden/test11/openapiv3.yaml b/testdata/golden/test11/openapiv3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4cd403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/golden/test11/openapiv3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+components:
+  schemas:
+    test11.AnotherEnum:
+      enum:
+      - 0
+      - 1
+      - 2
+      type: integer
+      x-enum-values:
+      - ANOTHER_UNSPECIFIED
+      - ANOTHER_SOME_NAME
+      - ANOTHER_ANOTHER_NAME
+      x-enumNames:
+      - ANOTHER_UNSPECIFIED
+      - ANOTHER_SOME_NAME
+      - ANOTHER_ANOTHER_NAME
+    test11.MyProtoEnum:
+      enum:
+      - 0
+      - 1
+      - 2
+      type: integer
+      x-enum-values:
+      - MY_PROTO_UNSPECIFIED
+      - MY_PROTO_SOME_NAME
+      - MY_PROTO_ANOTHER_NAME
+      x-enumNames:
+      - MY_PROTO_UNSPECIFIED
+      - MY_PROTO_SOME_NAME
+      - MY_PROTO_ANOTHER_NAME
+info:
+  title: OpenAPI Spec for Solo APIs.
+  version: ""
+openapi: 3.0.1
+paths: null
diff --git a/testdata/test11/enums.proto b/testdata/test11/enums.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5945aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/test11/enums.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package test11;
+
+enum MyProtoEnum {
+  MY_PROTO_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
+  MY_PROTO_SOME_NAME = 1;
+  MY_PROTO_ANOTHER_NAME = 2;
+}
+
+enum AnotherEnum {
+  ANOTHER_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
+  ANOTHER_SOME_NAME = 1;
+  ANOTHER_ANOTHER_NAME = 2;
+}
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