diff --git a/serde_arrow/src/internal/schema/mod.rs b/serde_arrow/src/internal/schema/mod.rs
index 8ff90182..9faeaaf0 100644
--- a/serde_arrow/src/internal/schema/mod.rs
+++ b/serde_arrow/src/internal/schema/mod.rs
@@ -466,7 +466,10 @@ fn validate_time64_field(field: &Field, unit: TimeUnit) -> Result<()> {
 fn validate_struct_field(field: &Field, children: &[Field]) -> Result<()> {
     // NOTE: do not check number of children: arrow-rs can 0 children, arrow2 not
     match get_strategy_from_metadata(&field.metadata)? {
-        None | Some(Strategy::MapAsStruct) | Some(Strategy::TupleAsStruct) => {}
+        None
+        | Some(Strategy::MapAsStruct)
+        | Some(Strategy::TupleAsStruct)
+        | Some(Strategy::EnumsWithNamedFieldsAsStructs) => {}
         Some(strategy) => fail!("invalid strategy for Struct field: {strategy}"),
     }
     for child in children {
diff --git a/serde_arrow/src/internal/schema/strategy.rs b/serde_arrow/src/internal/schema/strategy.rs
index c79e2347..1f743de1 100644
--- a/serde_arrow/src/internal/schema/strategy.rs
+++ b/serde_arrow/src/internal/schema/strategy.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ impl FromStr for Strategy {
             "NaiveStrAsDate64" => Ok(Self::NaiveStrAsDate64),
             "TupleAsStruct" => Ok(Self::TupleAsStruct),
             "MapAsStruct" => Ok(Self::MapAsStruct),
+            "EnumsWithNamedFieldsAsStructs" => Ok(Self::EnumsWithNamedFieldsAsStructs),
             "UnknownVariant" => Ok(Self::UnknownVariant),
             _ => fail!("Unknown strategy {s}"),
         }