diff --git a/Il2CppInspector.Common/Cpp/CppTypeCollection.cs b/Il2CppInspector.Common/Cpp/CppTypeCollection.cs
index 867e68f..87bc1c1 100644
--- a/Il2CppInspector.Common/Cpp/CppTypeCollection.cs
+++ b/Il2CppInspector.Common/Cpp/CppTypeCollection.cs
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ namespace Il2CppInspector.Cpp
                 // Allow auto-generation of forward declarations
                 // This will break type generation unless the ultimate wanted type is a pointer
                 // Note this can still be the case with indirectionCount == 0 if .AsPointer() is called afterwards
+
                 if (!Types.ContainsKey(baseName))
                     Struct(baseName);
 
diff --git a/Il2CppInspector.Common/Cpp/CppTypeDependencyGraph.cs b/Il2CppInspector.Common/Cpp/CppTypeDependencyGraph.cs
index b92665a..6a28f65 100644
--- a/Il2CppInspector.Common/Cpp/CppTypeDependencyGraph.cs
+++ b/Il2CppInspector.Common/Cpp/CppTypeDependencyGraph.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,24 @@ public class CppTypeDependencyGraph
         // finally, process all instance fields.
         // the reference type depends on the type of the field
         foreach (var field in typeInfo.DeclaredFields.Where(f => f.IsInstanceField))
-            AddReference(typeNode, GetNode(field.FieldType), field.FieldType.IsPassedByReference);
+        {
+            // if the field type is a pointer and the element type an enum, we have to add a reference to the enum.
+            // this is a workaround for type emitting only being able to generate forward definitions for *struct* types, and not enum types
+            if (field.FieldType.IsPointer)
+            {
+                // support multiple pointer levels
+                var type = field.FieldType;
+                while (type.IsPointer)
+                    type = type.ElementType;
+
+                if (type.IsEnum)
+                    AddReference(typeNode, GetNode(type), false);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AddReference(typeNode, GetNode(field.FieldType), field.FieldType.IsPassedByReference);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     public List<TypeInfo> DeriveDependencyOrderedTypes(TypeInfo typeInfo)