diff --git a/Bonsai.Sgen.Tests/EnumGenerationTests.cs b/Bonsai.Sgen.Tests/EnumGenerationTests.cs
index b37913f..8e30f18 100644
--- a/Bonsai.Sgen.Tests/EnumGenerationTests.cs
+++ b/Bonsai.Sgen.Tests/EnumGenerationTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 using NJsonSchema;
@@ -44,5 +45,37 @@ public void GenerateStringEnum_SerializerAnnotationsUseStringValues()
             Assert.IsTrue(code.Contains("EnumMemberAttribute(Value=\"A\")"));
             Assert.IsTrue(code.Contains("YamlMemberAttribute(Alias=\"A\")"));
         }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task GenerateStringEnum_StringEnumTypeDefinitionWithStringEnumConverter()
+        {
+            var schema = await JsonSchema.FromJsonAsync(@"
+{
+    ""$schema"": ""http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#"",
+    ""type"": ""object"",
+    ""title"": ""Container"",
+    ""additionalProperties"": false,
+    ""properties"": {
+      ""Enum"": {
+         ""$ref"": ""#/definitions/StringEnum""
+      }
+    },
+    ""definitions"": {
+      ""StringEnum"": {
+         ""enum"": [
+            ""This is a string A"",
+            ""This is a string B""
+         ],
+         ""title"": ""StringEnum"",
+         ""type"": ""string""
+      }
+    }
+  }
+");
+            var generator = TestHelper.CreateGenerator(schema);
+            var code = generator.GenerateFile();
+            Assert.IsTrue(code.Contains("StringEnumConverter"));
+            CompilerTestHelper.CompileFromSource(code);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Bonsai.Sgen/CSharpEnumTemplate.cs b/Bonsai.Sgen/CSharpEnumTemplate.cs
index cabef30..b185aff 100644
--- a/Bonsai.Sgen/CSharpEnumTemplate.cs
+++ b/Bonsai.Sgen/CSharpEnumTemplate.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 using NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp.Models;
 using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 
 namespace Bonsai.Sgen
 {
@@ -33,6 +35,13 @@ public override void BuildType(CodeTypeDeclaration type)
                 type.Comments.Add(new CodeCommentStatement("</summary>", docComment: true));
             }
 
+            if (Model.IsStringEnum && Settings.SerializerLibraries.HasFlag(SerializerLibraries.NewtonsoftJson))
+            {
+                type.CustomAttributes.Add(new CodeAttributeDeclaration(
+                    new CodeTypeReference(typeof(JsonConverter)),
+                    new CodeAttributeArgument(new CodeTypeOfExpression(typeof(StringEnumConverter)))));
+            }
+
             if (Model.IsEnumAsBitFlags)
             {
                 type.CustomAttributes.Add(new CodeAttributeDeclaration(typeof(FlagsAttribute).FullName));