diff --git a/scrooge-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/LazyTProtocol.scala b/scrooge-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/LazyTProtocol.scala
index 3951150b..e261cfbb 100644
--- a/scrooge-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/LazyTProtocol.scala
+++ b/scrooge-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/LazyTProtocol.scala
@@ -123,5 +123,4 @@ trait LazyTProtocol extends TProtocol {
    * Returns: The offset at which the string can be read.
    */
   def offsetSkipBinary(): Int
-
 }
diff --git a/scrooge-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/TLazyBinaryProtocol.scala b/scrooge-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/TLazyBinaryProtocol.scala
index 33968fcd..3dbcc37a 100644
--- a/scrooge-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/TLazyBinaryProtocol.scala
+++ b/scrooge-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/TLazyBinaryProtocol.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.apache.thrift.protocol._
 object TLazyBinaryProtocol {
   private val AnonymousStruct: TStruct = new TStruct()
   private val utf8Charset = Charset.forName("UTF-8")
+  private val NEW_ENUM_TYPE_ID: Byte = -1
 }
 
 class TLazyBinaryProtocol(transport: TArrayByteTransport)
@@ -30,9 +31,10 @@ class TLazyBinaryProtocol(transport: TArrayByteTransport)
   }
 
   override def writeFieldBegin(field: TField): Unit = {
+    val typeToWrite = if (field.`type` == TType.ENUM) NEW_ENUM_TYPE_ID else field.`type`
     val buf = transport.getBuffer(3)
     val offset = transport.writerOffset
-    buf(offset) = field.`type`
+    buf(offset) = typeToWrite
     innerWriteI16(buf, offset + 1, field.id)
   }
 
@@ -176,7 +178,8 @@ class TLazyBinaryProtocol(transport: TArrayByteTransport)
   override def readFieldBegin(): TField = {
     val tpe: Byte = readByte()
     val id: Short = if (tpe == TType.STOP) 0 else readI16()
-    new TField("", tpe, id)
+    val finalType = if (tpe == NEW_ENUM_TYPE_ID) TType.ENUM else tpe
+    new TField("", finalType, id)
   }
 
   override def readFieldEnd(): Unit = ()
diff --git a/scrooge-core/src/test/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/internal/TProtocolsTest.scala b/scrooge-core/src/test/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/internal/TProtocolsTest.scala
index f33803db..7ab733ed 100644
--- a/scrooge-core/src/test/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/internal/TProtocolsTest.scala
+++ b/scrooge-core/src/test/scala/com/twitter/scrooge/internal/TProtocolsTest.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.twitter.scrooge.internal
 
-import com.twitter.scrooge.TArrayByteTransport
-import com.twitter.scrooge.TFieldBlob
-import com.twitter.scrooge.ThriftUnion
+import com.twitter.scrooge.{TArrayByteTransport, TFieldBlob, TLazyBinaryProtocol, ThriftUnion}
 import com.twitter.util.mock.Mockito
 import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol
 import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TCompactProtocol
@@ -10,6 +8,7 @@ import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TField
 import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TProtocolException
 import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TType
 import org.apache.thrift.transport.TMemoryBuffer
+
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
 
@@ -173,4 +172,44 @@ class TProtocolsTest extends AnyFunSuite with Mockito {
     succeed
   }
 
+  test("readFieldBegin handles new ENUM type identifier") {
+    val writeBuffer = new TMemoryBuffer(128)
+    val writeProto = new TBinaryProtocol(writeBuffer)
+
+    val newEnum = -1
+
+    writeProto.writeByte(newEnum.toByte) // New ENUM type identifier
+    writeProto.writeI16(1) // Field ID
+    writeProto.writeI32(2) // Enum value
+
+    val readBuffer = TArrayByteTransport(writeBuffer.getArray)
+    val readProto = new TLazyBinaryProtocol(readBuffer)
+
+    val field = readProto.readFieldBegin()
+    assert(field.`type` == TType.ENUM)
+    assert(field.id == 1)
+
+    val enumValue = readProto.readI32()
+    assert(enumValue == 2)
+  }
+
+  test("readFieldBegin handles old ENUM type identifier") {
+    val writeBuffer = new TMemoryBuffer(128)
+    val writeProto = new TBinaryProtocol(writeBuffer)
+
+    writeProto.writeByte(TType.ENUM)
+    writeProto.writeI16(1)
+    writeProto.writeI32(2)
+
+    val readBuffer = TArrayByteTransport(writeBuffer.getArray)
+    val readProto = new TLazyBinaryProtocol(readBuffer)
+
+    val field = readProto.readFieldBegin()
+    assert(field.`type` == TType.ENUM)
+    assert(field.id == 1)
+
+    val enumValue = readProto.readI32()
+    assert(enumValue == 2)
+  }
+
 }