diff --git a/mypy/checkexpr.py b/mypy/checkexpr.py
index 79454d029ee2..432d77fefc91 100644
--- a/mypy/checkexpr.py
+++ b/mypy/checkexpr.py
@@ -1439,6 +1439,9 @@ def visit_index_expr_helper(self, e: IndexExpr) -> Type:
                 return AnyType()
         elif isinstance(left_type, TypedDictType):
             return self.visit_typeddict_index_expr(left_type, e.index)
+        elif (isinstance(left_type, CallableType)
+              and left_type.is_type_obj() and left_type.type_object().is_enum):
+            return self.visit_enum_index_expr(left_type.type_object(), e.index, e)
         else:
             result, method_type = self.check_op('__getitem__', left_type, e.index, e)
             e.method_type = method_type
@@ -1497,6 +1500,16 @@ def visit_typeddict_index_expr(self, td_type: TypedDictType, index: Expression)
             return AnyType()
         return item_type
 
+    def visit_enum_index_expr(self, enum_type: TypeInfo, index: Expression,
+                              context: Context) -> Type:
+        string_type = self.named_type('builtins.str')  # type: Type
+        if self.chk.options.python_version[0] < 3:
+            string_type = UnionType.make_union([string_type,
+                                                self.named_type('builtins.unicode')])
+        self.chk.check_subtype(self.accept(index), string_type, context,
+                               "Enum index should be a string", "actual index type")
+        return Instance(enum_type, [])
+
     def visit_cast_expr(self, expr: CastExpr) -> Type:
         """Type check a cast expression."""
         source_type = self.accept(expr.expr, context=AnyType())
diff --git a/mypy/semanal.py b/mypy/semanal.py
index 71a8323be292..8c5146e8a056 100644
--- a/mypy/semanal.py
+++ b/mypy/semanal.py
@@ -2455,7 +2455,11 @@ def visit_unary_expr(self, expr: UnaryExpr) -> None:
 
     def visit_index_expr(self, expr: IndexExpr) -> None:
         expr.base.accept(self)
-        if isinstance(expr.base, RefExpr) and expr.base.kind == TYPE_ALIAS:
+        if (isinstance(expr.base, RefExpr)
+                and isinstance(expr.base.node, TypeInfo)
+                and expr.base.node.is_enum):
+            expr.index.accept(self)
+        elif isinstance(expr.base, RefExpr) and expr.base.kind == TYPE_ALIAS:
             # Special form -- subscripting a generic type alias.
             # Perform the type substitution and create a new alias.
             res = analyze_type_alias(expr,
diff --git a/test-data/unit/pythoneval-enum.test b/test-data/unit/pythoneval-enum.test
index 3ae2df55f120..dfbd8f73cef0 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/pythoneval-enum.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/pythoneval-enum.test
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ def takes_some_ext_int_enum(s: SomeExtIntEnum):
     pass
 takes_some_ext_int_enum(SomeExtIntEnum.x)
 
-
 [case testNamedTupleEnum]
 from typing import NamedTuple
 from enum import Enum
@@ -132,3 +131,29 @@ class E(N, Enum):
 def f(x: E) -> None: pass
 
 f(E.X)
+
+[case testEnumCall]
+from enum import IntEnum
+class E(IntEnum):
+    a = 1
+x = None  # type: int
+reveal_type(E(x))
+[out]
+_program.py:5: error: Revealed type is '_testEnumCall.E'
+
+[case testEnumIndex]
+from enum import IntEnum
+class E(IntEnum):
+    a = 1
+s = None  # type: str
+reveal_type(E[s])
+[out]
+_program.py:5: error: Revealed type is '_testEnumIndex.E'
+
+[case testEnumIndexError]
+from enum import IntEnum
+class E(IntEnum):
+    a = 1
+E[1]
+[out]
+_program.py:4: error: Enum index should be a string (actual index type "int")