diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 70bbc5951a..4af16c82c0 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -1176,6 +1176,7 @@ pub:
 	fields           []EnumField // all the enum fields
 	attrs            []Attr      // attributes of enum declaration
 	typ              Type        // the default is `int`; can be changed by `enum Big as u64 { a = 5 }`
+	typ_pos          token.Pos
 	pos              token.Pos
 }
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 3f3f2878d7..6de7adcdd0 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) enum_decl(mut node ast.EnumDecl) {
 		}
 		else {
 			c.error('`${senum_type}` is not one of `i8`,`i16`,`int`,`i64`,`u8`,`u16`,`u32`,`u64`',
-				node.pos)
+				node.typ_pos)
 		}
 	}
 	if enum_imin > 0 {
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.out
index a13678b4ec..5375f40e87 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.out
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.out
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.vv:3:10: error: enum value `21474
       |             ~~~~~~~~~~
     4 |     blue
     5 | }
-vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.vv:7:1: error: `string` is not one of `i8`,`i16`,`int`,`i64`,`u8`,`u16`,`u32`,`u64`
+vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.vv:7:21: error: `string` is not one of `i8`,`i16`,`int`,`i64`,`u8`,`u16`,`u32`,`u64`
     5 | }
-    6 | 
+    6 |
     7 | enum ColorString as string {
-      | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+      |                     ~~~~~~
     8 |     red
     9 |     green = 'abc'
 vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.vv:9:10: error: the default value for an enum has to be an integer
@@ -69,21 +69,21 @@ vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.vv:56:10: error: enum value `256`
    57 | }
    58 |
 vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.vv:60:10: error: enum value `65536` overflows the enum type `u16`, values of which have to be in [0, 65535]
-   58 | 
+   58 |
    59 | enum ColorU16ShouldFail as u16 {
    60 |     green = 65536
       |             ~~~~~
    61 | }
    62 |
 vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.vv:64:10: error: enum value `4294967296` overflows the enum type `u32`, values of which have to be in [0, 4294967295]
-   62 | 
+   62 |
    63 | enum ColorU32ShouldFail as u32 {
    64 |     green = 4294967296
       |             ~~~~~~~~~~
    65 | }
    66 |
 vlib/v/checker/tests/enum_field_value_overflow.vv:68:10: error: enum value `18446744073709551616` overflows the enum type `u64`, values of which have to be in [0, 18446744073709551615]
-   66 | 
+   66 |
    67 | enum ColorU64ShouldFail as u64 {
    68 |     green = 18446744073709551616
       |             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 559d6bfbcf..a2e9c14979 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -3774,8 +3774,10 @@ fn (mut p Parser) enum_decl() ast.EnumDecl {
 	}
 	name := p.prepend_mod(enum_name)
 	mut enum_type := ast.int_type
+	mut typ_pos := token.Pos{}
 	if p.tok.kind == .key_as {
 		p.next()
+		typ_pos = p.tok.pos()
 		enum_type = p.parse_type()
 	}
 	p.check(.lcbr)
@@ -3856,6 +3858,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) enum_decl() ast.EnumDecl {
 	enum_decl := ast.EnumDecl{
 		name: name
 		typ: enum_type
+		typ_pos: typ_pos
 		is_pub: is_pub
 		is_flag: is_flag
 		is_multi_allowed: is_multi_allowed